Second video is up! Check it out: Born in London, Ontario, Shad Kabango is one of the hottest Canadian rappers today. SPINearth reporter Amanda Ash and I caught up with him in Kerrisdale, Vancouver, where he currently resides. Shad moved to Canada at the tender...
“If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hoper, a prayer, a magic-bean-buyer. If you’re a pretender, come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!” — Shel Silverstein These are the lines of a poet...
Special to the VANCOUVER SUN VANCOUVER - Spurred by the ongoing dialogue about the global financial recession, a group of independent musicians will play free street shows for the public tomorrow night at undisclosed locations in the downtown east side. The location...
The first night of the 3-day Vancouver rock show took place at the Biltmore Cabaret. Two years ago this was probably the most depressing, dilapidated bar along the Kingsway corridor, but since the renovations, it has been hosting some of the hottest bands on the...
Bad Religion September 14 2008 Commodore Ballroom It’s hard to imagine a 15 year-old frontman Greg Graffin and his school friends deciding to form Bad Religion, the most epic, accomplished and inspiring punk rock bands. How could one envision such libertarian punk...
August 31, 2008 Day One It was one of those lazy late summer afternoons that you could eat with a spoon. While most music festivals tend to have an anxious, apprehensive tension amongst the crowd, the grounds were covered by hippies, young parents, and even the...