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The Matinée at VENUE

January 26th, 2012 @ 3:42pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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It’s been four years since I met up with Matt Layzell of The Matinée at Roxy Burger to interview him for my E!Online column. The six folk/southern/roots band members (Matt Layzell, Matt Rose, Pete Lemon, Mike Young, Geoff Petrie, and Dave Young) had only been together for a year but their future looked promising. Photo [...]

12 Bands of Christmas

December 6th, 2011 @ 8:26am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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Shore 104.3FM is hosting 12 Bands of Christmas on Friday, December 9, 2011 at the Fairmont Pacific Rim. The station will be broadcasting live in the lobby from 6:00am until 8:00pm while collecting donations for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. Local musical acts will be performing live throughout the day: Zaac Pick (8:00am), Lindsay May [...]

Catching Up With Raffi & Layton’s Letter to the Nation

October 28th, 2011 @ 3:41pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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I’m a “Beluga Grad” as Raffi called me — a person in my generation who grew up with the “Baby Beluga” album (although I’m more partial to “Down by the Bay and “Shake My Sillies Out”). We’d put Raffi records on before we danced around or as we were being tucked into bed at night. [...]

Peak Performance Project 2011: Top 5

October 26th, 2011 @ 4:25pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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The Peak Performance Project, for the development of new and emerging BC music artists, announced their Top 5 Artists for 2011 this afternoon. Narrowed down from a field of twenty finalists, the placement of the Top 3 will remain a mystery until the grand finale event in November. Top 3 (in alphabetical order) The Boom [...]

Todd Hancock Talks Indie Night in Canada

October 25th, 2011 @ 1:10pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
Posted in bc, interview, music, radio, vancouver

Host of CFOX’s afternoon show and Indie Night in Canada, Indie Music Director Todd Hancock has a lot of advice to give up-and-coming acts in BC. We had a coffee chat recently to talk about the program and the state of the scene for independent acts in Vancouver. Photo credit: Stephen Dyrgas on Flickr “I [...]

Death Cab for Cutie in Vancouver October 2011

October 12th, 2011 @ 11:45am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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The other day I joined a fan club – a real fan club. I didn’t just “Like” a group on Facebook, I entered my credit card information online, anxiously awaited the delivery then ripped open the small brown box that contained my Codes and Keys mug along with my membership card. I felt like Ralphie [...]

Music Monday: Vancouver Music

September 12th, 2011 @ 10:03am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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John and I have known musician Phil Ayoub virtually for about five years now. John discovered his pod-safe music and added his tunes to the RadioZoom podcast (which John started in 2004 and will some day resurrect, I’m certain). A few months ago I made a friendly wager with Phil, who lives in Massachusetts, regarding [...]

Avril Lavigne in Vancouver

September 1st, 2011 @ 1:10pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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Avril Lavigne will be bringing her Black Star tour to Rogers Arena in Vancouver next month. Performing on stage since the age of 15, the complicated Canadian rocker released Goodbye Lullaby early in 2011 and is currently working on her fifth studio album. At 26, she’s sold millions of albums worldwide, performed at the Vancouver [...]