I’m sure we’ve all met the type.  “Oh, I listen to everything except rap and country.”  First of all—you don’t.  No one really does, but I suspect that you probably do even less.  Sorry, but Top 40 doesn’t amount to “everything”.  Secondly, if you truly believe that rap, country and their respective sub genres are [...]

Aaron Cadwaladr
May 7, 2010
The Main
Vancouver, B.C
Sometimes a guy just needs to hear some acoustic and piano-infused (or keyboard, in this case) melodies on a mild Thursday evening.  Some days I wish all music were arranged this way.  Tonight, upon running around, stressed out, ensuring I bought the right ingredients and goodies for my work’s BBQ [...]

April 23, 2010
The Biltmore Cabaret
Vancouver, B.C
Despite my adoration of the Biltmore Cabaret’s atmosphere and sound for the various types of skits and performances I caught during a single episode of Talent Time—I’d had yet to see a gig there.  Considering I go to live music performances almost weekly, many of you may find that hard [...]

There are some great shows coming up this weekend in Vancity and you’d be a true asshole if you just sat at home and ignored them:
Fri, 04/23/10

Air Supply are going to be making love out of nothing at all at the River Rock Show Theatre @ 7:30 – map – tickets – artist info – [...]

Are your angsty punk rock tastes taking a mellow turn? Perhaps you have a lust for bitter singer-songwriters or feel the need for some folk-rock reprieve? Whatever the case may be—you’ll be right at home this coming Thursday when Frank Turner and company perform at The Media Club in Vancouver.
Northcote and Dave Hause [...]

Are there any albums you long for but just can’t seem to get your hands on?  Out of print, never was printed in your preferred format or just too damn expensive on Ebay?  I feel your pain but perhaps via a collective form of therapy we can get this agony off of our chests and [...]

So, again we have the latest roster of bands and dates for Warped Tour’s 16th run.  If you’re thinking “Really? He’s posting about that tired circus, the Warped Tour?”  I too have no plans of going—even prior to them pulling the plug on Vancouver once again—as last year was a (less than half) decent way [...]

With their sixth studio effort forthcoming—and a recent stop at Vancouver’s Rickshaw Theatre—I thought I’d offer as much of a preview of the album that I can, while highlighting past hidden gems (most in high contrast to their current offerings). Not only was I privileged enough to interview Andrew Seward from Against Me! and review [...]

Besides the bit of record fetching I carried out last weekend in Seattle—I also ventured south to hit the Seattle Experience Music Project musem.  The locals I ran into during my previous Seattle trip didn’t leave me with the highest of hopes.  They were correct in pointing out that it’s heavy on Hendrix (which doesn’t [...]

So, as the title suggests—I was recently on the prowl in Seattle.  Although there were plenty of delectable singles and while I am single—this wasn’t my area of focus this past weekend.  Perhaps you might suspect I’m referring to Cameron Crowe’s 1992 drama Singles—a tale of Seattle’s grunge-era twenty something’s search for love— but I [...]