Thursday, July 16, 2026

Clay Holmes on Eargoggles, Digression and the Cobalt "re-enactment" at the WISE Hall

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Digression band photo; that's Clay, second from the left I am going to state at the outset: I likely won't be at the Cobalt thing at...
Thursday, July 09, 2026

Deadcats Friday! Plus Mick Tupelo, Mike Dennis, the Bill of Rights and some cool vintage photos by Adam Kates

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Adam Kates and I found out the same way, on the same night, that Deadcats guitarist/ bassist/ vocalist Mick Tupelo (in the right rear of the...
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Les Goodman Saves Canada (Again) and SKÁLD: shows this week

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Photo by Gord McCaw I have seen a few different projects with Dennis Mills, but I have only ever seen Les Goodman co-hosting an event at the...
Saturday, June 27, 2026

The Ex live in Vancouver: review and photos, June 26 2026

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Terrie and Kat by Allan MacInnis That was great... my favourite reviews of last night were from Ed Hurrell and Nick Mitchum... Nick came to ...
Friday, June 26, 2026

The Ex on Apocalyptic Floods, Cow Poop Deodorant (?) and NoMeansNo

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The Ex by Susana Martens Note: The following is an adjunct to the big feature in the Straight on The Ex last week, which you should read fi...
Saturday, June 20, 2026

The Ex in the Straight -- DO NOT MISS THIS BAND!!!

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Photo by Geert Vandepoele, 2025 So my interview with former vocalist for The Ex, GW Sok, current vocalist for the Ex Arnold de Boer, and dru...
Thursday, June 18, 2026

Asian Persuasion All Stars in Montecristo Magazine, plus a note on my still not being Stephen Hamm

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(rehearsal space shot by Allan MacInnis: L to R: Brooke, Melissa, Jose, back-of-Tamlah's head, Tim, and Tony) So my Asian Persuasion All...
Friday, June 12, 2026

Gig tip: See The Ex (the homework is easy): one of my top five bucket list bands, playing Vancouver this month!

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So I will have something upcoming on The Ex , playing the Hollywood July 26th  -- yes, the same night as Ak'Chamel , which is unfortunat...
Thursday, June 11, 2026

Shfestival Weekend with Balkan Shmalkan and Friends

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Did anyone do anything with the press release for this show? Truth is, I'm tired as hell of writing about bands, especially for no pay, ...

Not Without Hope review: a massive continuity error, plus sharks and sandwiches and hypothermia

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Joe Carnahan has made a few great films, especially The Grey . If you forgive that film taking liberties with the behaviour of wolves, it...
Saturday, June 06, 2026

RIP Exu Nazares

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I'd been Facebook friends with Exu Nazares for a couple of years by the time I actually got to know him a bit. Not sure how we connected...