​Alan Doyle / Kelly Prescott Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver BC, March 8

Published Mar 09, 2020

For over 25 years, Alan Doyle, of Newfoundland treasures Great Big Sea, has been bringing ceilidhs coast to coast in Canada and beyond. It w...

​The Strokes / Alvvays / Promiseland Rogers Arena, Vancouver BC, March 5

Published Mar 06, 2020

Despite falling just short of a sell-out, the Strokes triumphed in their first Vancouver show in over a decade at Rogers Arena on Thursday n...

lié You Want It Real

Published Feb 25, 2020

Sound the alarm — corrosive Vancouver punk trio lié are back with their fourth album (and second for Mint Records), You Want It Real. Althou...

GZA / Killah Priest / Raz Fresco Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, January 20

Published Jan 21, 2020

GZA's sophomore album, Liquid Swords, is not only one of the best solo Wu-Tang Clan releases, it's a hip-hop classic on its own. This year i...

Alex Cameron / Jack Ladder / Emily Panic Venue Nightclub, Vancouver BC, December 14

Published Dec 15, 2019

On Saturday night, Australian singer Alex Cameron returned to Vancouver for the first of two back-to-back tour-closing shows at Venue Nightc...

Boney M. ft. Liz Mitchell / Morgan James Vogue Theatre, Vancouver BC, December 8

Published Dec 09, 2019

Vancouver's disco lovers flocked to the sold-out Vogue Theatre on Sunday for Boney M.'s "Holiday Favourites & Classic Hits," featuring Liz M...

Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver BC, November 30

Published Dec 01, 2019

After releasing back-to-back albums in 2017 and 2018 about the death of his wife, artist and musician Geneviève Castrèe, Phil Elverum, a.k.a...

EarthGang / Guapdad 4000 / Benji. Venue Nightclub, Vancouver BC, November 16

Published Nov 17, 2019

The vibes were perfect at the sold-out Venue Nightclub on Saturday, from openers Benji. and Guapdad 4000 to headliners EarthGang.   Pittsb...

Danny Brown / Ashnikko / ZelooperZ Vogue Theatre, Vancouver BC, October 29

Published Oct 30, 2019

From beginning to end, Danny Brown's Vancouver return at the Vogue Theatre on Wednesday night was gripping and, at its most intense, pummell...

Cat Power / Zsela Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, October 28

Published Oct 29, 2019

There is no presence like Chan Marshall. After more than two decades under the name Cat Power, she has locked into a live performance that i...

Clairo / Beabadoobee / Hello Yello Harbour Convention Centre, Vancouver BC, October 9

Published Oct 10, 2019

Clairo made her headlining Vancouver debut at the Harbour Convention Centre on Wednesday night with a shaky, but undeniably heartfelt perfor...

Slowthai Fortune Sound Club, Vancouver BC, September 7

Published Sep 08, 2019

Last May, British rapper Tyron Frampton, aka Slowthai, released his debut album, Nothing Great About Britain. It was a Molotov cocktail hurl...

The Mountain Goats / Lydia Loveless Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, September 6

Published Sep 07, 2019

The Mountain Goats never fail to bring high spirits to their live shows, and Friday night at the Commodore Ballroom was no exception.   Op...

Carly Rae Jepsen / Ralph Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, August 28

Published Aug 29, 2019

Feelings are complicated. Carly Rae Jepsen knows this full well, having written two critically adored albums about all the messiness and bea...

Stef Chura / French Vanilla / Dadweed Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver BC, August 1

Published Aug 02, 2019

"We don't get out here much," Stef Chura said to her Thursday night audience at the Biltmore Cabaret. A member of local openers Dadweed resp...

Necking Cut Your Teeth

Published Jul 10, 2019

Scorched by regretful exes, sleazy, power-wielding bosses and soulless property developers, Vancouver quartet Necking push back with nine eq...

Paul McCartney BC Place Stadium, Vancouver BC, July 6

Published Jul 07, 2019

Paul McCartney could say anything to greet his fans, and they would eat it up. But on Saturday night (July 6) at BC Place Stadium, he skippe...

Vancouver Band Necking Confront Love, Privilege and Loneliness on Debut Album 'Cut Your Teeth'

Published Jul 04, 2019

Cut Your Teeth is the fearlessly personal debut album by Vancouver four-piece Necking. The album, out July 5 via Mint Records, is as stingin...

The Roots TD International Vancouver Jazz Festival, Vancouver BC, June 28

Published Jun 29, 2019

The final weekend of the 34th annual TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival kicked off on Friday, and featured Grammy Award-winning hip-ho...

Jamila Woods / duendita Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver BC, June 27

Published Jun 28, 2019

Legacy, lineage, and spirituality — these are topics Jamila Woods and duendita ponder in their work. Woods approaches them as a black woman...