Articles by Leslie Ken Chu
Gallant Has It Figured Out on 'Zinc.'
PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2024
Gallant has never been shy about his major label experience. Plagued by changing personnel at Warner Bros. Records, his 2019 sophomore...
WUT Claw Their Way to Victory on 'Mingling with the Thorns'
PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2024
WUT have always been tender but tough. The Vancouver trio — guitarist Kaity McWhinney, bassist Tracey Vath and drummer Lauren Smith ...
Missy Elliott's First-Ever Headlining Tour Sent Vancouver into Hyperspace
Rogers Arena, July 4
PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2024
It's hard to believe it's taken almost 30 years for hip-hop legend Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott to headline her first tour. Why now? ...
Kristin Witko's 'A Course in Miracles' Is a Mirror and a Telescope
PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2024
"We're grotesque, but we're feeling right at home." Those were the closing words Kristin Witko spoke on her 2019 debut album, the refracted...
Non La Sounds Brand New on 'Like Before'
PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2024
Wish fulfillment isn't all it's cracked up to be. Non La, the moniker of Vancouver musician DJ On, learned this...
The Cure Were Alone in Space in Vancouver
Rogers Arena, June 2
PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2023
Astronauts frequently describe returning to Earth with a sense of profound despair. Viewed from a zoomed-out vantage point that engulfs thi...
100 gecs Were Joyful Sensory Overload in Vancouver
PNE Forum, April 7
PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2023
100 gecs are music made by and for the terminally online; they exist in corners of the internet where the socially, culturally, and geograp...
Red Hot Chili Peppers Burned Bright and Never Fizzled in Vancouver
BC Place Stadium, March 29
PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2023
Red Hot Chili Peppers have never hesitated to indulge in lengthy albums. Even after more than 40 years together, they released two double a...
