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.