Subject: Vancouver

• Catching Up

  October 10, 2006

• The Download: New Mike Relm MP3s

  By ANDY VIHSTADT While we wait for Mike Relm’s proper debut (which was originally scheduled for release last month), we’ll settle for the four new tracks posted on his site. The California DJ/DVJ (yes, he scratches video as well,) has spent the past couple of years padding his fan base as the opening slot for the Blue Man Group and documenting his off-tour live exploits for his Clown Alley DVD. Unlike his previous releases, Spectacle won’t be a sample-based mix, but rather a collectio

  November 21, 2008

• ¿Qué pasa Kraft?

  When you hear the words Mexican food, what images come to mind? Margaritas, fajitas, peppers. Probably not cheesecake. Yet Mexico now holds the record for largest cheesecake which was made using... Philadelphia cream cheese.Spanish news is reporting that Chef Miguel Angel Quezada of Mexico City has made a 2,000 pound strawberry cheesecake beating the record of, uh, um, well there is no record. According to the AP, "there wasn't much competition. Guinness had no previous record for cheesecakes."

  February 2, 2009

• Count Down

  February 13, 2003

• Incoming: The Kills to the Bottleneck

  That sexy couple of Kate Moss-dating, death-blues wailers Jamie "Hotel" Hince and Alison "VV" Mosshart are headed our way. The Kills come to the Bottleneck on April 23, backed by the Horrors and the Magic Wands. Full tour list after the jump. "Tape Song" by the Kills, from Magic Boom (Domino)

  February 3, 2009

• Secret Mommy

  January 29, 2004

• Dog Days

  July 8, 2004

• Black Mountain

  January 13, 2005

• Ox

  July 7, 2005

• Go Down

  September 15, 2005

• Incoming: Rancid, show at Beaumont and new album

  Right on the heels of the June 2 release of their new (seventh) album, Let the Dominoes Fall, punk icons Rancid are coming to the Beaumont. They'll be hitting the club's outside decks on June 19 with support from Rise Against.Rachel Tejada If you're a superfan -- and you're on this new thing called "MySpace" -- then you can help the band promote by featuring the new single, "Last One to Die," on your profile when the single is released on April 7. Go to Rancid's MySpace page and follow the thre

  March 30, 2009

• Early Election-Day deadines necessitate a Canadian Mexican

  November 6, 2008

• Canada's Black Mountain is more than just a bunch of stoners

  March 20, 2008

• 3 Inches Of Blood

  February 7, 2008

• Golden Gobblers

  This music year saw a lot of birds. These Here are the Turkeys.

  November 22, 2007

• Geekology 101

  Judd Apatow explains himself.

  June 14, 2007

• The Download

  June 14, 2007

• We're Pucked

  September 7, 2006

• Incoming

  August 17, 2006

• The Clumsy Lovers

  June 1, 2006

• Fourmation/Feel Sexy/Infusion

  April 20, 2006

• The New Pornographers

  September 29, 2005

• The New Pornographers

  Twin Cinema(Matador)

  September 1, 2005

• Night & Day Events

  Week of December 16, 2004

  December 16, 2004

• Organic Uprising

  Skateboarder Bob Burnquist takes a run at the food pyramid before heading to Vertical Uprising Saturday.

  June 3, 2004

• Destroyer

  Thursday, May 20, at the Jackpot Saloon.

  May 20, 2004

• Emerson Drive

  Saturday, April 10, at the Beaumont Club.

  April 8, 2004

• Tap on Scrap

  The Lied Center gets trashed.

  October 23, 2003

• Time Out

  A tour and best-of give R.E.M. fans old-time religion.

  September 11, 2003

• Case Study

  Neko Case lets her strengths speak for themselves.

  February 6, 2003

• Rockin' the Cradle

  DMX and Jet Li get down to Grave business.

  February 27, 2003

• Caffeine High

  At Broadway Café a heart symbol is all about love for coffee.

  November 14, 2002

• Heat Wave

  Hot Hot Heat melts the barriers between new wave and indie rock.

  October 10, 2002

• Campbell's Scoop

  Bruce Campbell goes from Evil Dead to Spider-Man.

  September 26, 2002

• The High Cost of Perfection

  Plastic surgeon Eric Swanson's bankruptcy stalls his malpractice lawsuits.

  June 20, 2002

• Special Delivery

  Jeffrey Halford converts his life on the move into fascinating story-songs.

  September 27, 2001

• The New Pornographers

  Mass Romantic (Mint)

  April 26, 2001

• Religious significance

  Punk's very nature of punk rock revolves around youth, but the 20-year veterans of Bad Religion remain a significant part of the punk landscape.

  June 29, 2000

• Frankenheimer unbound

  After two uneventful decades, director John Frankenheimer is back with his latest thriller, Reindeer Games.

  March 2, 2000

• The Brandon Teena Story

  For those wanting to get a more authentic and personal recounting of the events leading up to Teena's rape and murder, The Brandon Teena Story is thorough and unsettling.

  February 17, 2000

• Japandroids live on KEXP at 2pm (Plus MP3)

  Japandroids will stop by KEXP today, Tuesday June 16 at 2pm Central Standard Time for an in-studio performance featuring favorites from its debut full-length, Post-Nothing (Polyvinyl/Unfamiliar). Listen on the web at KEXP dot org. That is roughly thirty minutes from now and would be a good preview of their show at the Record Bar on July 1 Japandroids is a two-piece band from Vancouver, BC. The band started in 2006 as a creative outlet for the post-teenage angst of Brian King and David Prowse.

  June 16, 2009

• The world of the eco-douchebag

  ​It's time to add a new word to your lexicon: eco-douchebag. Guilty Planet has offered the phrase and asked for comments regarding a sign on a bread slicer at a Whole Foods in Vancouver warning customers that the bread slicer is used on both organic and non-organic items. It seems unlikely that bread would be affected by an all-use slicer. You could sway me that the coffee grinder in the next aisle matters. (Never use a store's coffee grinder. You're always getting the end of someone else's g

  September 1, 2009