The Polaris Music Prize has launched a new project, the Polaris Cover Sessions. The Cover Sessions project invites past Polaris Short List nominees to visit Revolution Recording Studios and record a cover song by another past Polaris Short List nominee. AUX TV is filming each recording session to create a video to debut on the…
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Rixton The Broken Heart Tour
Rixton – Rio Theatre – August 18, 2014On Monday, Manchester based pop/R&B quartet, Rixton made a stop on their The Broken Heart Tour in Vancouver at the Rio Theatre. The up and coming band has grown beyond its YouTube origins to score their first UK #1 and now headline their first North American tour. The…
Picks of the Week – August 6, 2014
After a busy long weekend, you might like a break but, no chance, there’s still a lot happening in my picks of the week to keep your summer moving along Harmony: West Vancouver’s waterfront is alive with activity; free concerts, visual arts, family fun and food are on deck at The Harmony Arts Festival until…
Jess Cullen wins Squamish Valley Music Festival Rising Star Contest
On the eve of the start of the 2014 Squamish Valley Music Festival comes the announcement of Jess Cullen as the winner of Virgin Mobile Presents Squamish Valley Music Festival and Galaxie’s Rising Stars talent competition. The Australian-born singer/songwriter has won the opportunity of the summer, a chance to perform in from of the Festival’s…
Picks of the Week – Vancouver Pride Edition – July 30, 2014
Vancouver Pride week is in full swing, with so much to do, how does one choose? Are you an East Side partier or sticking to the West End? Will you do the whole Rapture Weekend or buy a weekend pass to Big Roger Events or mix and match? Or do you just keep it calm…
Aural Pleasures at Experience Headphones Vancouver
Experience Headphones on Granville Street in Vancouver is a one of a kind experience in shopping for headphones. Everything for your ears is on display in the modern boutique as well as online at experienceheadphones.com Rows of high-end, high-quality headphones from the likes of Polk, Molami, UrbanEars, Marshall, WeSC, Yurbuds and many more are waiting…
Morgan’s Bistro – Harrison Hot Springs
On our recent visit to Harrison Hot Springs for The Harrison Festival of the Arts, Billy and I tried to check out a variety of the local eateries. While the Festival’s Beach Stage was surrounded by festival goers, we ventured across the street to Morgan’s Bistro, the simple, modern eatery has a perfect vantage point…