Music Features White Rock metalcore quintet A Mourning Star helps foster a thriving metal scene in the suburbs Since 2021, A Mourning Star vocalist Elijah Robinson has been promoting metal shows around the Lower Mainland.
Recordings Puritans offer a beguiling twist on guitar-bass-drum combo on Swerving Lines It's much easier to swallow than a life of moralistic servitude.
Recordings Shit Boys haven't given up on world, despite naming disc The Literal Death The band tries to make sense of this failing world as best it can.
Recordings Dumb offers an embarrassment of riches The six-song mini-set comes off with a bit more urgency than last year’s Mustang Law effort.
Recordings The Courtneys II more than worth the wait Making a sequel can be tricky, something the Courtneys know all too well.
Music Features Recharged Japandroids not afraid of the downers on Near to the Wild Heart of Life Though often unified in theme, Vancouver-born band' latest is its most musically diverse collection.
Recordings Terrifier unleashes furious hellstorm on Weapons of Thrash Destruction At its core, the album is a full-fledged love letter to the power of old-school thrash.
Recordings Sunday Morning's self-titled effort shaded in blue mood Bruce Wilson's latest is the result of trying to re-create a lost journal that apparently documented a heap of tough times.
Recordings Nardwuar flexes his skills on Ogopogo Punk Though rarely seen, the titular figure from the Evaporators’ new Ogopogo Punk LP is one of B.C.’s most high-profile living legends.
Recordings Japandroids still deliver plenty of distorted guitar hooks and drum damage Time and space are generally in flux for the guys in Japandroids.
