648 Kingsway is closing its doors due to a 40% rent increase.The beloved music venue is the latest victim of a merciless housing crisis. Sean Finan (any pronouns) // Crew…
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Buddha’s Cabaret Catches Fire
After Buddha’s Cabaret catches fire, bands and fans alike are mourning the venue.
This Week In Van
A guide to the beat of your life Ana X. Martínez Lima (she/her) // Contributor Geraldine Yaris (she/her) // Illustrator Any fans of live music, read on. Back on Oct….
Latin x Afro Night
I´m not here to make friends ANA X. MARTINEZ LIMA (SHE/HER) // CONTRIBUTOR FREYA EMERY (SHE/HER) // ILLUSTRATOR Latin music and Afrobeat in the same place? A must-attend event. On…
Epidemic City
A look at the communities that are banding together in the fight to keep doors open and spirits alive for local music venues in a post-pandemic city Alexis Zygan //…
A Conversation With Necking
The Vancouver-based, post-punk band talks diversity and gentrification Theodore Abbott // Contributor Kerria Gray // Photographer In the no-fun-city of Vancouver, among a landscape of closed down venues and repetitive…
Stew Jams: A Community Recipe
Stew Jams puts the needle to the groove by creating musical soup for the soul in Vancouver’s hip-hop community Sarah Rose // Features Editor Celine Pinget // Photographer SRO’s, rabid…
Jazz Nights at the Maplewood Taphouse
Atley King hosts a weekly music series that regularly showcases emerging talent from the CapU Jazz Studies program Freya Wasteneys // Managing Editor Students mill, forming a line behind the…
Live Review: Death From Above
What a real rock concert should be like Justin Scott // managing editor Canadian rock duo Death From Above doesn’t make sense. How bandmates Sebastien Grainger and Jesse F. Keeler…