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Weed Poster

So Weed can make a poster that calls out creeps in the scene and nobody really talks about it? I’m talking about the poster for…

Under Review

Weed

It’s taken Weed one phenomenal 7” single, an EP, and a long-play (2013’s Deserve) to seemingly wrap up their experiments in no-fi production, or at…

Features

Weed

As the sun dips below the brick buildings of Gastown, I stand with Kevin Doherty, guitarist and founding member of Vancouver’s premiere ‘sludge-fuzz rock’ band…

Real Live Action

Weed

  To kick off their tour for the forthcoming Running Back LP, Weed lit up Zulu Records on February 5 with their signature muddy punk…

Under Review

Dead Soft

Dead Soft by Dead Soft A debut album is like a snapshot of a band. It gives as complete a picture as listeners can find…

Real Live Action

Weed

On a Thursday night, a scene recognizable to generations of West Coast freaks — and perhaps to every fan of underground music ever – transpired at…

Features

Weed

“There’s a big step up in quality, it’s not as gritty … or as shitty.”

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MUSIC WASTE 2012

Music Waste is is Vancouver’s premier independent music festival highlighting the region’s most exciting and innovative bands. Running from Thursdsay June 7 (today! hooray!) until…

Real Live Action

Shearing Pinx

Shearing Pinx- Sufferer The mood at weekday Zoo Zhop shows is always interesting: drunk kids buying Tupac records out front while a mess of wires…