The flesh is weak but the spirit is strong. 2018 was another tough health year (though I did manage to get a diagnosis of my “complex chronic disease” after a dozen years of trying), with one surgery and 78 different health-related appointments. As a result, this site and I lay …

Photos and a tale of the time the Twilight Sad came back to Vancouver, and played the Fox Caberet, on October 20th and all around you, people were grateful that they’d returned, and were still here.

Photos – and a few, wee words – from Courtney Barnett’s night two performance at Vancouver’s Vogue Theatre on October 10th.

Toronto noiseniks METZ upheld the punk quota of the Westward Festival bargain at the Rickshaw Theatre on September 14th in Vancouver. Photos and a review to prove it!

A day in the life of the inaugural SKOOKUM Music Festival featuring the finest from St. Vincent, Florence & The Machine, The War on Drugs, Snotty Nose Rez Kids and more.

Nearly 30 years of history with Erasure, and photos and review of their return to Vancouver at the Orpheum Theatre on August 15.

I mean, it’s kind of insane that I’ve never seen the Psychedelic Furs live before, right? Had that corrected on July 28 at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. Here are the photos and words.

Our lists go right to 11, so here are my Top 11 Things I Learned from This Year’s Roskilde Festival in Denmark. Photos and stories from our Friday, July 7 day at one of Europe’s top music festivals.

Tripping gothily down memory lane with Kevin Haskins, Daniel Ash of Bauhaus, Tones on Tail and Love & Rockets, as they return in their new guise as Poptone.