The last time that the Beaches were in Victoria, opening for Glorious Sons at Save-On-Foods Memorial in late 2018, they made quite an impres...

Montreal's Taverne Tour festival takes chances that work. The first is the timing of the event itself, now in its fifth year. No one would e...

Winter doesn't typically erupt on the prairies. It's more like a slow rolling, collective coma that takes hold just after the holidays and d...

Choosing a local opener for heavy hitters like Robert Hood and Nina Kraviz (pictured) is no easy feat, but when looking around the neighbour...

Kicking off Igloofest's second weekend of the year, and its 14th edition to-date, was local DJ / producer Lunr. His 7:30 pm set initially fe...

The yin and yang of comedy and tragedy have been over-intellectualized since early human civilizations first developed those sad and happy m...

It's hard to believe that the 15-year-old wunderkind the Beastie Boys signed to Grand Royal all those years ago is now a 41-year-old man. Bu...

GZA's sophomore album, Liquid Swords, is not only one of the best solo Wu-Tang Clan releases, it's a hip-hop classic on its own. This year i...

Musicians only get to play their "first show" once, unless, of course, they participate in the growing trend of forming supergroups with the...

I've said before that iskwē's voice is a gift. Watching iskwē live is a gift, one that jolts you to your core, leaving you disoriented, but...

For all of his continually growing talents, Patrick Watson's buzz peaked early. His second studio album with a full band, Close to Paradise,...