Vancouver

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  Todd Glass / Ross Dauk

  Yuk Yuk's, Vancouver BC, February 19

  PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2015

  With a duo of piano and cello doing jazz standards, a little something to take the edge off, as Doug Stanhope would say, the ambiance at Yu...

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  Hozier

  Orpheum, Vancouver BC, February 15

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2015

  Hozier is no hoser; Andrew Hozier-Byrne had a calming, genuine presence. He was clearly the star of this show as he came out onstage in fro...

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  Ali Wong /Katie-Ellen Humphries / Jane Stanton

  Yuk Yuk's, Vancouver BC, February 13

  PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2015

  The soothing minstrelsy of the Ramones and host Garrett Quinton set the tone for a largely female crowd. Quinton had a presence like Matthe...

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  Andy Kindler / Chris James / Dino Archie

  Comedy MIX, Vancouver BC, February 13

  PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2015

  Holy crap, this show was awkward! Despite the pre-show pleas of the announcer and reiteration by hardworking host Kevin Banner, the crowd w...

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  Ariel Pink / Jack Name

  The Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver BC, February 11

  PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2015

  Ariel Pink's lanky build and post-Cobain hairdo were only the surface of the odd presence that he brought with him to the Rickshaw Theatre....

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  Dengue Fever

  Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver BC, February 9

  PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2015

  There was a kind of wedding vibe to Dengue Fever's set at the Biltmore on February 9, but in a good way. Having driven up all the way from...

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  Morgan Delt

  Electric Owl Social Club, Vancouver BC, February 6

  PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2015

  The rise of Morgan Delt over the past couple of years has seemed like destiny. How else could a mystical lo-fi psychedelic rock musician fr...

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  Sam Smith

  Rogers Arena, Vancouver BC, February 4

  PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2015

  With a sold-out Rogers Arena buzzing in anticipation, and the first notes of "Life Support" igniting the sound system, a dark curtain dropp...