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Jo Passed

There is something deeply pleasing and satisfying about an artfully crafted experimental-rock album. Between psychedelic sliding guitars and polished-perfect melodies, Jo Passed’s newest release Out…

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Sprïng + Synthcake

The Biltmore on Monday: the occasion being Jo Hirabayashi of Sprïng’s birthday; the celebration being a full cover of Paul and Linda McCartney’s Ram, their…

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Next Music From Tokyo Vol. 6

Next Music From Tokyo (NMFT) has, for the last five years, consistently topped my list of favourite musical events in the city. The why isn’t…

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Features

Fist Full o’ Snacks

“To climb the glass mountain, one first requires a good reason.” – Donald Barthelme I’m 10 minutes early for our interview, but Robyn Jacob is already…

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Sprïng

Sprïng find themselves coming out of the psyche-closet on their new album Celebrations (March 4). An afterbirth of Vancouver’s post-hardcore group the SSRIs, the band…

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Sprïng

In recent memory, I can’t recall a more pronounced winter musical hibernation than the one that occurred between this last December and January. Whatever the…

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