Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, April 24 to 26

On Saturday at VIFF Centre guitarist-composer Tony Wilson’s The Homeless Project shines a sympathetic light on Canada’s urban dispossessed.

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus moved by disasters and domestic abuse on Don’t You Fake It

Hailing from Florida, the members of the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have an ingrained sympathy for victims of natural disasters.

The rhythm guitarist for the Italian gothic-metal group is fine with the fact that his band's sexiest member gets all the glory.

"I listen to a lot of old stuff, classic rock... We don't sound anything like Deep Purple, but I just love it. I don't know, it's weird."

As a kid growing up in Portugal, Lucas Silveira got an accidental taste of early-'80s guitar rock that would prove hugely influential on him.

Record Store Day Canada on Saturday features special vinyl releases as part of its 19th annual celebration of independent record stores.

“One half [of my fan base] is cowboys and rural people and the other half are sort of college-radio and underground-music fans."

Last night those dimwits down at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame did it again. They forgot to induct Johnny Winter and Rory Gallagher.

"It was in [the Kinks'] revolutionary attitude. I mean, they really had a rawness to them, and they kept breaking their own boundaries."

The guitar-driven music on Bridges is reminiscent of 54-40, although overall it's more in the darkly melodic Death Cab for Cutie vein.

"We've earned every inch we've gained, and it comes mostly from not deviating from our mission statement, which is to make art with heart."

Screening at VIFF Centre on Sunday of the documentary I Am the Blues, preceded by a one-hour set by bluesman Robert Connely Farr.

“We spent a long time crafting the songs as opposed to just tryin’ to nail the energy,” says Chris Cheney of the new Living End CD.