Review/Gallery: ELBOW – live in Vancouver at Commodore Ballroom
Let’s build a rocket boys! Elbow returned to Canada with a warm embrace at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom on May 23, 2014. Here’s the review and gallery of this frankly quite lovely show.
Round Up: THE MEN, WHITE LIES and TV ON THE RADIO offshoot HIGGINS WATERPROOF BLACK MAGIC BAND
Bruisers, boys and thoroughly decent chaps: here’s what shows from The Men, White Lies and TV on the Radio offshoot band Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band looked like last month.
Portraits of Punk: Taking OFF! in Photos
Punk rock supergroup OFF! swung back through town for the first time in a few years, and I was there to catch ’em again, blowing the roof OFF. Here are my portraits.
STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS live in Vancouver: Gallery/Review
Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus touched down in Vancouver at the Rickshaw Theatre on April 10th, bringing one of the most playful Jicks sets in a long while. Here be the pictures and words of said night.
TEMPLES live – keen mimics still missing out on the Summer of Love
Photos and a few words on the subject of UK psych-rock mimics TEMPLES, as they made their Vancouver debut at the Biltmore Cabaret on April 8.
FUTURE ISLANDS – givin’ all of it that they got, live at the Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver
Photos and review and gushing of Baltimore-based, David-Letterman-loved Future Islands, live at the Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver, on April 4.
NEIL FINN – the lovely sound of history repeating (Photos/Review)
With banter and beautiful music, Split Enz/Crowded House’s Neil Finn kicked off his North American “Dizzy Heights” tour in Vancouver at the Vogue Theatre. Here’s how we laughed and cried.
“A bath in dirty sex, whiskey and wood chips”: Portrait of the BLACK LIPS and fans in words and photos
“I’m feeling like I’ve been taking a bath in dirty sex, whiskey and wood chips.” Captured 26 moments at the March 27 show at the Rickshaw Theatre by Georgia’s dirty four-pack, the Black Lips.