Cass McCombs isn’t in pursuit. Making music and playing music is what it’s about for the veteran songwriter and his approach is refreshing. He doesn’t pretend to have the answers, responding with awareness of everything he doesn’t know. “I don’t have Spotify, I don’t use that. I don’t even really know what it is,” he […]

On “Some Mutts (Can’t Be Muzzled),” Amyl and the Sniffers cut right to the quick, declaring what could be their thesis in one gleeful, defiant snarl. Inside two-and-a-half-minutes of Raw Power-esque proto-punk boogie, you get the message: rock ‘n’ roll ain’t done with you yet. And although comparisons to the Stooges spring to mind, these […]

In an age where relationships are measured in milliseconds with swipes right and digitized hearts littering our notifications, 36?’s newest album, Milk Mountain, comes across as the soundtrack for figuring yourself out amidst all the noise and chaos. It’s a complex record, one that takes frontman-songwriter Taylor Cochrane’s precocious talent for putting together (and pulling […]

The last few years have seen an explosive wave of indie rock hit the mainstream, thanks to a select number of influential music curators crafting dreamy playlists that lead to a rapid growth of bedroom pop performers. Amongst these is NYC-based psychedelic indie group Crumb. A fusion of 2000s indie, jazz and pop, each of […]

Carl Newman is sitting on a chic couch in a vacant corner of Toronto’s Chelsea Hotel, basking in confident tranquility. He’s calm, cool, collected, and sipping on a latte as he meets with the press. The musician is mentally preparing to lead his band, The New Pornographers, on yet another tour — this time in […]

International funnyman Tom Green first started messing around with music when he was a kid, growing up in Ottawa. With a secondhand drum machine and an Akai sampler, he’d loop 70s funk, R&B, and jazz cuts on his Atari computer, making beats and rapping over them. Of course, Green was also slowly carving out a […]

Elisabeth Maurus was in high school, growing up in Rock City, Illinois, the first time she heard “Cowboy Take Me Away” by the Dixie Chicks. Maurus, best known as singer-songwriter Lissie, came across a 10-second clip of the country ballad on the internet. She thought it was beautiful and listened to the preview over and […]

Old Soul Rebel stand out in Vancouver’s music scene in more ways than one. In a city crowded with folk-singer/songwriters, indie rockers and metal heads, the dynamic duo that is Chelsea D.E. Johnson (vocalist/guitarist ) and Lola Whyte (vocalist/banjo) stand out as a powerhouse soul rock act known for high-energy live shows and larger-than-life personalities. […]

In response to a lack of diversity in Vancouver’s electronic music scene, Betty Mulat and Samira Warsame (also known as Zam Zam) decided to take matters into their own hands. So, in 2017, the friends created NuZi Collective to ensure their community was both seen and heard. “Things were pretty unwelcoming a few years back […]

Cass McCombs isn’t in pursuit. Making music and playing music is what it’s about for the veteran songwriter and his approach is refreshing. He doesn’t pretend to have the answers, responding with awareness of everything he doesn’t know. “I don’t have Spotify, I don’t use that. I don’t even really know what it is,” he […]

On “Some Mutts (Can’t Be Muzzled),” Amyl and the Sniffers cut right to the quick, declaring what could be their thesis in one gleeful, defiant snarl. Inside two-and-a-half-minutes of Raw Power-esque proto-punk boogie, you get the message: rock ‘n’ roll ain’t done with you yet. And although comparisons to the Stooges spring to mind, these […]

In an age where relationships are measured in milliseconds with swipes right and digitized hearts littering our notifications, 36?’s newest album, Milk Mountain, comes across as the soundtrack for figuring yourself out amidst all the noise and chaos. It’s a complex record, one that takes frontman-songwriter Taylor Cochrane’s precocious talent for putting together (and pulling […]

The last few years have seen an explosive wave of indie rock hit the mainstream, thanks to a select number of influential music curators crafting dreamy playlists that lead to a rapid growth of bedroom pop performers. Amongst these is NYC-based psychedelic indie group Crumb. A fusion of 2000s indie, jazz and pop, each of […]

Carl Newman is sitting on a chic couch in a vacant corner of Toronto’s Chelsea Hotel, basking in confident tranquility. He’s calm, cool, collected, and sipping on a latte as he meets with the press. The musician is mentally preparing to lead his band, The New Pornographers, on yet another tour — this time in […]

International funnyman Tom Green first started messing around with music when he was a kid, growing up in Ottawa. With a secondhand drum machine and an Akai sampler, he’d loop 70s funk, R&B, and jazz cuts on his Atari computer, making beats and rapping over them. Of course, Green was also slowly carving out a […]

Elisabeth Maurus was in high school, growing up in Rock City, Illinois, the first time she heard “Cowboy Take Me Away” by the Dixie Chicks. Maurus, best known as singer-songwriter Lissie, came across a 10-second clip of the country ballad on the internet. She thought it was beautiful and listened to the preview over and […]

Old Soul Rebel stand out in Vancouver’s music scene in more ways than one. In a city crowded with folk-singer/songwriters, indie rockers and metal heads, the dynamic duo that is Chelsea D.E. Johnson (vocalist/guitarist ) and Lola Whyte (vocalist/banjo) stand out as a powerhouse soul rock act known for high-energy live shows and larger-than-life personalities. […]

In response to a lack of diversity in Vancouver’s electronic music scene, Betty Mulat and Samira Warsame (also known as Zam Zam) decided to take matters into their own hands. So, in 2017, the friends created NuZi Collective to ensure their community was both seen and heard. “Things were pretty unwelcoming a few years back […]