How 'Dawson's Creek' Became a Treasure Trove of Canadian Music

Published Jan 27, 2021

One of the greatest music moments in Dawson's Creek took place halfway through the third season, in the episode "A Weekend in the Country."...

Bebe Buckskin's 'Asiskiy' EP Is a Powerful Reinvention of Blues Rock

Published Jun 11, 2020

Asiskiy, the sophomore EP from blues rocker Bebe Buckskin, is a five-track collection that — with its wahs of slide guitar, growling riffs,...

Cœur de pirate En cas de tempête, ce jardin sera fermé

Published May 29, 2018

One doesn't need to speak French to understand what Cœur de pirate is saying on her new album, En cas de tempête, ce jardin sera fermé. The...

Jo Passed Contemplate an (Affordable) Hopeful Home on 'Their Prime'

Published May 22, 2018

"We're almost like a cyber, sci-fi version of our grandparent's generation," Joseph Hirabayashi tells Exclaim! It's a bright spring day in V...

Cœur de pirate Discusses Her New Album and How Losing Herself Helped Her Find Inspiration Again

Published Feb 14, 2018

Béatrice Martin has just returned to Montreal from France, where the artist known as Cœur de pirate has been recording her fourth album. Des...

Big Boi Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, January 9

Published Jan 10, 2018

It was a fitting way to begin an out-of-this-world show: against a screen that played an epic outer space cartoon, Antwan André "Big Boi" Pa...

The Pack A.D. Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver BC, December 8

Published Dec 09, 2017

In what they've referred to as one of their last shows for a while, Vancouver legends the Pack A.D. performed a loud and laidback set to a t...

Damian Marley Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, September 26

Published Sep 27, 2017

There was a distinct sense of positivity that never — not for a second — dropped during Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley's performance at the sold-o...

Hannah Georgas Westward Music Festival, Vancouver BC, September 17

Published Sep 18, 2017

On Sunday night (September 17), Hannah Georgas helped close the inaugural Westward Music Festival on a high note as she performed a set that...

Vince Staples Westward Music Festival, Vancouver BC, September 16

Published Sep 17, 2017

You couldn't see Vince Staples at the Vogue Theatre on Saturday night. That wasn't the point. You felt him.   Appearing as a silhouette ag...

Charlotte Day Wilson Westward Music Festival, Vancouver BC, September 16

Published Sep 17, 2017

Standing under the glow of spotlights, Charlotte Day Wilson looked like a divine being as she performed a compelling set at the Vogue Theatr...

PUP Westward Music Festival, Vancouver BC, September 15

Published Sep 16, 2017

When the audience nearly drowns out the band because they're singing at the top of their lungs so loudly, you know it's been a great show. A...

Touché Amoré Westward Music Festival, Vancouver BC, September 15

Published Sep 16, 2017

Jeremy Bolm, the frontman for post-hardcore band Touché Amoré, stood at the edge of the Vogue Theatre stage and thrust his microphone into t...

Brass Westward Music Festival, Vancouver BC, September 15

Published Sep 16, 2017

"Fuckin' Brass!"   The thick crowd at Vancouver's Vogue Theatre welcomed hometown favourites Brass to the Westward Music Festival stage on...

Youngblood Westward Music Festival, Vancouver BC, September 14

Published Sep 15, 2017

Outfitted in a mesh, white opal coat with matching pants and rose-tinted sunglasses, Alexis Young felt straight out of a David Lynch dream a...

Liinks Westward Music Festival, Vancouver BC, September 14

Published Sep 15, 2017

The crowd was still trickling into the Vogue Theatre as Liinks took the stage on Thursday (September14) at Vancouver's inaugural Westward Mu...

Bishop Briggs Westward Music Festival, Vancouver BC, September 14

Published Sep 15, 2017

Bishop Briggs' set at the Vogue Theatre on Thursday (September 14) was quite literally a marathon of her electro-infused soul: running laps...

Beck Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver BC, August 24

Published Aug 25, 2017

Wow.    The word itself was lit up hugely and in psychedelics on the back screen at the Orpheum Theatre as Beck performed the punchy singl...

Temples Fox Cabaret, Vancouver BC, August 9

Published Aug 10, 2017

Last night (August 9) at the Fox Cabaret, British psych rock band Temples transported the audience into a euphoric dimension as they perform...

The Zombies Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, April 21

Published Apr 22, 2017

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Odessey and Oracle, their 1968 masterpiece, the Zombies took fans on a jubilant "odessey" through their...