The second annual FroshFest, organized by the BCIT student association (BCITSA), attracted hundreds of students to the Burnaby campus tennis courts on the first Friday of the fall term. Students celebrated with cheap drinks, delicious food, and classic tunes. According to BCITSA’s official Facebook event page, admission cost $15. One beverage and one burger were included in…
Landmark Apollo Ghosts Apollo Ghosts have been kicking around Vancouver’s independent music scene for ages, with standout record after standout record, but never quite managing to break through to the next level. Landmark continues both these trends, serving up 15 criminally underappreciated tracks of catchy, jangly, indie guitar rock. Jumping from straight-ahead rock numbers “I’m…
The Taylor Gang had the crowd on their feet, offering high times and a higher message Rogers Arena has remained nearly dormant since the NHL lockout started, but was turned into a giant hotbox on Tuesday night as fans waited for Wiz Khalifa and his Taylor Gang. The show started off with Chevy Woods, a…
Eric Axen and Sightlines breathe new life into the genre When Eric Axen decided to start pop-punk band Sightlines, he wasn’t worried that people might be sick of the simple song structures and hooky riffs that Blink-182 and Green Day used in the mid-’90s and early ‘00s. “I think we’ve had about five years’ reprieve…