Vancouver alt-rock legends Limblifter play the Commodore Ballroom on a bill with the Grapes of Wrath on Saturday.
Wang Chung to release “40th anniversary” deluxe edition of To Live and Die in L.A. soundtrack
Wang Chung have just announced the upcoming release of a deluxe edition of its soundtrack to William Friedkin's To Live and Die in L.A.
Down’s Pepper Keenan says that he hasn’t heard a bad Robin Trower record yet
Although the lack of melodies on Over the Under suggests otherwise, Keenan claims that the Down members were heavily influenced by '70s rock.
13 minutes on the phone with J.A. Bayona, director of The Orphanage, one of the most haunting haunted-house flicks ever made
I've reviewed over 350 horror movies during my journalism career, and every once in a while I'd come across a real gem, like The Orphanage.
Teenaged bluesman Jimmy Bowskill has already recorded with Jeff Healey and jammed with Dickey Betts
Before he moved on to that big jam in the sky, Jeff Healey discovered a young guitarist from Peterborough named Jimmy Bowskill.
That time I took the fabled Ear of Newt guitar to get signed by Joe Bonamassa in Vancouver
On May 11, 2015, I took my Ear of Newt guitar to Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre to get it signed by American guitar hero Joe Bonamassa.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, May 15 to 17
55th anniversary screening at the Park Theatre of the shot-in-Vancouver film Carnal Knowledge, hosted by local director Oz Perkins.
Elton John and his piano are all you need to please your sentimental sister for her birthday
Last Saturday at GM Place Elton John got some 18,000 people to happily fork over upwards of $90 each to see him sing and play piano.
That time Ville Valo of HIM told me that he wouldn’t be where he was without Hanoi Rocks
I interviewed HIM vocalist Ville Valo in 2007, when the Finnish goth-rock band was touring behind its sixth studio album, Venus Doom.
Aussie blueswoman Mia Dyson loves Bonnie Raitt and the guitars her dad makes
"I'm not a real guitar-head...but I love playing his guitars, and I've never had any inclination to go anywhere else."
Al Pitrelli says the Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s audience crosses every genre and every age demographic
Guitarist Al Pitrelli admits that the success of his decidedly unhip ensemble, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, goes against all odds.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, May 8 to 10
Author Chris Walter launches his latest punk-rock manifesto, Born Too Loose, at LanaLou's, with music by GNAR GNARS, Squidz, and Trollop.
Lou Reed gets high on his Ecstasy in Vancouver, keeps the rock ‘n’ roll animal muzzled
A couple of weeks ago I picked up a newly remastered copy of Rock 'n' Roll Animal, because it's one of the best live albums ever released.