http://www.straight.com/content/rss/Music en http://www.straight.com/article-298251/vancouver/foggy-hogtown-boys Toronto isn’t usually associated with mountain reels and bluegrass breakdowns, but in recent years it’s been home to one of the hottest tradition-based Appalachian bands anywhere. 298251 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-298251/vancouver/foggy-hogtown-boys#comments files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/MUSPIX_Foggy_Hogtown_2204.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/MUSPIX_Foggy_Hogtown_2204.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-298250/vancouver/revolver The veteran rockers who make up the Beatles tribute, Revolver, have played alongside Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, and Bryan Adams and include members from Prism, Jet, and Shama. At the moment Revolver has 298250 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-298250/vancouver/revolver#comments files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/MUS_Revolver_100317_0.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/MUS_Revolver_100317_0.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-298249/vancouver/devendra-banhart Devendra Banhart wants his child to be a long-haired one. Um, Dev? They’re not just born with dirty hippie locks straight out of the womb. 298249 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-298249/vancouver/devendra-banhart#comments http://www.straight.com/article-298247/vancouver/tech-n9ne Aaron Dontez Yates is obsessed with numbers. At least he seems to be. 298247 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-298247/vancouver/tech-n9ne#comments http://www.straight.com/article-298245/vancouver/balkan-beat-box The folksy-hip-hop hybrid served up by BBB is the best thing to come out of the Middle East since baklava, unless of course you hate baklava. 298245 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-298245/vancouver/balkan-beat-box#comments files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/MUSICPIX_Balkan-Beat-Box_2204.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/MUSICPIX_Balkan-Beat-Box_2204.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-298231/vancouver/namedropping-gun-club-gets-you-cool-points You invite Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes to the music section’s couples retreat, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge. 298231 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-298231/vancouver/namedropping-gun-club-gets-you-cool-points#comments Mike Usinger http://www.straight.com/article-298230/vancouver/big-pink-makes-big-noise My $200 custom earplugs picked a bad time to go missing in action. 298230 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-298230/vancouver/big-pink-makes-big-noise#comments John Lucas files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/MUS_Concerts_2204.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/MUS_Concerts_2204.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-298228/vancouver/failed-romance-sparks-prairie-cats-piano-pop Judging by the 10 tracks that make up Prairie Cat's debut full-length, It Began/Ended With Sparks, there’s no doubt that songwriter Cary Pratt was preoccupied with failed romance. 298228 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-298228/vancouver/failed-romance-sparks-prairie-cats-piano-pop#comments Alex Hudson http://www.straight.com/article-298180/vancouver/imelda-may-turns-young-people-old-music The Dublin-born singer, ensconced in London for a decade now, tells the Straight that turning young people on to old music is a big part of the fun right now. 298180 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-298180/vancouver/imelda-may-turns-young-people-old-music#comments Ken Eisner files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/MUS_ImeldaMay_2204.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/MUS_ImeldaMay_2204.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-298178/vancouver/after-decade-guitarist-rejoined-hammerfall-fold With a stabilized lineup, HammerFall hopes to release its next album in 2011 and attract new fans beyond traditional strongholds like Sweden and Germany. 298178 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-298178/vancouver/after-decade-guitarist-rejoined-hammerfall-fold#comments Lucas Aykroyd http://www.straight.com/article-298177/vancouver/sidemen-step-fore-retrorocking-zeus After five years of hammering out tunes in the backing band of singer-songwriter Jason Collett, Mike O’Brien now finds himself front and centre with Say Us, the rollicking debut from his own project, Zeus. 298177 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-298177/vancouver/sidemen-step-fore-retrorocking-zeus#comments Jenny Charlesworth files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/MUS_Zeus_2204.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/MUS_Zeus_2204.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-298176/vancouver/kate-rusby-likes-dose-sadness-her-songs Kate Rusby learned to sing in the back of the family car. 298176 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-298176/vancouver/kate-rusby-likes-dose-sadness-her-songs#comments Tony Montague http://www.straight.com/article-298175/vancouver/jay-malinowski-rediscovers-his-voice-solo-artist Jay Malinowski grew up on the West Coast, in the heart of Kerrisdale to be precise. But don’t hold that against him—or suggest that he never ventured east of Main Street. 298175 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-298175/vancouver/jay-malinowski-rediscovers-his-voice-solo-artist#comments Mike Usinger files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/MUS_Malinowski_2204.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/MUS_Malinowski_2204.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-298168/vancouver/martha-wainwright-finds-herself-another-planet The past six months have been a rough ride for Martha Wainwright. 298168 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-298168/vancouver/martha-wainwright-finds-herself-another-planet#comments Tony Montague http://www.straight.com/article-298166/vancouver/terrified-kate-maki-strayed-her-comfort-zone-rootsy-disc The under-exposed Ontario-based singer-songwriter doesn’t exactly blame you for thinking she’s a kind of sushi you haven’t tried yet. 298166 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0700 http://www.straight.com/article-298166/vancouver/terrified-kate-maki-strayed-her-comfort-zone-rootsy-disc#comments Ken Eisner