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Chain Whip
Chain Whip may find you through an IV drip – an isolation ward hospital bed. Eyes affixed to an episode of Deadly Class as neon…
Tate Kaufman
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Under Review: Two Step to Hell, Chain Whip
Clatter, passion, anger, and thrashing rage. Whatever punky descriptors you seek, Chain Whip’s got enough of it on display in these quick and deliberate nine…
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Cult Babies
This is not a holiday for Vancouver/Tunisia digital nomads (or diginoms as they would say) Cult Babies. Hasan and Layla, the key creatives behind the…
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Ex-Softess
Rattling my way over False Creek on the 007 bus, Ex-Softess’s chiming guitars and sprawling reverberations manifest in the twinkle of sunlight over the water,…
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Sled Island 2019: Bully
With an exhilarating pop-punk cover of TLC’s “No Scrubs,” Housepanther established the tone for the night to come: nostalgic, energetic and immensely fun. The band’s…
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Sled Island 2019: Mint Records Showcase
Despite Calgary being my hometown, the Commonwealth was one of only two Sled Island venues I had previously visited; and unlike the other — Tubby…
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Sled Island 2019: Amy Nelson
The stained-glass image of a lamp held by Christ over the stage of Calgary’s Central United Church let the pink of the setting sun colour…
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The Tubuloids
Underneath the sole colour morphing light illuminating the halfpipe at SBC restaurant, two skateboarders hit the ramp while waiting for the first act of the…
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VENEWS: Static Jupiter
An hour before the show starts, Valeria and I stand outside the front doors of Static Jupiter as people hustle inside, brushing snow from their…