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War Baby

Two years after its release, War Baby’s debut LP Jesus Horse is still revered amongst local music fans. The Vancouver power trio’s grubby, agitated brand…

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War Baby

“[Survival] is a dog at a rescue shelter, and desperation is a dog at the show. It’s gross. This, the album, is so much more important.”

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Dead Soft

Dead Soft by Dead Soft A debut album is like a snapshot of a band. It gives as complete a picture as listeners can find…

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Shindig Night 7

Deaf Chords, at first sight, almost make for too twee a coupling. Their frugal guitar and drums set-up reinforces the close-to-home bedroom rock vibe. But…

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King Tuff

Inhabited by a familiar cast of modish band geeks and stonewashed enthusiasts, King Tuff’s second Vancouver performance in only nine months embodied the type of…

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Under Covers

When Juliana Moore returned to Vancouver from New York in December 2010 she moved into the Waldorf Hotel. The condition, set by her friends who…

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War Baby

  “Big Daddy Cumbuckets … I have no fuckin’ idea who they were,” Kirby Fisher of Vancouver doom pop trio War Baby says, explaining his…