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Your guide to the Westward Music Festival

The Georgia Straight's guide to the second edition of the Westward Music Festival includes interviews with Rhye, Angel Olsen, Je

Measles alert for Vancouver public transit users, Skookum attendees, and more

An individual in Vancouver has been confirmed with the measles, and may have exposed the virus to others from September 8 to 11.

Jian Ghomeshi jokes that friends call him a #MeToo pioneer in a new article for the respected New York Review of Books

"Chalk up one more human being who no longer thinks I’m a creep"

Hendrix freaks rejoice: Electric Ladyland 50th anniversary vinyl box set due in November

Get your Hendrix on.

Mac Miller was reportedly dead long before police were called to his home

Official cause of death not expected for weeks.

21 Vancouver concerts this weekend, September 14 to 16

Alt-country, acoustic-blues, folk-pop, accordion noir, Westward: take your pick.

8 Vancouver concerts on sale Friday

All shows go on sale Friday morning.

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.

By offering the promise of magic connections in small clubs, Westward Fest is your chance to say "I saw them when"

Nothing beats getting close enough to see the whites of their eyes.

ALBUM REVIEWS

Your Volunteer's Wellspring reveals Jay Hosking's vulnerability, notwithstanding all those degrees

Rushden & Diamonds' latest disc is either high-life fantasy or an insider joke

Head gives good rock opera on Dear Father

Dumb's postpunk is as intelligent as it gets

Vancouver composer Peggy Lee's attention to detail tips the scales perfectly in Echo Painting