Urban Vancouver

Ok, so I have to file a tad early for the print edition and sometimes we'll miss a bit of the concert. But last night's Cure gig was monolithic in length. You could never accuse Robert Smith and his on-again/off-again bandmates — they've all been in various...(read more)

So my homie Dieter is a metalhead. And that's OK. We've all been there. If we're guys. Women at a Megadeth gig are as rare as clean cut guys in suits. Anyways, the California prog/thrash heroes who ruled in the late eighties to mid-nineties and then kind...(read more)

Peter Hum, jazz pianist and writer at the Ottawa Citizen, forwarded his recent thought piece/round-up on this Summer's jazz festivals and I was particularly taken with his approach. Some minor quibbles: Return To Forever are in town on June 8. Not playing...(read more)

By Stuart Derdeyn Arts Columnist You’re in a mega-hyped band trying to connect with new fans before the press accolades die down and turn to disses. You barely make it home in the past few years owing to an overloaded schedule of gigs, interviews, recording...(read more)