
At first, it was hard to take Astrocolor seriously. Wearing faux fur, white suit jackets, sunglasses and scruffy handlebar moustaches, the r...
At first, it was hard to take Astrocolor seriously. Wearing faux fur, white suit jackets, sunglasses and scruffy handlebar moustaches, the r...
Talk about a rhythm section. Sitting effortlessly in the pocket, Fruit Bats' set breezed over the mid-afternoon sunny lawns of Rifflandia fr...
Whatever, Darcys; just, whatever. Too much glam, too much trying hard. Too much attitude, not enough actual music. "Yeah, we just got of...
Local favourites the Zolas played mid-afternoon on the Saturday (September 17) main stage, getting the crowd moving and drying off after rai...
Band of Rascals are literally that; "nuts and bolts rock and roll" is their self-described genre. In their better moments, which strongly ev...
Tennyson are a barely legal brother and sister electro-pop duo who have been making waves recently for their explosive soul-infused sets, an...
Hello Moth is the weirdest, most underrated, most original and unashamedly true-to-self performer on the Rifflandia lineup, hands down. ...
For the second night in a row, sound issues plagued a band's Rifflandia set, but We Are the City handled it as gracefully as possible, pulli...
Michael Franti & Spearhead headlined at Rifflandia's main open-air stage Friday night (September 16) to a very stoked crowd. His typically f...
Switching venues to the backyard of the renowned Phillips Brewery, headliners De La Soul closed out the first night (September 15) of this y...
Goodwood Atoms followed Judah after about 45 minutes of feedback that kept them from starting their set. When they finally were able to play...
Andrew Judah opened the first night at the ninth edition of Rifflandia Festival in Victoria Thursday night (September 15), playing to a grad...
"It feels so good to be back in Canada," yelled Jimmy Vallance, one half of de facto Vancouver electro-duo Bob Moses, to the hipster crowd a...
Lianne La Havas has found her niche, and she's working it hard. Once a folk singer with tinges of a little R&B and soul, her band was a full...
Chilly Gonzales doesn't play by your rules. He makes crude, politically incorrect jokes about colonization. He dresses in a bulky bathrobe o...
The mood was jubilant for José González' sold out Sunday night set at the historic Théâtre Corona in Montréal. González is currently touring...
An eager crowd was at Metropolis for the double bill of Hey Rosetta! and Stars on Thursday night (February 5), and for the most part, the tw...
Though charming, M. Ward's Montréal set was somehow tarnished with an odd energy. Maybe it was the big full moon waning outside, or the fact...