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Lightning Dust

I hadn’t heard much of Lightning Dust before their show at The Biltmore, but something about the name drew me in—maybe because it sounds like…

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Ok Vancouver Ok

Escape the Common People by ok vancouver ok Escape the Common People is the most recent full-length release of the prolific Jeffrey Mark Johnson’s project,…

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Kingfisher Bluez

If one spends enough time in Vancouver, it becomes all too common to hear people bitch and whine about the frustrations of trying to be…

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Grimes

Grimes – Oblivion Grimes, a.k.a. the Vancouver-raised, Claire Boucher, has been getting lots of hype in the press, and deservedly so. Visions is one of…

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RatTail

Go Green Jasmyn Burke’s vocals are probably the most alluring part of Toronto three-piece RatTail’s < > George Mounsey EP, which is solidly produced for…

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Slam Dunk

Feral Child Garage rockers Slam Dunk sound like they were jamming ten years ago and were mysteriously teleported into a parallel Earth where the people…