Articles by Leslie Ken Chu

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  Scott Hardware Upgrades His Compositional Mind with 'Ballad of a Tryhard'

  PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2022

  Scott Hardware's third full-length, Ballad of a Tryhard, is the Toronto artist's most sprawling, beautiful album yet. On 2016's Mutate Repe...

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  Sad China's 'ilyimy' Captures the Power of Community

  PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2021

  Nanjing-born Vancouver artist Sunny Chen, a.k.a. Sad China, turns darkness into light on their debut full-length, ilyimy ("I Love You I Mis...

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  Gong Gong Gong 工工工 Filter Their Psych Odysseys Through China's Ravenous Electronic Scene on 'Phantom Rhythm Remixed 幽靈節奏'

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2021

  Montréal-Beijing duo Gong Gong Gong 工工工 transcend geographical and musical borders with psychedelic rock odysseys through West African dese...

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  Devours' 'Escape from Planet Devours' Is an Electropop Quest to Rebuild Confidence

  PUBLISHED May 11, 2021

  Escape from Planet Devours was born from a nervous breakdown. Jeff Cancade, a.k.a. Vancouver electropop gaylien Devours, spent the pandemic...

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  Century Egg Dance Down an Existential Spiral on 'Little Piece of Hair' EP

  PUBLISHED May 6, 2021

  Century Egg's Little Piece of Hair is a joyful rebellion for those trapped in their minds. With most people confined to their homes, too, t...

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  Sook-Yin Lee and Adam Litovitz Radiate Warmth and Healing on 'jooj two'

  PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2021

  Since the mid-'90s, Sook-Yin Lee has embedded herself in Canadian culture through her work as a broadcaster, actor, filmmaker, musician, an...

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  Vancouver's Kylie V Captures Grand, Melancholic Feelings on 'Big Blue'

  PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2021

  Though only 17 years old, Kylie Van Slyke, better known as Kylie V, is already a fixture in Vancouver's music scene. They debuted with the...

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  slowthai Asks Himself the Tough Questions

  PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2021

  "If you can't stand to be in your own company, how can someone else? That's always been something I try to live by." In this time of isola...