Music

The 90s are back, which means the 70s are back. Just look at chokers. Jane Seymour used to make everyone salivate by sporting the neckwear, and then the 90s got obsessed with the 70s (or perhaps just Laura Prepon in a tight turtleneck), and using the every-other-decade rule that was proposed in Dazed and Confused (not coincidentally a 90s film about the 70s) our current decade is going to be stylistically influenced by the 90s, and of course the 70s. I notice this every time I am in a nightclub and am surrounded by chokers...

Gearing up for his first major cross country tour promoting a brand new record you’d think Sam Coffey has come a long way from his small Southern Ontario town roots. With his band The Iron Lungs, Sam has grown as a songwriter and a musician but talking to him the charm and excitement of being a small town music fan hasn’t dulled slightly. Leaving home at 18, after playing with a band, as a solo artist as well as working as a mechanic’s assistant, Sam hightailed it out of Kitchener to the big city of Toronto to try and capture his rock 'n' roll dreams.

Vancouver-based Douse just returned from a ten-day jaunt throughout Western Canada and at the tail end of it paid a visit to the Calgary HQ of IMVERYAPE to shoot this wonderful live version of “The Importance Of Each Other” off of their delightfully brooding debut The Light In You Has Left.

New Jersey’s Real Estate released their latest album In Mind in March and yesterday they shared the delightful new video for the track “Stained Glass”. Director Craig Allen renders the band as if part of a colouring book as they wander towards the camera, shuffling along to the laid back, chiming tune. It’s a whimsical clip, undoubtedly Yellow Submarine-esque, that perfectly fits in line with the bands throwback aesthetic.

This Sunday, May 21^st, East Vancouver’s renowned The Cultch embarks on a new mission to provide a locale for local musicians to perform in a one-of-a-kind setting.

“Cut my life into pieces, this is my last resort.” You know the drill. We all do. In fact, if you played the role of frustrated suburban teen pre-9/11, then Papa Roach was probably your jam. Everyone needs a voice, that’s only fair. But while you grew up, their music sure didn’t. Papa Roach are back with the release of Crooked Teeth, their ninth studio album, and judging from the cover art, which depicts an anguished white male teenager, their target demographic hasn’t changed over the years.

Sub Pop Records' newest discovery Marika Hackman’s stellar new album I’m Not Your Man isn’t available until June 2nd, but in the meantime she’s shared the video for the new single, “My Lover Cindy,” to tide us all over till it drops. Directed by Sam Bailey, the clip features a couple that decide to take out their mysterious unsaid differences with each other in a fencing match.