Moseying through the front door of the Eastern Edge Gallery just across from St. John's harbour, festival goers found themselves standing at...

Kicking off what had become known as "the punk showcase" was local punk quartet Conditioner. The band hit the stage looking a touch ragged,...

One of Lawnya Vawnya's traditions is the downtown music crawl, where selected artists showcase a few songs in local shops that don't normall...

A festival like Lawnya Vawnya is naturally conducive to feeling things: the ice cold late May snow on your face; warm about all the friendli...

It'd take a long time to think of a band with six members that have ever arrived more fully formed than John, the discovery highlight of thi...

I'm not sure I've ever seen a band look as happy to be playing music as St. John's locals Lo Siento (literally Spanish for "I feel it," but...

Few people can hold a room's attention like Rae Spoon did upstairs at the Rocket Room on Thursday. Sure, it's a sit down kinda spot, but Spo...

A cold, cold day in St. John's meant that happy hour at the brewery in Quidi Vidi was one of the best ways to warm the cockles of your heart...

If we're being real, Lawnya Vawnya got its real start upstairs at the Rocket Room during a screening of Play Your Gender, a new doc featurin...

After a stellar introduction by the evening's host, Miley, local "four piece cool guy band" Park Day took the stage at The Republic for the...

Slinking into the final spot of Lawnya Vawnya's Wednesday night (May 23) spectacular was Halifax's Loveland. Although the crowd had thinned...

Honestly, the Barr Brothers started their Agora headlining set a little bit sterile — very sharp, very "pleasant" sounding, but essentially...

Laura Sauvage took the stage at Rouyn-Noranda's most beautiful venue on the last night of FME with a rad-as-hell captain's hat, staking out...

It's hard to figure out what the hell to say about a METZ show. Your brain is bombarded with so much stimuli that it quickly becomes clear t...

Have you ever wondered what a "barn stoner grunge band from Montreal" might sound like? Well, it sounds pretty much exactly as you imagined,...

At the beginning of their early evening Saturday set, Pandaléon played some very tight post-rock with dreamy vocals injected here and there....

The booze-fuelled, sweat-soaked, rock'n'roll highlight of FME's Friday night was Montreal's Les Deuxluxes, who also happened to have release...

There are few bands that bridge the French/English gap in as fun a way as Dead Obies. The outsider hip-hop group lay ruin to the entire venu...

FME's schedule can be pretty exhausting — opportunities abound for hangouts pretty much 24/7, so it can be tough to find the energy to keep...

Sackville, NB's Partner kicked off their late night set at Cabaret de la dernière chance with a tune where they claimed they would rock our...