By Jamila Pomeroy VICTORIA – Boston not only happens to be birthplace of one of the most influential names in…
Victoria, Victoria Ska + Reggae Festival
By Andrew R. Mott CALGARY – Nosaj Thing, who is colloquially known as electronic producer/composer/performer Jason Chung, has released his fourth full-length studio LP Parallels….
Amigos Catina, commonwealth Bar & Stage, Nosaj Thing, West End Cultural Centre
By Julijana Capone WINNIPEG – “I’m kind of obsessed with thinking about the past and thinking about time,” says singer-songwriter…
Harvest Moon Festival, Ironwood Stage and Grill, Slow Leaves, The Needle Vinyl Tavern, Waynestock, West End Cultural Centre
By Julijana Capone WINNIPEG – Winnipeg-bred Joey Landreth (one quarter of the Bros. Landreth) is a self-described heart-on-his-sleeve singer-songwriter,…
Joe Landreth, Manitoba, West End Cultural Centre, Whiskey, Winnipeg
By Julijana Capone CALGARY — “We kind of can’t stop writing sad songs,” says Sam Sarty, the angelic lead vocalist…
AB, Alberta, BC, Big Fun Festival, Big Fun Festival 2017, Bo's Bar, British Columbia, Gateway, Manitoba, MB, Sewing Machine Factory, The Northern, West End Cultural Centre
By Safiya Hopfe VANCOUVER — Hawksley Workman is writing a new record, “Which kind of happened by accident,” he says,…
AB, Alberta, BC, British Columbia, Citadel Centre, Hawksley Workman, Manitoba, MB, St. James Hall, West End Cultural Centre
By Julijana Capone CALGARY — It’s been a few years since Sweet Alibi’s third album, Walking in the Dark, was…
AB, Alberta, Bassment, BC, British Columbia, Festival Hall, Manitoba, MB, Rogue Folk Club, Saskatchewan, SK, Sweet Alibi, The Aviary, Upstairs Lounge, Walking In the Dark, West End Cultural Centre
By Jamie McNamara CALGARY — Producer Jeremy Greenspan has a somewhat complicated relationship to album making; at least, the way…
AB, Alberta, Big Black Coat, Commonwealth, Junior Boys, Manitoba, MB, Starlite Room, West End Cultural Centre
By Jamie McNamara CALGARY — When you sit down to talk with Whitney’s core duo of Julien Ehrlich and Max…
AB, Alberta, Amigo's Cantina, Commonwealth, Manitoba, MB, Starlite Room, West End Cultural Centre, Whitney
By Jamie McNamara CALGARY — If Savages were a lesser band, they might have been susceptible to the so-called “sophomore…
AB, Alberta, BC, British Columbia, Commonwealth, Manitoba, MB, Starlite Room, The Imperial, West End Cultural Centre
By Julijana Capone CALGARY — Retro sleaze ball synths buzz around eerie baroque vocals on Here We Are In the…
Ghost Twin, Handsome Daughter, Manitoba, MB, The Knndy, West End Cultural Centre
By Brittany Rudyck EDMONTON – It took only one listen to the new No Problem album to understand what…
Deranged Records, Languid, Let God Sort ‘Em Out, No Problem, Sister Suzie
