Kilmore Place is a five-piece rock band who has just recently broken into the music scene here in Vancouver with a style that is “nostalgically alternative”. And the reason why I say that is because not only do they possess similar D.I.Y. esthetics as their 1990’s predecessors, releasing and producing their latest EP, “…What Happened?” [...]
Growing up in Salt Spring Island, much of Bodhi Jones’ “folk-sensibility” was cultivated at an early age. After moving to Vancouver, the shy and withdrawn, budding musician felt lonely and sought out music for comfort. It is precisely because of this comfort, Jones began composing music. Releasing several EPs and full-lengths and performing at a [...]
The future of popular music, it seems, is rooted in electronics. The advances in technology and glossy new production techniques have become essential ingredients for monetary success. Even the most stripped-down folk artists in pop music are guilty of dabbling with these advancements in the industry (see: Bon Iver’s “Woods”), though not always with the [...]
The early 2000s proved to be the peak years for raprock. Rage Against the Machine released its final album of original material in 1999 with The Battle of Los Angeles, while Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit were transitioning away from the stylistic dichotomies that made Hybrid Theory and Chocolate Starfish and Hotdog Flavored Water so [...]
Sitting on the patio of Steamworks, Romeo+Juliet make their identity and musical methodology abundantly clear. Simply put, they embody the star-crossed lovers whose namesake they covet: two overly romantic, hypersexual city kids. However, through some perverse subversion, they transfer their instinctual, animalistic tendencies into sleek electronic dance music. Essentially, it’s Shakespeare in neon tights.
And really, [...]
“Don’t let your nerves get the best of you, nerves can break a performer. I almost did going into the audition.”
Bring yourself back to that one big moment in life growing up as a child. Whether it’d be taking off the training wheels to ride like the big dogs or shining like a star at [...]
With the release of their 2009 full-length debut album, Post-Nothing (of which I briefly reviewed here), local noise-punks Japandroids not only put themselves on the international indie-rock map, but shamelessly propelled Vancouver into the center of their calculated madness. Outside of Vancouver, Post-Nothing was an unexpected gem that garnered the band a fair amount of [...]
We got the opportunity to see R&B up-and-comer, Lamar Ashe, do his thing last Thursday at Killarney Secondary School. Lamar and labelmate, Heatwave, have been high school touring and performing strictly for the kids these past couple months. The backup of live instrumentation really added to the organic experience of it all. [...]
Since the whole Biggie versus Tupac thing (God bless both their souls) emerged in the 90’s, there has always been a sort of East coast- West coast rivalry that exists in the music industry. Though the Canadian music scene predominantly hovers and lends its ear amongst the conundrum of Toronto’s concrete jungle, the West coast [...]
On April 6th, Adam and I got to check out Yukon Blonde, with Red Cedar and In-Flight Safety at The Biltmore Cabaret. Before the show we got to sit down with Yukon Blonde guitar player/vocalist Brandon Scott, as well as touring bassist/Red Cedar vocalist/guitarist, Andy Bishop. We had a solid chat about upcoming Yukon Blonde [...]
