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Stars and Hey Rosetta! Feb 19 @ Orpheum
For anyone who's listened to Stars' 2004 album Set Yourself On Fire, it's hard not to shed a tear for their beautiful, eloquent and heart-breaking indie pop. After a week in the craziness of the Olympic cultural hullabaloo, this show was like a much-needed sedative...
Broken Social Scene releases “World Sick” as free download
Arts & Crafts baroque rock legends Broken Social Scene unveiled a new single from their upcoming album Forgiveness Rock Record available here. It's an epic, seven-minute montage of their greatest musical talents, and it foreshadows an even more epic album. The...
Kid Cudi says sorry to Vancouver
Exclaim! Magazine published today that notorious rapper Kid Cudi apologized for punching a fan in Vancouver last December. Involving a miscommunication over a wallet being thrown on and off the stage by concert attendee Michael Sharpe, Cudi later called him on the...
CODE fest is code for shmoozefest
for Exclaim! Upon hearing that LA Riots, the Golden Filter and a special DJ set from Junior Boys were set to play together, who would expect that it could be a disappointment? With less than a week to go before the 2010 Olympic games begin, the Vancouver live music...
iTunes releases pre-order for “Hope for Haiti”
In the wake of a devastating earthquake that hit Haiti nearly two weeks ago, iTunes is pre-releasing a compilation in order to raise relief funds. Among a stellar list of talents including Coldplay, Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, Sting and Bono, the album is beautiful, tragic...
Spoon Releases New Album
They're starry eyed, attractively geeky and downright infectious. Let's forgive them for being featured on the O.C.'s soundtrack in 2004 because I've tried my hardest to forget that. The Texas-based alternative rock group has released their seventh studio album...
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Deadmau5 to play a free concert in Vancouver!
As many anti-Olympic Vancouverites feel the clock ticking before the games hit the fan, there's some goodness to look forward to. Canadian superstar DJ Deadmau5 (a.k.a. Joel Zimmerman) will be playing a free show on Feb. 19 at LiveCity Yaletown. Info is here. I'm...
Editor’s pick: Femme fatale of 2009
Dear readers, while I may have studied Simone de Beauvoir extensively, but I am no feminist. The angry lesbian has always been a topic I've found interesting from a theoretical perspective, it's never been quite my cup of tea. There's simply no room for the rage. That...