Oh hi, we’re doing a ridiculous New Years party that’s only $25 and you can bring your own booze. Oh hi, I’m DJing it with Kellen Powell and Jon Hennessey. Check out the full details here. Here’s a little mix to give you an idea of what I’ll be contributing to the evening. Tracklisting which [...]

Did you know that international makeup superstar Jon Hennessey is also killer at making playlists? Did you know that Todd M Duym, an artist on Nobasura, the talent agency that Jon Hennessy runs, is having an art show at grace-gallery at second and Main on Friday? Did you know that Jon will be providing the [...]

Douglas Ko, The Kim Jong-ILL of one of Canada’s best labels, Summer Lover Unlimited Music, was over at my place this weekend (Aren’t I awesome?). Something Exclaim! won’t tell you about Doug, he always rolls with his own soundtrack. So he stepped in my place and gave me a CD to put on. I of [...]

On the left, the brand new album by Wintermitts which is entitled Heirloom. On the right, the packet that comes with the album which contains seeds for heirloom tomatoes. There are also detailed instructions on how to grow and care for your tomatoes. It is rumoured that every tenth album comes with Marijuana seeds (kidding). [...]

Check out these photos which Toby Marie Bannister just shot of Black Mountain while on an east coast tour. They’re pretty, they’re spectacular, they’re pretty spectacular.

Natalie Vermeer is a local musician, writer and substitute elementary school teacher. We got her to do a mixtape this week and you can download it from here or the link on the sidebar. Here’s what she has to say about her mixtape.
“I was hoping not to recreate yet another break up mix but [...]

Check out the debut video from Tom Anselmi’s music project MIRROR. It features Dave Gahan from Depeche Mode on vocals and it’s pretty damn good. You can see the uncensored version soon at www.mirror.fm

edit: I have just been informed that this is currently the top YouTube music video from Canada. Congratulations MIRROR.

“Oh hey Mr Six Oh Four, I noticed you didn’t do a mixtape last week, what gives?”
“Oh hey Mr/Ms/Mrs Six Oh Four Reader, you are correct but we have a real treat for you this week. Trevor Risk did a 17-song mixtape to make up for it. Not only that, his mixtape features Kish, Gravediggaz, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]