METZ: Album Number II and the Alex Edkins Interview
Three years on from their rad debut, Toronto punk pals METZ release their latest album “II”. Here’s an interview with singer Alex Edkins on the subjects of new music, touring and dream festival lineups.
THE KAISER CHIEFS: smooth moves along the greatest hits highway
An impressive outing from a tired and croaky Ricky Wilson and Co – the Kaiser Chiefs provided arena-sized moves and a lot of heart on April 21 at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver.
BELLE & SEBASTIAN and PERFUME GENIUS live – photos/review
If you’re feeling sinister, go off and see….Belle & Sebastian live, who returned to Vancouver for the first time in 7 years at the Vogue Theatre on April 8, along with delectable opener Perfume Genius. Here be the photos.
AMANDA PALMER, NEIL GAIMAN and Friends from TEDTalks 2015
What does joy look like? It looks like a three-and-a-half-hour charity free-for-all at the Vogue Theatre on March 18, as a pregnant Amanda Palmer brought Neil Gaiman, Chris Hadfield, Amy Cuddy and other TEDTalks friends to share her stage.
V is for VASELINES…Live at the Electric Owl in Vancouver
A 21-song set, almost all of Dum-Dum and more cutting Scots banter than you could ever wish for – this was the stuff a Vaselines gig is made of.