Articles by Yasmine Shemesh

Jo Passed Contemplate an (Affordable) Hopeful Home on 'Their Prime'

PUBLISHED May 22, 2018

"We're almost like a cyber, sci-fi version of our grandparent's generation," Joseph Hirabayashi tells Exclaim! It's a bright spring day in...

Cœur de pirate Discusses Her New Album and How Losing Herself Helped Her Find Inspiration Again

PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2018

Béatrice Martin has just returned to Montreal from France, where the artist known as Cœur de pirate has been recording her fourth album. De...

Big Boi

Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, January 9

PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2018

It was a fitting way to begin an out-of-this-world show: against a screen that played an epic outer space cartoon, Antwan André "Big Boi" P...

The Pack A.D.

Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver BC, December 8

PUBLISHED Dec 9, 2017

In what they've referred to as one of their last shows for a while, Vancouver legends the Pack A.D. performed a loud and laidback set to a...

Damian Marley

Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, September 26

PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2017

There was a distinct sense of positivity that never — not for a second — dropped during Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley's performance at the sold-...

Hannah Georgas

Westward Music Festival, Vancouver BC, September 17

PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2017

On Sunday night (September 17), Hannah Georgas helped close the inaugural Westward Music Festival on a high note as she performed a set tha...

Charlotte Day Wilson

Westward Music Festival, Vancouver BC, September 16

PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2017

Standing under the glow of spotlights, Charlotte Day Wilson looked like a divine being as she performed a compelling set at the Vogue Theat...

Vince Staples

Westward Music Festival, Vancouver BC, September 16

PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2017

You couldn't see Vince Staples at the Vogue Theatre on Saturday night. That wasn't the point. You felt him.   Appearing as a silhouette aga...