Beck showcased his latest album, Modern Guilt, at the Orpheum on Thursday night as a tribute to what's come before, with splashes of SoCal fun and fury and shots of Satanic Majesties Stones thrown in too.

For once, Liam Gallagher didn't shoot his mouth off on Wednesday night. But that was no surprise, given the absence of action on-stage and an utter lack of chemistry between the hirsute band and its fans.

At Thunderbird Stadium on Thursday, August 21

With a mesmerizing display of its methods, the U.K. band had the young and excited crowd in the palm of its hand during a two-hour love-in at Thunderbird Stadium.

With an incoherent sound and Tommy Lee filming fans' oversized boobs during a sloppy 90-minute set, the headliners were blown away by Papa Roach at Crüe Fest.

The Juno winner couldn’t stop talking about all things nautical at her Deer Lake Park show, often leaving her adoring crowd of so-called mer-people standing in quiet awe at her performance.

The Englishmen proved on Sunday why their brand of triumphant pop is tailor-made to the scale of an outdoor mega-festival at night.

Day 2 of the festival finds Black Mountain raising the dead, the Tragically Hip getting out there, Sam Roberts whipping up a cyclone, and Tom Petty delivering the hits.

Getting to the Pemberton Festival for day one wasn’t easy, but the sheer variety of talent on hand made the trek worth it, says our Music Editor Mike Usinger.

The Senegalese-born rapper, along with Haitian-born Wyclef Jean, Jamaica’s Sean Paul, and Canada’s own Kardinal Offishall, has taken rap and churned it through his native country’s traditions to create thrilling new forms of pan-cultural pop.

Few voices have brought as much joy and happiness to the troubled human race, and the singer-songwriter did not disappoint the faithful with a two-hour set bursting with uplifting tunes at GM Place on Saturday night.

Although there were a few good strategically placed dance numbers to keep things moving along, the British megastar hit the heights with his silky smooth balladeering during his three-hour set at GM Place.

The colourful crowd at Deer Lake Park went home happy on Wednesday night after paying great homage to Cyndi Lauper and the other stars of the True Colors tour. If you went, post your photos on our gallery too.

How do you solve a problem like Frog Eyes? Critically lauded by all the right publications, adored by the tastemaking armies of bearded cognoscenti, and yet for some people utterly inaccessible.

Vancouver’s own Zapato Negro rewarded the early birds who flocked to David Lam Park on June 28 with a sizzling presentation of Afro-Cuban jazz. The quintet, led by bassist Allan Johnston, began with a lengthy version of Duke Ellington’s “Caravan” that gave the classic a bright Latin face-lift.