British guitar-rock quartet the Darkness, featuring brothers Justin and Dan Hawkins, plays the Commodore Ballroom on November 15.
Sam Roberts was inspired by Neil Young and Crazy Horse to keep the RECORD button on
“You know, Neil [Young] would sit down to record with Crazy Horse...and he would have a couple of riffs, and that would be it."
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, October 27 to 31
Screening at the Rio on Monday of director Brian DePalma's 1976 adaptation of Stephen King's bestselling supernatural-horror novel Carrie.
The Grim Reaper proves that you can’t cheat Death by getting off Flight 180
There have been several movies that effectively preyed on people's fear of flying, and Flight 180 wants to join the aerophobia elite.
Vancouver percussion ace Sal Ferreras is a rhythm machine
"I try to find the rhythm in everything that I do and everything that I see, and I don't have a hard time doing that, it's everywhere."
Iron Maiden announces world tour with Megadeth and Anthrax, but Vancouver’s not included (yet)
Nothing says heavy-metal at Halloween like Iron Maiden's mascot Eddie the Head comin' at ya with a fearsome grimace.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, October 24 to 26
Screening at the Rio on Sunday of director Nicolas Roeg‘s 1973 supernatural thriller Don't Look Now, hosted by guest curator Osgood Perkins.
Canada’s tricephalic literary force, Michael Slade, unleashes all-out horror with Ghoul
Lately the Great White North has also acquired its very own best-selling horror writer, going by the name of Michael Slade.
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson announce new Rush dates, including Vancouver on December 15, 2026
All the Vancouver Rush freaks who've been hoping and praying that the Canuck prog-rock legends would play here again have gotten their wish.
The 10 best horror films now streaming on Amazon Prime for Halloween 2025 (reviewed)
The world can be a very disturbing place right now, what with all the political violence and starving kids and fear of nuclear war and such.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, October 20 to 24
Late-night 50th anniversary screening at the Rio on Friday of director Jim Sharman's campy musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Saskatoon’s the Deep Dark Woods don’t let crazy Canadian snowstorms slow them down
Saskatoon alt-country artists the Deep Dark Woods are no strangers to the hazards of snow-covered Canadian roads.
That time I asked Delta bluesman Big Jack Johnson what the music scene was like in Mississippi
I interviewed Mississippi Delta bluesman Big Jack Johnson back in 2003 when he was touring behind his Memphis Barbecue Sessions album.