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Under Review: Crossface Chicken Wing, The Golden Age of Wrestling
When listening to ambient, the word “glamorous” doesn’t often come to mind. It can be difficult to escape certain hallmarks of the genre, be it…
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Under Review: Discount Cowboy, Spank Williams
Discount Cowboy is a terrific album. The songs are contemplative and engaging, and the songwriting and story-telling are top notch. The lyrics are vivid and…
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Under Review: Pray 4 Tomorrow, Dumb
It’s difficult to call Dumb veterans, but in the high turnover Vancouver indie scene, any band nearing a decade of consistent music-making surely deserves some…
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Under Review: Spaces, RINSE DREAM
Art-punkers RINSE DREAM’s first full length album — Spaces — released late 2022, and opens with some fluid feedback, a distorted bass throb, and the…
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Under Review: HEATCHECK!, Francis Arevalo
As a poet, I love it when songwriters utilise clever wordplay in their rhymes. So when Francis Arevalo’s HEATCHECK! was introduced to my ears, I…
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Under Review: Homecoming Queen, Devours
Homecoming Queen, Devours’ fourth album, serves as a collected recollection for Vancouver-based musician Jeff Cancade. Through a more traditional synth-pop album, which also operates as…
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Under Review: Against Death – 35 Essays on Living
Hearing the stories of near death experiences often paint visions of the “bright white light” and all the memories you’ve acquired flashing before you. It…
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Under Review: Little Bird Dim Sum + Craft Beer (Restaurant)
The mantra is simple: “TALK SUM. EAT SUM. SIP SUM.” A simple and direct message that summarises what to expect at Little Bird Dim Sum….
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Under Review: Mum’s the Word (Restaurant)
Meeting a friend for a few hours of talk, drink, and nosh, I step into the space that first housed Renzo’s Tailors, and later on,…
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Under Review: Not for Us? (Short Film)
“These are fake people” sisters Iman and Ilhan tell each other, scrolling through Instagram posts of their friends “glamping.” As they do this, they sit…