May 28, 2023

Thinking about Dying and Learning How to Live: An Interview With Still Depths On Best plan for your life

May 28, 2023/ Kenna Clifford

I am back at a DIY venue and still getting used to it. It’s the first one I’ve been to since I was seventeen, and since then, new bands have emerged to play shows with ones I already know. Events shared via Instagram posters instead of Facebook pages have brought in a new crowd eager for live music. New venues like this one (Green Auto Body) have popped up, and old ones have been renamed. I am now much older than when I first experienced them, but in a way it’s nice to feel like I’m revisiting an old version of myself through the power of cheap PBR and second-hand smoke.

May 24, 2023

An exercise in revealing & withdrawing at Amanda Sum’s New Age Attitudes: Live in Concert

May 24, 2023/ Angie Rico

Minutes before her solo performance, theatre artist, songwriter, and musician Amanda Sum sat in the lobby of the Cultch’s Historic Theatre as the crowd poured in. There, she individually handed out an envelope containing a pop-up book, a pen, and a piece of white rabbit candy to each person in attendance.

May 10, 2023

Live Music Roundup: SUGARFUNGUS, Rosemary Ginger, Nonarchy at 648 Kingswa

May 10, 2023/ Tasheal Gill

On April 13th, three bands—Nonarchy, Rosemary Ginger, and SUGARFUNGUS—took 648 Kingsway on a slow journey into space, surrounded by synths and smooth vocals. In an interview with all three bands, SAD Magazine was able to delve into each bands’ musical journeys, experiences in the Vancouver music scene, and much more.

February 10, 2023

Hoodie Browns and Lovely Company at 648 Kingsway

February 10, 2023/ Tasheal Gill

Let me describe to you the difference between a song and a sigh, between a recording and a live show. The act of being together in time, through the measure of music. Let me describe to you a community coming together at the end of last month for a shared purpose: to experience music at 648 Kingsway with Hoodie Browns, Lalune, and Lovely Company.

January 23, 2023

Arcana: The Making of a Pop Reflection

January 23, 2023/ Allison Shields

Back in October, I was asked to cover the album release of Dust Cwaine, local singer-songwriter and drag queen, for their sophomore album, Arcana. The album, like Dust, was immersed in pop colour, featuring an arrangement of talent from artists such as producer Please Be Nice and rapper Tea Fannie.

November 30, 2022

Universal Love 2 - A Harley Alexander Experience

November 30, 2022/ Tasheal Gill

There's something quite addicting about honesty. Some sort of unadulterated and absolute truth revealed through conversation, or music that feels like welcomed rain washing over you; an experience void of verbosity, a refreshing disruption in this manufactured world. Unto you, with honesty and tenderness, Harley Alexander wholeheartedly returns with his first project in two years to connect with love, above all else. He provides a remarkably honest expression of raw emotions through uniquely contrasting tracks on his album, Universal Love 2.

November 04, 2022

“NOBODY PUTS BABY IN A CORNER”: Summer Slaughter EDITION

November 04, 2022/ Tasheal Gill

Though distant from our current fall bliss, local band Babe Corner’s first single off their debut album Crybaby, entitled “Summer Slaughter,” recounts the awfully familiar feeling of the end-of-summer comedown. The breezy tune is paradoxically a song about grief; one that was inspired by the passing of a band member’s family member in August.

August 30, 2022

New Sounds, New Beginnings: A conversation with AC-PDF

August 30, 2022/ SAD Mag

You're sitting in a café–let’s say Liberty on Main. You dressed hot for someone to tell you tastefully, “You look cool.” You brought a book you intend to read but don’t. Instead, you're listening to the same old tunes you keep repeating until you physically can't listen to them anymore. You crave something new, nostalgic, yet totally original with members you can relate to. You scroll until you reach a band that captures your attention. A two-member duo that, like you, is going through some changes, a reinvention in their sound and lyrics. That band is AC-PDF.