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Music

Marcus King Band brings Southern Blues North of the border for the first time

This week Marcus King and his five-piece band played the Commodore Ballroom. It was the first time King had played in Vancouver and fans were ecstatic for his arrival. The venue was packed brimming...

Photos: Half Moon Run heats up Snowy Vancouver

This week Half Moon Run played Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Many were unsure whether the Vancouver fans would brave the unusually cold and snowy conditions but I was pleasantly surprised to...

Photo's: Brittany Howard debuts her solo album Jaime

Photography By Craig Fleisch

Photos: Big Sugar sweetens up the Commodore

Vancouver got a sweeter this weekend when Big Sugar returned to  the Commodore Ballroom on their Canadian leg of their world tour. The band has been around for an amazing 31 years, and during...

Photos: Elle King shakes up Vancouver

Elle King shakes up Vancouver on her North American "Shake The Spirit Tour"

American Animals, a fine heist movie, Sicario 2, evil on the Mexican border, and Hearts Beat Loud, amiable

Also: visit a fashion icon, an anime rarity, basketball stars as actors, a creepy Canadian thriller and a post-Holocaust story told with humor and chutzpah

Lauryn Hill takes control of the Queen Elizabeth

Review and photography by Craig Fleisch

Photo Highlights: Alice Cooper plays Queen Elizabeth

Photography by Craig Fleisch

Santigold takes capitalism to a new level

After enduring a month-long postponement, fans lined up eager to hear Santi White, also known as Santigold, at her sold out show at Vogue Theatre Thursday night. The delay, caused when she lost her...