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WET SECRETS, SONS OF BEARS, SWITCHES
THE PALOMINO – DECEMBER 13, 2013 Maybe it was the fact it was Friday the 13th, maybe it was because the weather was finally warming up from our deep freeze or maybe it was just that final exams were...
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ANI KYD
PUNK LABEL BRANCHES OUT Artist, vocalist Ani Kyd’s newly wrought energy turns its attention to her new album Entangle. Out on Alternate Tentacles, a label known for heavier or more provocative...
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GRIFFEST
THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF MUSIC If you have ever been in the crowd at a rock show in the last couple of years, there is a good chance that you have witnessed a boy front-row centre, with a drumstick in...
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SANDRIDER
CASUAL FACE-MELTERS Seattle’s Sandrider is a noisy power trio that one immersed in the underground of the Emerald City would likely dub a super group. Comprised of former and current members of Akimbo,...
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KATAPLEXIS
HATEFUL GRIND WITH A MIND Calgary’s music scene produced some truly fantastic records in 2013. Continuing with the trend this new year is dissonant death grind quintet, Kataplexis, who will release...
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DEVIN CUDDY
STEPPING OUT OF THE SHADOWS Between an unlikely combination of Southern piano bar blues and heartfelt classic country tunes, we find the distinct and deviously charming voice of Devin Cuddy. Among the...
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BLUE RODEO
NOT SINGING TO THE SHADOWS As Blue Rodeo prepares to hit the road for their umpteenth cross-Canada tour, Greg Keelor is readying himself in his own way. Many people, feeling pangs of post-Christmas...
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THIS MONTH IN METAL: JANUARY 2014
Skull Fist Start 2014 off right! Go on Facebook, visit http://www.wingsofmetal.com/, and note the date! Montreal’s excellent Wings of Metal Festival will be announcing bands and ticket sales in late...
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THE BETRAYERS
EDMONTON’S SCENE AIN’T NO LIE Travis Sargent is the lackadaisical, serene and witty frontman for Edmonton’s favourite fuzzed-out psych rock band, Betrayers. He’s charmingly self-aware, with just the...
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THE ISOTOPES
THE FIRST FOUR SEASONS, SELF-RELEASED At the risk of offending the faithful, I don’t care about baseball. Or professional sports at all. While I can appreciate beer and stadium hot dogs as much as the...
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CŒUR DE PIRATE
TRAUMA, DARE TO CARE RECORDS Francophone representation in Canada’s popular music landscape has always been dreadful. Indeed, outside of Quebec and some communities in the Maritimes, it is rare to...
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WARPAINT
WARPAINT, ROUGH TRADE RECORDS The girls of Los Angeles band Warpaint have been together for 10 years now – and this is quite some time considering that before now, only one full-length album bearing...
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THE EX-BOYFRIENDS, THE PYGMIES, JEREMY CLARKSON
BROKEN CITY, DECEMBER 20, 2013 Brothers Seth and Ben Leon were definitely born in the wrong decade. Their obsession with ’77 punk is clearly visible from the way they take the stage to their snappy,...
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JOEL COSSETTE, SAMANTHA SAVAGE SMITH, COLD WATER HOTEL
BROKEN CITY, DECEMBER 12, 2013 With more talent in the room than people, Thursday night at Broken City hosted a warm and welcoming acoustic set for those brave enough to face the cold. In another...
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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, TERROR, TRASH TALK
THE VOGUE THEATRE, DECEMBER 4, 2013 If you consider yourself a punk, metal head or skater, then why the fuck weren’t you at the Slam City Tour? Too cold outside? That didn’t stop piles of these...
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PUBLIC ENEMY, KYPRIOS
COMMODORE BALLROOM, DECEMBER 23, 2013 When you sign up to attend a Public Enemy concert, you know you are not simply going to a show, but rather, an event. You know there are going to be old guys in...
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PEARL JAM
ROGERS ARENA, DECEMBER 4, 2013 The last time I saw Pearl Jam was a little more than 10 years ago, and in the intervening time, very little seems to have changed for the veteran grunge outfit. The...
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MOIST
COMMODORE BALLROOM, DECEMBER 18, 2013 December 18 is a date I will never forget. I found myself surrounded by my peeps, a bunch of like-minded, middle-aged sexy hot women gathered for the second...
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ARCTIC MONKEYS, THE PACK A.D.
VOGUE THEATRE, DECEMBER 1, 2013 Arctic Monkeys kicked off their first of two sold out shows in Vancouver at the Vogue Theatre on a Sunday night. The intimate room was the perfect venue and it took no...
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DARKSIDE
JAZZ, TOURING, AND MAKING MUSIC WITHOUT A PROCESS Safe to say, it is a well-known atmosphere brought to the musical forefront by Dave Harrington and Nicolas Jaar, both individually and as Darkside....
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