Articles by Leslie Ken Chu

The Mountain Goats / Lydia Loveless

Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, September 6

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2019

The Mountain Goats never fail to bring high spirits to their live shows, and Friday night at the Commodore Ballroom was no exception.   Ope...

Carly Rae Jepsen / Ralph

Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, August 28

PUBLISHED Aug 29, 2019

Feelings are complicated. Carly Rae Jepsen knows this full well, having written two critically adored albums about all the messiness and be...

Stef Chura / French Vanilla / Dadweed

Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver BC, August 1

PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2019

"We don't get out here much," Stef Chura said to her Thursday night audience at the Biltmore Cabaret. A member of local openers Dadweed res...

Necking

Cut Your Teeth

PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2019

Scorched by regretful exes, sleazy, power-wielding bosses and soulless property developers, Vancouver quartet Necking push back with nine e...

Paul McCartney

BC Place Stadium, Vancouver BC, July 6

PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2019

Paul McCartney could say anything to greet his fans, and they would eat it up. But on Saturday night (July 6) at BC Place Stadium, he skipp...

Vancouver Band Necking Confront Love, Privilege and Loneliness on Debut Album 'Cut Your Teeth'

PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2019

Cut Your Teeth is the fearlessly personal debut album by Vancouver four-piece Necking. The album, out July 5 via Mint Records, is as stingi...

The Roots

TD International Vancouver Jazz Festival, Vancouver BC, June 28

PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2019

The final weekend of the 34th annual TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival kicked off on Friday, and featured Grammy Award-winning hip-h...

Jamila Woods / duendita

Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver BC, June 27

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2019

Legacy, lineage, and spirituality — these are topics Jamila Woods and duendita ponder in their work. Woods approaches them as a black woman...