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Scene and Heard: Last Week In Music Vol. 161 ft. NXNE 2013 Round-Up

POSTED June 18, 2013 by Christine McAvoy
    sceneandheard SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver. We post weekly guest playlists comprised of Vancouver artists and ‘Last Week in Music’ highlights some of the best concerts happening around the city…

    I survived! Just barely…1500+ photos have been edited (that’s not even counting SCENE Festival either!) and I’m going to share some with you. A TON of Vancouver bands played this year, so check them out below – NXNE and some awesome side shows as well. And thanks to the insanely talented Jess Baumung for a few bonus photos of Northcote! I will be uploading a lot more from the shows to the VIAindie facebook page soon, so keep an eye out for them!

    THIS WEEK IN MUSIC: it’s Jazz Festival time! Beginning on the 21st and running through the 1st of July, there is SO much music happening in the city including a ton of free shows! Some of the highlights/shows for this week that you might just see me at include: our playlist creator’s for the week Pugs & Crows, Ali Milner, Gord Grdina & Colin Stetson, Wintermitts, The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer, Yamantaka//SonicTitan and more. On top of all this there are a few other amazing shows going on on Saturday: Undercover Brothers at the Media Club is back once again for a 90′s edition, and Northcote is at the Biltmore with The Crackling!

    Check out VIAindie’s Facebook page for more images from This Week In Music!

    Bear Mountain at The Ossington:

    …READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY>>>


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    The “floor” under the Burrard Bridge

    POSTED June 18, 2013 by Bob Kronbauer

      Each week we sift through the nearly 8,000 entries that our friends at the Canadian Design Resource have made since 2005, selecting one particularly awesome Vancouver-centric design that they’ve featured and sharing it with you here.

      Name: Burrard Bridge Floor
      Design: spacemakeplace
      Date: 2010


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      START YOUR WEEK RIGHT WITH THE V.I.A. WEEKLY PLAYLIST
      WEEK 176: Pugs & Crows

      POSTED June 17, 2013 by Christine McAvoy
        sceneandheard SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver. With over 28,000+ artists, boasting more than 140,000+ tracks, the CBC Music/CBC Radio 3 web site is the absolute ultimate authority, and the home, of independent music in Canada. With that massive library along with tools for members (free to join!), we’re taking advantage of what they’ve set up by bringing you a fresh batch of music every week featuring local groups who have tracks (entire albums, even!) on the R3 site.

        Vancouver band (and Juno winners!) Pugs & Crows are performing this week as the Jazz Festival begins once again, and the playlist they made is the perfect thing to kick off the week (esp for me, returning home from NXNE!).

        They have two shows, one at the Electric Owl on Saturday, and a free show on Granville Island during the day on Friday...so you have no excuses to miss out! Thanks to the band for the tunes, click below to hear them!:



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        Daily Photo Pickr: Day 917

        POSTED June 17, 2013 by Leigh Eldridge

          Every day we share a photo from our Flickr Pool and a photo from our Instagram hashtag (#vancouverisawesome) shot by our faithful and talented readers (that’s you!).

          Flickr photo by Jianwei Yang

          Instagram photo by pidc0ck

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          VIDEO: Will you play hockey for food? @fiveholeforfood

          POSTED June 17, 2013 by Bob Kronbauer

            Our friends at Five Hole For Food released a new promo flick that has some familiar Vancouver faces in it!

            Look for their coin boxes in 450 7-Eleven locations all across the country; from now until the end of August they’re collaborating with them to help tackle hunger in your city. Learn more about them HERE.


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            Daily Photo Pickr: Day 916

            POSTED June 16, 2013 by Leigh Eldridge

              Every day we share a photo from our Flickr Pool and a photo from our Instagram hashtag (#vancouverisawesome) shot by our faithful and talented readers (that’s you!).

              Flickr photo by Geordymacleod

              Instagram photo by sheldonlawrie

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