Music

Lament as men my age (and often, race) will about the irrelevance of guitar-based music for the past decade and a half, there's a certain glee I'm sure most of us feel that every new song made with your standard instrument lineup (bass, drums, guitar) feels like a little secret gem we get to keep in a rose-scented box under our beds, away from all the manic episodes that permeate the Hot 100 and leftfield dance scenes. 

I’d wager most North Americans stopped listening to Erasure after ABBA-esque, and that was a mistake. Andy Bell’s been churning out music since Erasure made their first homosexual twirl to Sometimes in ’86 and on World Be Gone, he’s got something to say. 

Vancouver’s The Ballantynes are known for their combustible live performances. They’ve proven that they have been able to translate this fire to all the 7 inches, EPs and their stellar full length album Dark Drives, Life Signs, but to see them in a live setting is a kin to what it must’ve been like seeing the birth of rock 'n' roll. The playing is raw and electric, the personalities are big, and above all else, every single soul in the room can’t stop dancing.

One Direction has been on hiatus now since last January and the race to be the Timberlake-esque breakout star of the group continues today with the release of Harry Styles' new single “Sweet Creature”.  Styles' self-titled solo debut drops May 12th and between this new track, his appearance on SNL and an upcoming week-long residency on the Late Late Show with James Corden (which should push the limits of anyone’s patience), Harry is doing his damndest t

With a week’s worth of Twitter videos and Instagram stories behind us, HAIM yesterday morning finally released the thing they’ve been teasing us with, another teaser. For those hoping a brand new album would drop or at the very least a new single were instead treated to a lovingly made live video of the LA-based sisters in the recording studio performing a version of their new song “Right Now”.

For months leading up the release of the latest Father John Misty album Pure Comedy, we’ve been barraged by moments that scream “Peak Misty”.

Vancouver’s Frankie have been keeping very busy the last couple years. 2016 saw the four-piece traverse throughout the Lower Mainland, down through California and into Mexico, wowing crowds with their hook-laden songwriting and incredible vocal talent. This year they came home and cooped themselves up in Jacknife Sound Studios with local production phenom Jason Corbett to craft a brand new batch of songs but before those come out the band wants to share the video for their current single “Burnshine”.

The Our First One Hundred Days project has been rolling along quite nicely leaving in its wake a bunch of money raised for some very worthwhile charities and a ton of great music from some of the best bands and artists working these days.  Brooklyn’s Beach Fossils today contribute track 95 out of 100 with the gentle but spirited “Silver Tongue”.  All chiming guitars and rolling bass lines, “Silver Tongue” traipses charmingly around its hazy vocal melody while some very compassionate drumming tethers the affair down to the earth just anchori

Have you ever had a moment like this? You’re waiting for a bus, grabbing your morning coffee or even at the Laundromat and, BOOM, you look up and see something that you know will intrinsically change your life forever. Your heart starts to beat faster, your eyes grow wider and those wonderful little butterflies start flip flapping around in your stomach.  You stand up, stare and start walking as if a dolly is slowly pulling you toward your destination. The beat of your heart telegraphing your every movement like a drum beat powerful yet restrained.