Anniversary
"A Magical Time" for Vancouver Indie Rock: Said the Whale's Debut 'Taking Abalonia' Turns 15
PUBLISHED May 12, 2022
In Vancouver in 2007, a thriving new scene of pop rock was just starting to take shape. Mother Mother released their future-classic debut T...
'Glee' at 25: How Bran Van 3000's Eclectic Debut Became a Timeless "Canadian Folk Record"
PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2022
James Di Salvio thought he was making an instrumental trip-hop record and that would be it. He never imagined those late-night jam sessions...
Paper Bag Records Celebrates 20 Years, Reflects on Winning a JUNO with First-Ever Release
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2022
"One of the best albums of this year."That's what Exclaim!'s wrote in a 2002 review of Paper Bag Records' very first release, Broken Social...
Mother Mother's Debut Turns 15: "'Touch Up' Is Our Zenith"
PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2022
Mother Mother's career arc has been impossible to predict. When they first emerged as a mid-'00s freak folk trio named Mother, it was unima...
The Pack a.d. Reflect on the "Punk Rock Perspective" of 'Unpersons' 10 Years Later
PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2022
In a career defined by loud, grimy garage albums, the Pack a.d.'s 2011 release Unpersons just might be the loudest and grimiest of the bunc...
The New Pornographers Reflect on the "Baroque Garage Rock" of 'Mass Romantic'
PUBLISHED Dec 9, 2021
"Visualize success, but don't believe your eyes."That chorus lyric from Mass Romantic's "Jackie" pretty much describes the career arc of th...
Dan Mangan Celebrates 10 Years of 'Oh Fortune' and "Breaking Out of the Singer-Songwriter Box"
PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2021
In 2011, Dan Mangan wanted to be more than nice, nice, very nice. His sensitive folk pop tunes had earned him a sizeable following and a de...
'Loveless' at 30: Zoon Reflects on the Influence of My Bloody Valentine's Shoegaze Blueprint
PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2021
When recording Loveless between 1989 and 1991, Kevin Shields and his band My Bloody Valentine famously almost bankrupted their label, Creat...
