Have a hipster emergency? Want to impress your date but don’t know how? Afraid you might be losing your edge? ASK JON WURSTER of Superchunk/The Mountain Goats? Jon is our latest casualty in offering advice on BSR. We want YOUR questions!

Anthony Gonzalez brought M83 back to town on April 27 at the Vogue Theatre, a set that came replete with bright lights, layers upon layers of ethereal and 80s film soundtrack reference points. Par usuel.

Because our lists go right to 11, here’s the Top 11 Reasons Why Kristine Flaherty, aka K.Flay, is rad, and was awesome on April 20 at the Media Club in Vancouver.

Gotye’s Wally De Backer and band played a warm and energetic live show at the Vogue Theatre on April 7th, attended by Sarah McLachlan, doe-eyed young girls and a whole bunch of nice middle-aged couples. Peep the pics of this handsome Australian and his various gadgets, and read the review.

The 14 members of the Church of the Polyphonic Spree arrived back in town and played Venue on April 6. It was ridiculous and silly and JUST. SO. MUCH. FUN. Check out the mahoosive gallery to get the real feel.

Exclusive interview with Tim Burgess from the Charlatans on the subject of his new memoir “Telling Stories”, plus a few lines from that time from the BSR diaries. “It should have been a wake-up call, but I slept through the alarm.”

A lot of blogger chatter this week when news that Grandaddy would be reuniting again for a few shows this summer, but nothing from the actual horses’ mouths. UNTIL NOW. Here’s the quick scoop from Jason Lytle, for you, via me.

Friend to the (indie rock) stars, the Backstage Rider set sail for Mexico aboard a big honking cruise ship with Weezer, Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh, Yuck, Nervous Wreckords, and a ton more as part of the redonkulous Weezer Cruise. Here’s the start of my EPIC four-day diary series. Part 1, Thursday.

…in which our heroine finds herself travelling from Seattle to Vancouver on board the Dinosaur Jr tourbus and crying great tears of laughter as we cross the border. Also includes: Nardwuar, Devon from Beekeeper and ear plugs.