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The Ballantynes

Lace up your wingtips and set your curls, because the Ballantynes are burning up the dance hall with their debut LP, Dark Drives, Life Signs….

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Little Red Sounds

“Produced by Felix Fung at Little Red Sounds.” It’s a sentence you see a lot these days if you’re even the slightest bit involved with…

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The Ballantynes

Faith/Velvet 7" by The Ballantynes   The latest seven-inch from Vancouver’s greatest garage-soul-rock band (is there even any competition?) continues the precedent established by their…

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Ketamines

Ketamines and warm soda are great together. The bands combine pretty well, too. This Saturday night show at the Rickshaw, headlined by the Toronto/Lethbridge-based Ketamines…

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Ketamines

The word ketamine refers to two things: one is the name of an anesthetic substance famous for being a recreational sedative. The other refers to…

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Jam Space

Who: Tambo-shakin’, Hammond-poundin’, soul-rattling septet, the Ballantynes. Where: East Van, Jackson Ave. @ Railway St. Discorder crashes a Wednesday night jam session with Vancouver gospel…