Spanning from the Wu-Tang Clan to the early work of Childish Gambino, hip-hop and nerd culture have exchanged knowing nods. Lyrical references and full blown collaborations — Fantagraphics’ comic Hip-Hop Family Tree and RZA’s soundtrack for Afro Samurai, for example — are mementos of the cross-genre. Enter Vancouver rapper Massiah and his manga-style webcomic Massiah […]

Lucy Niles and Josée Caron embrace their shared rural roots in their latest single, “Tell You Off’.” “I’ve heard it described as hipster country and shit, but it’s not. It’s real country”, insists Niles with peppy indignation. The new release comes ahead of their first ‘official’ five track EP, Saturday the 14th, which lands April […]

Humour and emotion are two things not typically associated with electronic music to most minds. This makes Marie Davidson’s most recent album Working Class Woman that much more refreshing, as it combines with club-friendly, danceable tunes.  “It was important for me that there would be a lot of different emotions and subjects that I wanted […]

Celebrating a 25 year long career and an 11 album discography, indie band Low are no strangers to progression and reinvention. With the release of 2018’s Double Negative they have crafted an album that is equal parts beautiful and brutal, a stark, noisy experimental work that manages to be both moving and of the moment. […]

Vancouver has escaped the clutches of a viciously dreary winter as streaks of unadulterated sunlight and warm springtime breeze titillate residents with the promise of life, clear horizons and freedom from gore tex. Emily Rowed sits in Turks coffee shop on Commercial Drive, perched on a wooden chair, clad in pastels, ‘Budapest’ printed on a […]

“I carry masks, we all do. We all carry masks with us for different situations. We use them as shields and protect ourselves from the outside. I think, for the most part, we need to get rid of those masks and get down to what is real.” In Flames is undoubtedly one of Sweden’s most […]

A terrifying chorus of drones swarm like wasps over a desolate landscape. Gnawing and building and growing in strength, crushing you like the weight of ice, expanding and stretching over a fast expanse. You feel trapped until the sweet release of melancholy pulls you under — the calm after the squall. This is Side A […]