This Saturday night isn’t the first time Prince Poppycock will be a guilty pleasure. During his run on Season Five of America’s Got Talent, judge Piers Morgan said that Poppycock was “becoming my guilty pleasure”. Apparently he was America’s guilty pleasure too as the foppish, baroque dandy made it all the way to the final…
Tag: concert
The Hold Steady
The Hold Steady – Rogers Arena – October 21, 2011 Critically acclaimed indie-rockers recently came through Vancouver while opening for Death Cab For Cutie. Formed in 2004, the New York quintet bring classic indie-rock to the stage and have become favourites of critics and other musicians alike. Rich, dense lyrics are set against music that feels instantly familiar…
Rickshaw Theatre – reopening
Wednesday night saw the music industry media and insiders celebrating the grand reopening of the new and improved Rickshaw Theatre. Located near the corner of Main & Hastings Street, the 70’s era theatre was orginally built to show Chinese language kung-fu films but closed in the early 80’s and after sitting abandoned for over 2 decades it was brought…
The Young Galaxy
The Young Galaxy – Commodore Ballroom – Sept 17 2011 Appearing almost ethereal dressed in all white with lighting and video glowing on them from behind the audience, Canadian quintet The Young Galaxy opened the night in support of Junior Boys. The former Vancouverites appeared to have a lot of support in the audience as…
Ke$ha had a party, everyone’s invited
Kesha – Rogers Arena – Sept 9, 2011 Glitter, beer, cross-dressing dancers, a St Andrew’s Cross, a dancing penis and an Elmo pinata…not the usual words I include in a concert review but for Kesha, all of them apply. Try to imagine attending a party in the basement of a frat house and multiply the…
Ace of Base : The Reboot
In the mid-1990’s Swedish pop-sensations Ace of Base were indeed living the “Beautiful Life” with a string of chart topping singles and albums. The quartet, siblings Jonas, Jenny and Linn Berggren along with Ulf Ekberg, were a global phenomenon with the third highest selling group debut album of all time with 1993’s Happy Nation. Playing…
Wynter Gordon storms Vancouver!
Wynter Gordon – Anthem Party/Plaza Of Nations – July 31, 2011 Under a bright and sunny evening, the sensational Wynter Gordon turned up the heat further when she took the stage at the 2011 North American Outgames, Anthem Party. The New York native performed alone onstage but filled it with her presence. The party was…