Music Features

Vancouver's Kitty & The Rooster: as one might guess from the pussy-licker lollipops, not a kids' band at all

Get lucky, and you just might find a cock sucker at the band's shows.

Bob Moses breaks down Battle Lines

Touring the world taught the electronic-pop duo that people are the same everywhere.

Natalie Prass drops the personal for the political on The Future and the Past

After laying in bed for a while, it seemed like it was time to make a difference

The Mattson 2 pay tribute to jazz icon John Coltrane

Coltrane’s masterpiece was about love and unity and exploration; revisiting it in this time of hate and divisiveness and retrenchment must be making some kind of political statement, right?

Mudhoney abides: Steve Turner on the grunge backlash, Nirvana, Green River, vintage metal, and digital garbage

Not many bands can last thirty years, especially without whopping financial rewards to fortify their commitment, and still put out such consistently strong albums.

Six under-the-radar acts to catch at this weekend’s Westward music festival

Westward takes place from Thursday to Sunday (September 13 to 16) at some of the city’s finest venues.

After looking for new challenges, Great Lake Swimmers delivered something stunning with The Waves, The Wake

If you're headed to a cabin, you know what to bring.

Rhye buys his way to freedom

Landing a major-label deal is most musicians’ dream. But for Mike Milosh, the man behind Rhye, his Polydor weighed him down for several years.

Sore Points pay respect to their punk progenitors

Depending on your own tastes, you'll probably describe the music of Sore Points in a different way.

Georgia Straight guide to SKOOKUM

The Killers, Florence and the Machine, Father John Misty, Arkells, Metric, St. Vincent, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and many other acts will be converging on Vancouver's fabulous Stanley Park for the first SKOOKUM from September 7 to September 9.

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Music Features

Vancouver's Kitty & The Rooster: as one might guess from the pussy-licker lollipops, not a kids' band at all

Bob Moses breaks down Battle Lines

Natalie Prass drops the personal for the political on The Future and the Past

The Mattson 2 pay tribute to jazz icon John Coltrane

Mudhoney abides: Steve Turner on the grunge backlash, Nirvana, Green River, vintage metal, and digital garbage

Six under-the-radar acts to catch at this weekend’s Westward music festival

After looking for new challenges, Great Lake Swimmers delivered something stunning with The Waves, The Wake

Rhye buys his way to freedom

Sore Points pay respect to their punk progenitors

Georgia Straight guide to SKOOKUM

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