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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

One of my favourite things about Fortune Sound Club are those initial steps up the stairs, where you can hear the echoes of the on-stage…

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Camera Obscura

Walking into the Commodore Ballroom, escaping the Sunday gloom, there was a small crowd huddled up front as folk songstress Marissa Nadler tried to get…

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Tariq

If Vancouver group Brasstronaut had a control panel, one switch would be for ambient synth, a knob for rhythmic acoustic guitars and a dial for…

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Elephant Stone

Montreal’s Elephant Stone has coined themselves as members of the genre “hindie-rock,” and with the band’s take on blending classical Indian rhythms with ‘60s psychedelic…

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Sunshine

So you know that blissful feeling you get when blue skies and sunlight suddenly appears after months of rain and fog and vitamin D deprivation?…

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Sex With Strangers

Behaviours by Sex With Strangers Swapping lyrics in favour of broken hearts and uncertain relationships rather than intergalactic, space invader imagery, Sex With Strangers’ fourth…

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Jay Arner

Bad Friend by Jay Arner Black horn rimmed glasses, deadpan expressions, and mastering the distinctive wallflower stance — the cover photo of Vancouver’s Jay Arner’s…

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Sarah Jane Scouten

Magpie Waltz [Sarah Jane Scouten – “Magpie Waltz”] With a hint of Southern drawl and an old-time country feel, you’d never guess that this country-folk…

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Snoqualmie

snoqualmie by snoqualmie Blake Enemark, former member of Wicks and We Are the City, finally makes his mark with his new band Snoqualmie’s self-titled debut….

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Sebastian Fleet + Count Oak

Sun 7″ by Sebastian Fleet + Count Oak Toronto artists Sebastian Fleet and Count Oak team up for a 7” release on Vancouver label, Kingfisher…