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Poetry Is Bad For You 8

For me, poetry has always been something to study, to sit with alone and pore over the carefully constructed language. I’ve always been of the…

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Sarah Jane Scouten

History repeats itself. If you were to flip back in time to the September 2017 issue of Discorder, you’d find a curiously similar review. Here…

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Ponderosa 2018

At its most extreme, summer in Vancouver can reach just beyond a comfortable heat. Rain disappears for weeks at a time, lawns yellow and a…

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Tim the Mute

When I walked into Red Gate for Tim The Mute’s album release show, I found myself entering into the dreamy atmosphere that Babe Corner had…

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Wallgrin

More than one music scene descended on Wallgrin’s Bird/Alien release show. Much of the crowd had been anticipating the album for more than two years,…

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Belle & Sebastian

I got to the Vogue at 8:45 PM, with plenty of time to spare before the show’s 9:00 PM start. But as I approached the…

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Sled Island: Three Discoveries

Sled Island is a time of discovery. Over the years, I’ve found that the best experiences at the annual music and arts festival in Calgary…

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