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Denzel Curry.

Arts

The New Legend of Denzel Curry

As the rapper prepares to play Vancouver, he reflects on his love of samurai movies and how he’s learned to be himself.

Arts

Dan Bejar’s New Destroyer Album Gets Comfortable With Anxiety

The Vancouver musician talks doom scrolling, dystopia, and his new album Labyrinthitis.

At the Chan Centre This March, Three Indigenous Artists Perform Music Steeped in a Complex Past

Leonard Sumner, Elisapie, and Moe Clark perform in the Decolonize the Chan series.

Arts

Bif Naked Is Back on Stage, But Her Mission Never Stopped

The Vancouver punk superstar on perspective, positivity and performance.

Community

My Punk Cultural Education Began in the Record Shops of 1980s Vancouver

My parents had grown up in the Depression, which was why they stockpiled food. I grew up in Maple Ridge, and so I stockpile culture.

Essay

A Love Letter to the Underappreciated Women of Rock and Roll

Universal soldiers.

The story of rock and roll would seem to belong to men. But that’s simply not the case.

Arts

Canadian Singer-Songwriter Simon Ward Wants You To Know You’re Not Alone

The Strumbellas front man paints an honest picture of depression on his debut solo album, Simon and the Island.

Arts

Soul, Style and a Life of Music with East Vancouver’s Frazey Ford

As she readies to kick off her long-postponed international tour, the singer-songwriter discusses fashion, family, and her philosophy of fun.

Arts

Prince’s Life of Music Was Transformative. His New Posthumous Album Keeps Up the Heat

Welcome 2 America speaks to a career of passionate collaboration.