The Fore-Playlist: 10 songs to get you in the mood

The mix-tape: it’s been the choice aphrodisiac of disc jockeys, record store snobs and your parents since the 70s. There’s something about a handpicked...

Album Reviews: Camera Obscura, Baths, and a throwback to The Velvet Underground

By Max Hill Camera Obscura — Desire Lines On their fifth release as a group, Camera Obscura have their shy, nostalgic twee pop aesthetic down to a...

Peak Week June 10 – 15

By Daryn Wright Eats Tavola restaurant, a cozy little Italian joint, has its home in the West End on Robson St, and it’s got to have...

Yeti Yogurt is an elusive treat on a hot day

There's a new reason to stay on the mountain this summer, and it involves froyo By Rachel Braeuer Photos by Vaikunthe Banerjee If the only reason you...

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee

Hive: the New Bees 3 brings Vancouver some in-your-face theatre By Natasha Wahid Photos by Jonathan Kim As a newcomer to Vancouver, it’s been wonderful to see...

Peak Week June 3 – 8

Eats The Portside Pub will be hosting Riverboat Throwdown as part of Vancouver’s Craft Beer Week celebrations this week on June 6. The pub, already...

Author Profiles: Crossing borders

 By Monica Miller Photos by openbooktoronto.com Ayelet Tsabari’s first language is not English, yet her manuscript You and What Army was shortlisted for the First Book...

Album Reviews: Dirty Beaches, Alice in Chains, and a throwback to The Magnetic Fields

By Max Hill Dirty Beaches – Drifters/Love is the Devil Through his solo project Dirty Beaches, electronic artist Alex Zhang Hungtai, expresses his experiences as a world...

We Are the City’s Violent return

By Max Wall Photos by Kirsten Berlie It’s been four years since We Are the City released their last album, In a Quiet World. Filled with...

Peak Week May 27 – June 1

Eats On May 27, The Acorn chef Brian Skinner will be cooking at Edible Canada as part of a Guest Chef Market Dinner series. Guests...