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Russian punk band Pussy Riot gets 2 years in jail for “hooliganism”
In the wake of their anti-Vladimir Putin protest performance last March in Moscow’s main cathedral, a judge has sentenced punk rock band Pussy Riot to two years in prison. Shockwaves have been felt...
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Jay Baruchel’s Vancouver music flick has to wait for RoboCop
Looks like RoboCop has The Rebel Kind in custody for now. Canadian star Jay Baruchel (Million Dollar Baby, How To Train Your Dragon) and director Reg Harkema were originally set to film the indie...
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Rifflandia 2012
Rifflandia 2012 was a mixed bag. It was esoteric electro-folk at it’s best, and banal suburban rock at it’s worst, with most every genre (and sub-genre) in between. Late ’80s basement punk rockers...
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Just announced: Off!
L.A.-based punk band, on tour to support their 2012 self-titled full-length release. With guests Negative Approach and Bad Antics • Fortune Sound Club, 147 E. Pender St. • Feb. 12, 9 p.m. • $15, Red...
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D.O.A. bids farewell, frontman Joe Keithley enters political mosh pit
Tonight (Jan. 18), seminal hardcore band D.O.A. plays the first of two, back-to-back concerts at the Rickshaw Theatre, kicking-off the long-serving Vancouver band’s farewell tour as lead...
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Keithley trades punk for politics
If I lived in Coquitlam, I’d vote for Joe. D.O.A. leader/founder Joe Keithley is seeking the B.C. NDP nomination for Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. To concentrate fully on winning the contest, he is...
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This Weekend In Music: Part 1, Friday, April 12
Plenty to see this weekend, Vancouver music fan. Plenty. Whether it be the Maritime rhymes of Classified, the spry power-pop of local band Bend Sinister, the classics of punk rock pioneers Bad...
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Just Announced Shows including the Eagles, Black Sabbath, John Cleese, the...
JUST ANNOUNCED Small Black From Brooklyn, indie pop band, on tour to support their latest release Limits Of Desire. With guests Heavenly Beat • Biltmore Cabaret, 2755 Prince Edward St. • June 7, 9:30...
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Just Announced Shows, including Buckcherry, De La Soul, Boyce Avenue and...
JUST ANNOUNCED Fear Factory With Hate Eternal, Kobra and the Lotus, This is War and Hidden Towers • Rickshaw Theatre, 254 E. Hastings • May 29, 8 p.m. • $20/$25, Scrape, Red Cat, Zulu,...
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JUST ANNOUNCED SHOWS! Including Kid Cudi, Goblin, Tom Odell, Hugh Cornwell...
JUST ANNOUNCED SHOWS! Ash Grunwald Award-winning Australian indie artist • Media Club, 695 Cambie • Aug. 15, 8 p.m. • $16, themediaclub.ca Madchild & Slaine Madchild (of Swollen Members) and Slaine...
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JUST ANNOUNCED Concerts: Including John Legend, Sander Van Doorn, Three Dog...
JUST ANNOUNCED CONCERTS: Lee Brice Four-time Academy of Country Music nominee, on tour in support of his sophomore album, Hard 2 Love. With guest Brett Kissel. • Commodore Ballroom • Aug. 9, 9:30 p.m....
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JUST ANNOUNCED CONCERTS, including Bret Michaels, the Orb, London Grammar,...
JUST ANNOUNCED CONCERTS Valient Thorr Stoner-rock/metal band from North Carolina. With guests Black Wizard, Lord Dying and Ramming Speed. • Rickshaw Theatre, 254 E. Hastings • Sept. 13, doors 8:30 p.m....
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CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lana Del Rey, Pennywise, Peter Hook and the Light and...
JUST ANNOUNCED CONCERTS & SHOWS: Sea Wolf (solo set) Indie folk musician based in Los Angeles, California. With guest Ben Rogers. • Biltmore Cabaret, 2755 Prince Edward St. • March 26, doors 8 p.m....
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OFF! Makes Modern Hardcore Music
If OFF! had been around when the first wave of American hardcore bands rose up, it would’ve been one of the hottest bands on the scene. Formed of former Black Flag and Circle Jerks singer Keith Morris,...
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Enter White Lung’s Deep Fantasy tonight at Electric Owl
Vancouver band White Lung plays blistering, no-bullshit punk. And it is good. Really good. The quartet of singer Mish Way (who also writes a plethora of worth-reading articles for publications as...
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Just Announced: Ed Sheeran, Peter Frampton, Little Dragon, Bad Religion,...
JUST ANNOUNCED: Rah Rah Canadian indie-rock band, on tour in support of their upcoming studio album, Vessels. • Media Club, 695 Cambie St. • March 5, doors 8 p.m. • $16, Red Cat, Zulu,...
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Concert Announcements: Blondie, Walk Off the Earth, Daniel Wesley, Yes &...
JUST ANNOUNCED: Cassie & Maggie MacDonald The Rogue presents this Halifax-based Celtic group. • St. James Hall, 3214 W. 10th Ave. • May 1, 8 p.m. • $20/$16, Highlife, Prussin Music, Rufus’ Guitar...
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Show Announcements: Florence + the Machine, America, Kevin Hart, Steve Earl &...
JUST ANNOUNCED Canada Day Kickoff Concert Canadian country music stars, Emerson Drive, will launch the Fraser Valley’s Canada Day festivities. With country local country stars Aaron Pritchett, King...
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