Where are we now?: ECONOLINE CRUSH
As 90s industrial-tub-thumpers Econoline Crush return to their old stomping grounds in Vancouver on August 20 at the Imperial Theatre, I revisit my own history with the band.
Intergalactic, planetary: UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA and VINYL WILLIAMS
LA’s trippy Vinyl Williams opened up for pop-pysch-oloigsts Unknown Mortal Orchestra on July 26 at the Imperial in Vancouver. Together, they tore a rift in the space-time continuum and filled it with multicoloured and prismatic pretty sounds. See the photos, read the reads.
Escaped From Evil: LOWER DENS alive in Vancouver
Unfettered and untethered by both the past and her gear, Jana Hunter of Lower Dens showed off a more extrovert, rock-star side to Vancouver at the Electric Owl on July 25. Herewith a photo and what they call “a review” of said show.
Time (Clock of The Heart): CULTURE CLUB’s comeback, memories and moments
A story about a girl, her first concert and what happened 30 years later when she saw that band again: this is the story of Culture Club’s comeback at the River Rock Casino in Richmond, BC on July 18.
Epic UK shoegazers RIDE returned to Toronto, epically
Long live the shoegaze kings from Oxford, England! RIDE returned after a far-too-many-year’d hiatus to play a Toronto theatre and I was there and they sounded remarkable. Here’s a run down of my history with this epic band.
HOT CHIP (Huarache) lights up Toronto at the Danforth Music Hall
There are few things as reliably wonderful as a Hot Chip gig. I’ll explain why if you click on this link. Here are photos and a review from the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto, on June 3rd.
In Photos: JESUS AND MARY CHAIN Perform “Psychocandy”
Photos from Jesus and Mary Chain’s faithful “Psychocandy” tour stop in Vancouver at the Vogue Theatre on May 13.
Gallery: All hail SLEATER-KINNEY. No, really. HAIL THEM.
They mattered in the 90s and they matter now – here are photos from Sleater-Kinney’s robust and confident return to form at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver on May 6th. The Goddess saw all that they had made and she said it was good.
Best Live Act: Scotland’s Incomparable YOUNG FATHERS
Edinburgh Scotland’s Mercury Music prize-winning musical patchwork quilt of awesome, the Young Fathers, played Vancouver’s Fortune Sound on April 30. And rather quite blew us all away. Here are the photos.