Rickshaw - Vancouver, BC Meet The Coathangers. Three girls from the south who just wanna have fun. Everything is pretty much up front when it comes to the Atlanta trio's smily faced brand of garage punk. There are no hidden messages nor are there any underlying philosophical pontifications to be read in the tea leaves of their lyrics. If you don't know what you think of songs like Adderall or Shut Up then y ...

Fortune Sound Club - Vancouver, BC The crazy rhyme. The Flame-thrower flow. The melodic arrangement. The eloquent lyricism. Any hip hop head that has heard the orchestral strings and poignant piano chords on a Bone Thugz N’ Harmony track echoing through a speaker over the last twenty years can appreciate all of the elements that have helped give the Cleveland stable legendary status in the rap world. The Th ...

[caption id="attachment_54429" align="alignnone" width="546"] 'Dean Brody performs during his stop in Oshawa, Ontario on his Crop Circles Canadian tour. He played fan favourites such as 'Canadian girls', 'Marianne', 'Dirt', and 'Brothers' to name a few.'[/caption]   Oshawa, Ontario - General Motors Center Making a stop on his Crop Circles tour, Dean Brody stopped in Oshawa, Ontario to a sold out crowd ...

4/5 Musicians taking steps away from their bands is not uncommon, and Matt Webb has hit the nail on the head with his debute solo EP ‘Right Direction.' All of the songs are incredibly personal, and quite catchy to listeners. One of the songs, ‘Heartbreaker’, has a bit of a country sound to it that mixes in wonderfully with the pop the album will become known for. The lyrics are simple, but powerful. The lov ...

We Are Pioneers World tour General Motors Center -Oshawa, Ontario On their last stop in Canada on their World tour, The Band Perry knocked the boots off of their Canadians fans in Oshawa, Ontario. The band didn’t hold anything back during the performance, starting the night off with telling fans some of the things that people had said to them as insults. Main singer, Kimberly, was told that it was a good th ...

5 /5 This month, rockers Against Me! have come out with their sixth album entitled Transgender Dysphoria Blues. This will also be the first album the band has released since lead singer formally known as, Tom Gable, announced the decision of making some changes in his life and becoming, Laura Jane Grace. By the title of the album and its lyrical content, I found that it may possibly be Grace’s way of dealin ...

4/5 Canadian Country singer, Dean Brody, is at it again with his fourth studio album Crop Circles. Brody has won numerous awards, and his songs from previous albums are heard constantly on Canadian radios. The easy listening songs on Crop Circles makes the listener want to sing along, and even get up to dance. Sand in my soul is a bit of a different sound for the country singer, but fits him perfectly. Not ...

3/5 Following the release of many albums and singles under different projects over the past 18 years and his rise to fame with the revival of American house music, Ryan Raddon, better known as Kaskade, brings us his tenth solo full-length album, with a mixture of different sounds that sees him continuing his path along the big-room house route that shot him to the top—headlining some of the biggest electron ...

VENUE - Vancouver, BC Positive energy was in the air at Venue Thursday night. Reggae, Dub and Dancehall fans were treated to the souds of New York based Easy Star All Stars; one of the most successful Reggae collectives of all time. Their music has been enjoyed worldwide at festivals and clubs on five continents. The groups 2003 debut release; Dub Side of The Moon has been a fixture on the Billboard Reggae ...

Tosin Abasi is perhaps one of the most innovative, progressive guitarists in metal music today, so when I went to the Summer Slaughter festival just to see his band, Animals as Leaders, perform live, my expectations could not have been higher. Arriving at Sound Academy at 7:20 pm, I walked past many who were sitting along the entrance hallway, which made me wonder if the energy had already died out—the show ...