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Live at Squamish, BC festival – Day Two Review – August 21st, 2011
Why visit a festival? Simple. Live music outdoors. It’s practically impossible to beat unless you’re also being offered free narcotics and alcohol. In addition to a great line up of acts, Live at Squamish included a Silent Disco, which many hadn’t experienced beforehand. What’s a silent disco you ask? Simple; you listen to what the DJ’s spinning through wireless headphones. You can adjust the sound to your own comfort and go from there. Though fairly empty throughout the day, when [...]
Live at Squamish, BC festival – Day Two Preview – August 21st, 2011
The pressure is always on the first performers on the second day for two reasons; one, most people don’t arrive early on day two (unless the artist is extremely recognizable and consistently draws huge crowds), and two, if they do have an audience, the audience is expecting something exceptional as they’re a smaller, “more eager” group. Henry Mah (Stawamus Stage @ 1:00PM) and George Osei (Garibaldi Stage @ 1:00PM) have this challenge to face as Sunday begins. Brasstronaut – Stawamus [...]
Make sure you’re attending LIVE at Squamish 2011: Final Event Reminder
LIVE at Squamish 2011: Final Event Reminder It’s almost here! Virgin Mobile presents LIVE at Squamish outdoor music festival, organized by brand.LIVE , will be taking place this weekend on August 20th and 21st. Expect more than 30 amazing musical acts, cool events, awesome food and a community atmosphere all weekend long. “The 2011 festival is shaping up to be even better than last year,” said brand.LIVE Senior Vice President of Production Paul Runnals. “We have an amazing line up [...]
Company of Thieves – Running from a Gamble album review
Company of Thieves begins where we left off two years ago with “Ordinary Riches,” bringing back their amalgamation of attitude-filled rock, country and jazzy-funk to electrify “Running from a Gamble.” But this time, building on their strengths and with more stories to tell, and a brazen attitude to boot! Company of Thieves’ fresh and edgy front woman, Genevieve Schatz has already made a name for herself in the indie community. Furthermore, this album solidifies her triumph of becoming an icon [...]
Metric – Pop Ain’t A Dirty Word
You can’t always judge music by what it sounds like. Well, you could, and then you would probably say that Metric is a great pop band, but you would only be half right. While their 2003 release, Old World Underground, Where are you Now?, is catchy like flypaper, it sticks long enough for you to figure out what synth-playing singer Emily Haines is actually saying about pop-culture.
James Shaw (Metric) Interview
Wes Kirk sits down with James Shaw and Emily Haines, the two founding members of Toronto’s Metric, at Vancouver’s Commodore ballroom at sound check before their April 7th show. First, two drunk dudes chat about music…
