Articles by Joshua Kloke

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  Johnny Bertram & The Golden Bicycles

  Days That Passed

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2010

  Beard rock isn't exactly a genre you'll see popping up on iTunes anytime soon. At least, not until Days That Passed (the debut full-length...

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  Caw! Caw!

  Bummer Palace

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2010

  You've got to assume that all four members of Chicago, IL's Caw! Caw! are a relatively carefree bunch. After all, these four dudes began as...

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  Box Elders / Student Teacher

  The Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver BC May 18

  PUBLISHED May 19, 2010

  Cheap cans of PBR, free pizza and jangly, messy garage rock — these are the cornerstones to a fulfilling and redemptive lifestyle. Clearly...

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  The Sun Harmonic

  Chemistry

  PUBLISHED May 11, 2010

  It takes a lot of guts to do what Kaleb Hikele has done. Performing with scream acts (Far From Freedom) and alt-rock trios (the Capitol) in...

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  Chain and the Gang / The Strange Boys

  The Media Club, Vancouver, BC March 5

  PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2010

  For a city suffering from a weighty post-Olympic hangover, the idea of throwing two raucous bands together in a tiny venue must have been e...

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  Against Me! / Cancer Bats

  Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, BC March 2

  PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2010

  Debuting "I Used to Be a Teenage Anarchist" from Against Me!'s forthcoming full-length, White Crosses, front-man Tom Gabel shouted: "Rememb...

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  Hal Willner's Neil Young Project featuring Lou Reed, Elvis Costello, Broken Social Scene

  Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC February 19

  PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2010

  Neil Young's catalogue, revered and legendary that it is, is often tough to duplicate, which is why Hal Willner's Neil Young Project, a cel...

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  Steve Earle / Joel Plaskett

  Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC January 23

  PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2010

  The Olympics are polarizing the masses of Vancouver, and despite the fact this gig was part of the Cultural Olympiad series, more than a fe...