Articles by Miné Salkin

Zero 7

Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC December 13

PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2009

Zero 7's leading female vocalist Sophie Barker has a robust yet dreamy quality to her singing style that would have made the opera heroine...

Woodhands

The Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC November 28

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2009

Plaid shirts, bearded hipsters and women dancing in their bras — these are all brought out of the woodwork during your typical Woodhands sh...

DJ Spooky

PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2009

Radiohead. George Bush. Chinese lyrics. A complex narrative of the current economic chaos without getting boring. DJ Spooky, aka Paul D. Mi...

Moonbootica

...Save The Night!

PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2009

Hamburg DJs KoweSix and Tobitob (aka Moonbootica) are the perfect blend of hip-hop, electronic rhythms and self-destructive humour. The duo...

Bad News Brown

Born 2 Sin

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2009

Born 2 Sin is a hip-hop work primarily driven by the harmonica; it's an album with a premise so offensive in nature it's worth a listen. Th...

Tiesto

Kaleidoscope

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2009

World famous DJ Tiësto takes a progressive turn with his newest full-length album by looking to the Canadian pop music market. As if h...

Arctic Monkeys

Malkin Bowl, Vancouver, BC September 20

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2009

Seeing Arctic Monkeys is like an experiment in trying to understand the classic nonchalance of the British. Is it a cool kind of aloofness,...

Paul Oakenfold / Various

Perfecto Vegas

PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2009

British-born Paul Oakenfold's 20th DJ mix album is bouncy and lively, albeit as predictable as ever. The two-disc work mixes in some obscur...