Sorry for the lack of updates recently. I’ve been extremely busy listening to the stellar new album by Metronomy, sleeping, drinking coffee and watching three dozen films at the Toronto International Film Festival. Will resume regular posting on monday with some Vancouver International Film Festival picks. In the meantime, download and enjoy this week’s mixtape [...]

Mixtape time. Get it here or from the link on the sidebar. Confession time as well. I am an evil and manipulative bastard. I make mixtapes that begin with Gwen Stefani’s “What You Waiting For?” and end with Madonna’s “Hung Up” so you’ll listen to all the jams in the middle. Anything will sound good [...]

This week we have another super special guest mixtape that you can download here or from that little link on the sidebar. Jeremiah aka DJ Neoteric is a Vancouver favourite and a nice guy to boot. If you don’t know what a Neoteric is (full disclosure: I had to wikipedia it) “the Neoteric period [...]

To describe something as “big in Japan” has become a cheap T-shirt cliché. Regardless, it’s one of the most apt descriptions one can use when talking about Wrongwroks (wrong rocks). Vancouverite Tony Wong’s line Wrongwroks is available in two stores in Canada. It’s available in 80 in Japan.
Tony got into art and fashion in an [...]

New issue of Ion Magazine just went online. You should be able to grab a hard copy from the following locations by week’s end. This fashion heavy issue features articles on french music sensation Sebastien Tellier, country rock favs Eldorado as well as local artist designed shirt lines Rad Attack and Wrongwroks. You can download [...]

Another issue of Sneeze Magazine showed up in the newspaper box on the corner of Abbott and Water this week. Once again, it makes the cheap laminate flooring in my apartment look that much better. It’s also the first magazine to have photos of Darryl Strawberry, Ricky Henderson, skateboarding and fur suit sex all [...]

Three year anniversary of Katrina just passed and it’s looking like another hurricane is going to hit Louisiana just as the Republican National Convention gets going. Semi-related, a hurricane from New Orleans is going to hit Vancouver on Saturday October 18 as Quinton and Miss Pussycat just announced a show at the Biltmore. Quintron and [...]

On Monday September 1st, Victory Square will see a slightly higher class of people loitering around the park all day. Between 2 and 9pm, the good people at The Only Magazine will be staging the fourth annual Victory Square Block Party. This free event will feature an eclectic lineup of local bands including [...]

Mixtape time! Get it here or from the link on the sidebar. This one has some local love with The Good News and Dandi Wind. Some synth pop with M83 and Ladytron. And a little zip zap rap with Three 6 Mafia and The Cool Kids. Oh yeah, and the new Oasis in on it [...]

Rising artstar, Andrew Salgado, will have his first ever solo exhibition in Vancouver from August 26 to September 7 at the Interurban Gallery on 1 East Hastings. Young Salgado currently has a bit of a buzz swirling around him and recently enrolled in the prestigious Chelsea College of Art in London. The body of work [...]

On Tuesday September 16 at The Plaza, Intimate Productions presents Miss Kittin and The Hacker live. You probably remember this electroclash duo from their 2001 hit Frank Sinatra. That was an expeically rough year for a lot of people so the video is below to refresh your memory. (Careful it has a couple naughty words)

Miss [...]

Intimate Productions, purveyors of all your house music needs in Vancouver, have recently announced the Lotus Long Weekend on Sunday August 31. This will be the five year anniversary bash of their Sunday evening parties which span over three different venues: The Lotus, Lick and Honey. To sweeten the deal (see what I did there), [...]