Vancouver

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  King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard / Mild High Club

  Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver BC, September 1

  PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2015

  With appropriately scuzzy '60s garage-rock playing between bands, Alexander Brettin's Mild High Club delivered on their name. Playing much...

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  The Appleseed Cast

  The Cobalt, Vancouver BC, July 13

  PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2015

  The Appleseed Cast have survived a fair number of changes since forming in the late '90s, and their sophomore full-length from 2000, Mare V...

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  Tanlines

  Electric Owl, Vancouver BC, July 7

  PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2015

  It's been three years since Brooklyn duo Eric Emm and Jesse Cohen, aka Tanlines, released their breakout debut LP, Mixed Emotions. The effo...

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  Trans Am / Sur Une Plage

  Fox Cabaret, Vancouver BC, July 6

  PUBLISHED Jul 7, 2015

  Following a selection of 45s by Jeremy Schmidt (aka Sinoia Caves), Vancouver duo Sur Une Plage meekly took the stage. With Joshua Wells (Li...

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  Guantanamo Baywatch / Juan Wauters

  Wise Hall, Vancouver BC, June 30

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2015

  Representing Queens by way of Uruguay, Captured Tracks singer-songwriter Juan Wauters dropped an uneven set at Wise Hall on this Canada Day...

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  Iceage

  The Cobalt, Vancouver BC, June 28

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2015

  Word of the antics caused by Denmark's punk outfit Iceage tends to precede them. Almost everyone I talked to before the show seemed to have...

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  Death Grips

  Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, June 20

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2015

  When the supposedly broken-up rap group Death Grips — the trio of Zach Hill, Andy Morin and Stefan "MC Ride" Burnett — stepped onto the sta...

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  Sufjan Stevens

  Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver BC, June 9

  PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2015

  High expectations come with a $50 indie rock concert ticket, but it's doubtful anyone last night (June 9) was thinking about the money as t...