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, [...]
June 24, 2010 | Posted in
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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 [...]
Beer is such a trivial beverage. You either like it, or you don’t, and if you do like it, chances are you aren’t too picky. Sure, some beers are better than others, but for the most part, the taste of beer is overlooked in the name of a greater purpose: to get drunk. Of course, [...]
May 12, 2010 | Posted in
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So much of the past decade’s best music seem to follow a trend of incorporating a largely folk or country influence into the alternative music scene. Bands like Fleet Foxes and Band of Horses are a couple of the more notable names that embrace the down-home vocal twang and organic, acoustic-based, organ-supported songwriting nature that [...]
A couple weeks after the VCC Fashion Show, I met up with VCC award winner, Mandy Lau. Sitting outside the Waves Café on a beautiful fall afternoon, we talked about her introduction to the industry, the VCC show, and of course, Star Trek.
Mandy, could tell us a little bit about your background?
I was raised [...]
October 29, 2009 | Posted in
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