Articles by Mark E. Rich

Zola Jesus

Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver BC May 3

PUBLISHED May 5, 2011

Despite releasing music under the Zola Jesus moniker for a mere three years, Wisconsin native Nika Roza Danilova has already amassed a larg...

Rene Hell Explains the Conscious and Unconscious Shift of <i>The Terminal Symphony</i>

PUBLISHED May 4, 2011

Anyone who's been paying attention to the experimental cassette underground over the last several years has been bound to come across a Jef...

Dirty Beaches / Jeans Wilder

Waldorf Hotel, Vancouver BC April 7

PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2011

After a long string of small, limited releases, both Jeans Wilder and Dirty Beaches have recently issued debut LPs that have been garnering...

Sharon Van Etten

Media Club, Vancouver BC March 29

PUBLISHED Mar 31, 2011

After slowly winning crowds over for the last few years as an opening act for bands like Junip and the National, Brooklyn-via-North Dakota...

The Residents

Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver BC March 19

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2011

In 2012, avant-garde collective the Residents will be celebrating 40 years of existence. Over those four decades, the mysterious and well-g...

Man or Astro-man? / The Octopus Project

The Biltmore, Vancouver BC February 25

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2011

Austin, TX's Octopus Project had the arduous task of opening the night to a drunken crowd that was strictly there for the headliners. The f...

Yo La Tengo

Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver BC February 19

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2011

By now, most Yo La Tengo fans will have heard of the novelty surrounding their current tour. But for those who haven't, the long-running in...

Sebadoh

Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver BC February 11

PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2011

Having already done their cult favourite Bubble and Scrape in its entirety for the Pitchfork Music Festival a few years back, Lou Barlow, J...