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!
M83 Live in Vancouver – John Hughes’ 80s Woven With Unicorns
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.
Top 11 Reasons Why K.FLAY is Awesome (Review/Photos/Video)
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 live in Vancouver – PHOTOS/REVIEW
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.
14 June 2010The Backstage Rider NXNE 2010 Reader
NXNE has grown like Galactus over the years, and might soon be ready to eat a small planet or two. And in our so-far short lifetime, Backstage Rider has been all about bringing you the rock (and punk and alt-folk and dance and stuff). Here we combine bands we’ve covered, with bands that are playing this week at NXNE. See what we did there? Clever, no?
10 June 2010Smile Smile – Good Texas (Alt)Folk, y’all!
HEY YOU! You could WIN A COPY OF SMILE SMILE’S LATEST CD “TRUTH ON TAPE”. Also: read on about this Texas twosome and find out why The Swell Season aren’t the only folkies who can date and break up and still make good music. Make with the click-through action.
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