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Andrew Mavor on the Idiosyncratic Art of Making a Restaurant Soundtrack

At Victoria restaurants Hanks and Nowhere, music is on the menu whether you like it or not. Just pull up a seat and listen...

New Single Presages New Album By “Girlfriends And Boyfriends”

New Foursome ‘Frankie’ Dials In Their Sound, Gets Set For Festivals

“Shimmering Stars” To Tease New Album At The Electric Owl Aug. 2

Local Band ‘The Shilohs’ Celebrating New Album With Chinatown Gig

Greg Bevis Of Holy Oker & Bear Mountain On The Challenges Of Pop

“Gold & Youth” Prep For Local Gigs, Huge Tour, And Cold New Album

On Turning Corners And Going Solo With Mike Donovan Of “Sic Alps”

Local Band “B-Lines” Share Tunes Before Their Electric Owl Gig

King Khan Journeys A Strange Road To The Album “Idle No More”

Six Fabulous Songs From Electric Syria & The Ravenous Arctic

Five Minutes With King Tuff Before This Friday’s Commodore Show

Five Minutes With Scout Niblett Before Tonight’s Gig At The Cobalt

With Jesse Lortz Of “Case Studies” Before Their Cobalt Show

Alex Bleeker On Getting To Jam And Never Writing Break-Up Albums

Rousing Tim Presley Of “White Fence” Before His Vancouver Show

SOUNDTRACKING: “Parquet Courts” Set To Mix Music And Words To Devastating Effect

SOUNDTRACKING: Toronto’s Basement Literati “Hooded Fang” At The Media Club

SOUNDTRACKING: Eight Minutes With Jose Gonzalez Of Junip (And A Ticket Giveaway!)

SOUNDTRACKING: A Few Thoughts On The Sudden And Unfortunate Closure Of “John”

SOUNDTRACKING: On The Two Black Flags And Which One Plays Vancouver On July 20

SOUNDTRACKING: Five Minutes With Angel Olsen When She’s Not Making Sandwiches

SOUNDTRACKING: Stevenson’s “Visions” Takes Over Thursdays At Dunlevy Snackbar

SOUNDTRACKING: Talking Spirit Animals, Philly & More With Nightlands’ Dave Hartley

SOUNDTRACKING: With The Frontman Of “Psychic Ills” Before Their Electric Owl Gig

SOUNDTRACKING: Five Minutes With “Blues Control” Before Their Show At Electric Owl

SOUNDTRACKING: Fervent Local Music Lover Mark Richardson Spins A Scout Mix

SOUNDTRACKING: 5 Minutes With “Mister Lies”, One Of The Waldorf’s Very Last Acts

SOUNDTRACKING: “Destroyer” Spinning Wax At The Waldorf In Support Of The PHS

SOUNDTRACKING: Ty Segall’s Gig At The The Waldorf To End A Very Generous Year

SOUNDTRACKING: 5 Minutes With Kevin & Cassie Of “The Babies” Before Their Show

SOUNDTRACKING: 5 Minutes With Musician Ben Chasny Of “Six Organs Of Admittance”

SOUNDTRACKING: Hurricane Sandy Blows NYC’s Jon Spencer Blues Explosion To B.C.

SOUNDTRACKING: With La Sera’s Katy Goodman Before Her Show At The Waldorf

SOUNDTRACKING: Five Minutes With Mike Donovan Of Sic Alps As He Waits For Lunch

SOUNDTRACKING: Australia’s Dirty Three Are Much Better Looking Than The Beatles

SOUNDTRACKING: Clean The Sand From Your Toes With This Funky Autumn Playlist

SOUNDTRACKING: 5 Minutes With “Chain & The Gang” After Their Show At The Waldorf

SOUNDTRACKING: Lee Fields Is A Man Full Of Soul On His Way To Fortune Sound Club

SOUNDTRACKING: A New 7″ Singles Club Curated For Vancouver’s Music Aficionados

SOUNDTRACKING: “Juice” Shares A Video Mixtape In Advance Of Their Waldorf Show

SOUNDTRACKING: Get A Mystic Cabin Kick Out Of Ollsin & Kran’s New “Family Band”

SOUNDTRACKING: Five Minutes With Mali’s Sidi Touré Before His Folk Festival Show

SOUNDTRACKING: 10 Minutes With Julian Gross Of “Liars” Before Their Biltmore Gig

SOUNDTRACKING: Local Artist & Musician Keith Wecker Plays DJ With A Video Playlist

SOUNDTRACKING: A Chat With King Tuff (Kyle Thomas) Before His Biltmore Show

SOUNDTRACKING: On The Prevalence Of Phones In Pop Music From Berry To Blondie

SOUNDTRACKING: A Chat With Frankie Rose Before Her April 24th Show At The Biltmore

SOUNDTRACKING: With Tim Presley Of White Fence Before His Show At The Waldorf

SOUNDTRACKING: Five Minutes With Sonic Boom’s Pete Kember Before His Waldorf Gig

SOUNDTRACKING: Ten Minutes With Legend Damo Suzuki Before His Show At The Waldorf

SOUNDTRACKING: Campaign Underway For Vinyl Pressings Of “Points Gray” Recordings

SOUNDTRACKING: Chatting With Ethan Miller Of Howlin Rain Before Tonight’s Show

SOUNDTRACKING: Seven Minutes With The Rockin’ Clavin Sisters Of LA Band “Bleached”

SOUNDTRACKING: Seven Minutes With The Fresh And Onlys’ Bassist Shayde Sartin

SOUNDTRACKING: With The Frontman Of “Disappears”, A Chicago Band Of Bartenders

SOUNDTRACKING: Seventeen Minutes With “Veronica Falls” Drummer Patrick Doyle

SOUNDTRACKING: On The Cassette-Making Majesty Of Vancouver’s Own “Green Burrito”

SOUNDTRACKING: Destroyer’s Treatment Of New Order’s 1983 Classic “Leave Me Alone”

SOUNDTRACKING: On The Best Rock N’ Roll Books Of The Year To Give This Christmas…

SOUNDTRACKING: Thus Spake Tim Cohen In Advance Of “The Fresh & Onlys” Show

SOUNDTRACKING: Exchanges On The Road With Pterodactyl, En Route To Electric Owl

SOUNDTRACKING: Sitting And Shooting The Breeze With Local Band “Sex Church”

SOUNDTRACKING: Henry Rollins Dishes On The “Bug” Tour With Dinosaur Jr. And More

SOUNDTRACKING: Musician Cass McCombs Chats In Advance Of His Electric Owl Show

SOUNDTRACKING: Crunching Autumnal With “Real Estate” Frontman Martin Courtney

SOUNDTRACKING: Artful Drug Songs, From Cautionary Tales To Aural Mind Expansions

SOUNDTRACKING: A Quick Chat With The “Jacuzzi Boys” (At The Waldorf Tonight!)

SOUNDTRACKING: Seventeen Minutes With Local Garage-Punk Threesome “Yung Mums”

SOUNDTRACKING: Twenty-Seven Minutes With Vancouver Toolers “The High Drops”

SOUNDTRACKING: Ten Years Since Debut Of Local Punk Rock Band S.T.R.E.E.T.S

SOUNDTRACKING: 9 Awesome Minutes With Music Legend Bill Henderson Of “Chilliwack”

SOUNDTRACKING: A Sharp Compendium Of The Best In New Local Music Releases

SOUNDTRACKING: From Anthems & Morose Ballads To Acid-Fried Guitar Wig Outs

SOUNDTRACKING: “Student Teacher” Gets Out Of The Garage And Into Outer Space…

SOUNDTRACKING: Q&A With Malcolm Jack, Singer-Songwriter Of Sun Wizard & Capitol 6

SOUNDTRACKING: Ticket Giveaway To Go See “The Decemberists” Play Stanley Park

SOUNDTRACKING: Local Band “Chains Of Love” Pick 10 Songs To Increase Your Cool

SOUNDTRACKING: Breeze Shooting With Ty Segall In Advance Of His Biltmore Show

SOUNDTRACKING: Quickie Interview With Syrian “Dabke” Legend Omar Souleyman

SOUNDTRACKING: “Red Gate” At 152–156 West Hastings Facing Closure By City Hall

SOUNDTRACKING: An Interview With Sonny Smith Of Frisco’s “Sonny And The Sunsets”

SOUNDTRACKING: On The Canucks Run Confusing Line Between Rockers And Jocks