WITH DAVE AFFLECK OF CAR 87 Since months of rain often surpass the duration of a dry season, the Pacific West Coast’s urban climate finds itself located within of one […]

DAVEY O’BYRNE OF HOPELEUS Lush’s Western North America headquarters was busy on the April morning BeatRoute popped in to say hello to Davey O’Byrne. With Mother’s Day rush coming, O’Byrne […]

JOHNNY DE COURCY AT PINHOLE PRINTING Among colourful dyes, paper, and an octopus-like printing press, Johnny de Courcy took a few minutes to chat with BeatRoute about his company, Pinhole […]

ROBIN BOUGIE OF CINEMA SEWER Guessing the unknown mood of the video, comic, and record store clerk has been an intimidating task for many shoppers that have entered into these […]

THORSTEN ABEL OF THE VAMPIRE BATS Thorsten Abel is a six-foot-tall German encyclopedia of post punk, kraut rock, new wave, no wave, goth and rock’n’roll. He has tour managed the […]

WITH BRADLEY ROYCE Delivery specialist Bradley Royce delivers fresh vegan salads by bike courier by day, picks up and drops off kids for the Saint James Music Academy after-school program […]

YEAR OF THE KIWI If you’ve read the book of Genesis or Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughter House Five, you know how God punishes those who look back. At the risk of […]

WITH RICH HOPE AND ROB WRIGHT Rich Hope splits his busy life between music, being a dad and barbering at The Belmont Barbershop (111 East Broadway). His blues rocker duo, […]

BEN ROGERS AND HIS PET PORTRAITS In a backyard in East Van with dogs running through the yard and the sun just setting, Ben Rogers set up his canvases and […]

BLOODY BETTY: GORELESQUE PERFORMER, LEADER OF BLOODY BETTY & THE DEADLY SINS Bloody Betty started performing about nine years ago when The Dark Lord came to her and called in […]