Articles by Leslie Ken Chu

Necking

Cut Your Teeth

PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2019

Scorched by regretful exes, sleazy, power-wielding bosses and soulless property developers, Vancouver quartet Necking push back with nine e...

Paul McCartney

BC Place Stadium, Vancouver BC, July 6

PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2019

Paul McCartney could say anything to greet his fans, and they would eat it up. But on Saturday night (July 6) at BC Place Stadium, he skipp...

Vancouver Band Necking Confront Love, Privilege and Loneliness on Debut Album 'Cut Your Teeth'

PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2019

Cut Your Teeth is the fearlessly personal debut album by Vancouver four-piece Necking. The album, out July 5 via Mint Records, is as stingi...

The Roots

TD International Vancouver Jazz Festival, Vancouver BC, June 28

PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2019

The final weekend of the 34th annual TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival kicked off on Friday, and featured Grammy Award-winning hip-h...

Jamila Woods / duendita

Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver BC, June 27

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2019

Legacy, lineage, and spirituality — these are topics Jamila Woods and duendita ponder in their work. Woods approaches them as a black woman...

Lucinda Williams

Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, June 24

PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2019

Lucinda Williams has been touring behind the 20th anniversary of her most popular album, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, and the celebration c...

Wu-Tang Clan

Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver BC, June 23

PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2019

On Sunday night, the 34th annual TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival hosted legendary hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan at the Queen Elizabet...

Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals / Earl Sweatshirt / Thundercat

PNE Amphitheatre, Vancouver BC, June 19

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2019

Forget the solstice: outdoor concerts are the true signifiers of summer, and Anderson .Paak kicked off the season in flaming hot fashion at...