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SONIC BOOM live at the Waldorf Hotel, Vancouver
Nothing like a bunch of fuzzy shoegaze from a legend to help usher in the early hours of a Thursday morning. Pete Kember/Sonic Boom performed at the Waldorf Hotel as part of their electro experimental 3-D Fest and it was GOOD.
April 1, 2012
PHOTOS: SBTRKT Plus Masks = Good
House dance music dude and producer SBTRKT (like, opposite of “add”) made his Vancouver debut at Fortune the other night and despite a few clunks, warmed up the sozzled nowhere-to-be-the-next-day late-night crowd.
October 27, 2011
SKRILLEX live: a Step by (Dub)Step Review of the Mothership’s All-Ages Show in Vancouver
What do you get when you put 2500 wasted kids in a crappy hangar with six toilets and a line up including 12th Planet, Knife Party and dubstep GOD of black-framed glasses SKRILLEX? A surprisingly good show, actually. Here’s video, words and point n’ shoot pics.
October 23, 2011
Photos: TWIN SHADOW live in “Sexy”town
Twin Shadow and his amazin’ stylin’ headfuck of an ’80s sound was in Vancouver on September 28th at the Biltmore Cabaret and so was my camera. Check out the pics and hear his latest track “Changes”.
October 5, 2011
The Return of DEATH IN VEGAS (Old Tale + New Album)
Darkly brilliant electro pioneers Death in Vegas return after a seven-year gap between albums with something strange and wonderful. Here, we celebrate their arrival by throwing in a few old stories of our own.
September 22, 2011
WERE WE NOT MEN? WE WERE DEVO: Devo pics/video/words
Energy domes! Whip it! Old men knobbly knees! Crazy new wave! Costume changes! Booji Boy! Yep, the ridiculous/awesome of DEVO hit town this past week, and it was absurd in all the right places. Check out the photos and video.
September 21, 2011
PHOTOS/Review: BEARDYMAN live in Vancouver
London’s exceptional beatboxer and looper Beardyman took on the drunkards at Fortune Sound Club in Vancouver on September 13, and won. Well, with most of us, anyway.
September 15, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Trentemøller kicks off North American tour
Superstar DJ Trentemøller from Denmark launched himself, his band, and a theremin player on the giddy, gleeful, dancin’ Vancouver fans this week as prep for his new tour. And it was blinding.
April 16, 2011
Sex With Strangers: Top 11 Clues Your Girlfriend is a Robot (plus new album Frontier Justice)
Vancouver’s alt-pop, robot-lovin’, future-livin’ Sex With Strangers release their third album “Frontier Justice” today, so to celebrate, we asked the band for some hot list action. I present to you, friends, some useful advice: Top 11 Clues Your Girlfriend is a Robot. Oh yes.
April 14, 2011

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