Yasmine Shemesh

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Mudhoney

It’s been 26 years since Mudhoney defined Seattle grunge with “Touch Me I’m Sick.” The dirty distortion on both the track and their debut, Superfuzz Bigmuff, inaugurated…

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Sonic Avenues

“Are you waiting for someone?” The man at the table near me wondered why I’d been sitting alone at the back of the Cobalt for…

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Temples

Swirling red and blue paisley projected from the overhead lights and the stage was an atmospheric cloud of smoke. The room, tinged with pot, held…

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Prairie Cat

Dark but for a few single candles illuminating the tabletops, the Emerald’s cabaret felt intimate. The band was still doing sound check when I walked…

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Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks

It could have easily been late October: it was dark, rain spotted the pavement, and there was a guy walking around wearing a giant panda…

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Khatsahlano Street Party

“It feels good to be back,” Susan Jacks smiled at the thick crowd. The lead vocalist for the Poppy Family, Vancouver’s own music royalty from…

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