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SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver. We interview some of our favourite local artists, post weekly guest playlists comprised of Vancouver artists and ‘Last Week in Music’ highlights some of the concerts happening around the city…

This week I got to see two awesome Toque Sessions performances at the CBC, including Yukon Blonde playing their new album front to back. Which makes me anxious for the rest of you to hear it! Hope to see you at some shows this week!…

OH! And did you see the new music video for Said The Whale? They’re releasing one every Tuesday until their album is out, and guess who created them? Our wonderful pals at Amazing Factory. CLICK HERE TO SEE IT!

THIS WEEK IN MUSIC: is busy busy! Wednesday go check out Jody Glenham at the Biltmore with The Butterfield Review, and Old Mare. Thursday Sad Mag is having a Valentines Day comedy show at the Colbalt (I’m running a photobooth!). Friday is busy busy! Mother Mother has their Toque Session at the CBC at 7:30pm, Hey Ocean!, and Elias are at Venue, The Lost Soul Revue is happening at the Waldorf, and Yacht is performing at the Media Club with Oh No! Yoko. Saturday is equally as full of goodness, The Be Good Tanyas are at The Vogue Theatre, and Carpenter, Cory Woodward, and more are at The Media Club. Finally after a nice rest on Sunday, head to the Biltmore on Monday to see Gold & Youth!!!

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SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver. With 28,352+ artists, boasting 131,767+ tracks, the 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.

Our friends in the wonderful Vancouver band Elias not only have a show coming up this Friday with Hey Ocean (at Venue as part of the City and Slope festival) but they have a brand new record out NEXT WEEK! Since we like THEM so much we asked for a playlist of THEIR favourite Vancouver-y bands and they delivered:

Welcome to Crowdsourced Sunday, a curated batch of photos from our Twitter followers.

On Saturdays we send out some tweets from our @VIAwesome account, asking our followers to tweet us photos of interesting things from their day. We then gather everything up in this blog post to share with you. Saturday morning involved lots of fog and sun, if that makes sense…the city looked pretty epic and you guys captured it! Then you sent in some great shots of your activities…make sure to do the same next week!

		@BuffyAybars: Waking up was rough this morning.

		@ilovedeluscious: Bluebird day in Whistler:

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My trusty sidekick and I got the chance last night to trek through the showshoe trails on Mount Seymour in the evening and eat chocolate fondue in a snow-lounge. It was such a blast I wanted to share the photos with you. The snow up there right now is AMAZING and the guided tour was really cool (she showed us the pine needles that you could eat for Vitamin C) and I even spotted hare tracks in the snow. Magical.

Seymour has a ton of snowshoe trails, which you can take guided or solo, as well as programs like the fondue snowshoe. Check out the website for details!

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SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver. We interview some of our favourite local artists, post weekly guest playlists comprised of Vancouver artists and ‘Last Week in Music’ highlights some of the concerts happening around the city…

Awesome week last week in music for Vancouver, including the first ever Steamwhistle Unsigned show! I also managed to get out and see a PuSh festival play: Do You Want What I Have Got?: A Craigslist Cantata…YOU SHOULD GO SEE THIS! It was hilarious and very entertaining…and it runs until February 11th, so there is still lots of time.

THIS WEEK IN MUSIC: will start off with another PuSh Festival event: Making Art Noises at Performance Works on Wednesday w/ Ryan Beil and Charlie Demers!  Thursday you can check out Hilary Grist for free at the CBC for another Toque Sessions show! and I hope you got your seat for the Yukon Blonde one the next day! Also on Friday you can check out this week’s playlist maker, No Sinner, at the Biltmore! Have a great one!

(Craigslist Cantata photos by David Cooper)
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SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver. With 28,304+ artists, boasting 131,429+ tracks, the 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.

I’m excited for this week’s playlist makers! I’ve heard nothing but great things about one of Vancouver’s newest bands: No Sinner. And since they’re playing a show at the Biltmore on Friday we asked them to put a playlist together of some of their favourite Vancouver music!

Also, their video for their song Boo Hoo Hoo was filmed at the Waldorf Hotel. It’s awesome, so click below to hear the playlist, check out the video and we’ll see you Friday at the Biltmore!

SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver. We interview some of our favourite local artists, post weekly guest playlists comprised of Vancouver artists and ‘Last Week in Music’ highlights some of the concerts happening around the city…

What a fun week in music here in Vancouver…it saw the return of the Toque Sessions (this one ft Jasper Sloan Yip), an epic CD release for The Mocking Bird (see photos below), and a night at Cafe Montmarte ft Elliot C Way, Craig Mechler, Bob Sumner, Brian Sumner, Matt Campbell & Dave Newberry, Jarred Greff, Andy Bishop and the talented woman that put the whole night together, Missy Donaldson! I missed a few others due to sickness, but I will hopefully recover in time for this week, as it is looking to be awesome…

THIS WEEK IN MUSIC: I’m going to see “Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata”, a play that is part of the PuSh festival, created by Bill Richardson and Veda Hille. Check out the show dates/times here! Thursday the Toque Sessions are back again, this time with David Newberry (click here to see all of the concerts and RSVP ASAP!) at the CBC. After that, head over to the Biltmore for the first Vancouver “Unsigned” concert presented by Steamwhistle…ft Sidney York, Treelines, and The Ruffled Feathers! Friday sees the return of Rain City Chronicles – stories under the theme ‘What Feeds Us” and music by Reid Jameson - get your tickets here! Saturday The Pack AD return from touring with a show at the Rickshaw Theatre!

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SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver. With 28,249+ artists, boasting 131,173+ tracks, the 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.

What a sweet deal we have for you today! Vancouver band The Ruffled Feathers are set to play the first Steamwhistle Unsigned show in Vancouver on Thursday alongside Sidney York, and Treelines…AND tomorrow they will be releasing two songs from their latest album ‘Oracles’ (will be released April 3rd) BUT VIA readers can get one of them today!!! Take a listen to “All My Cities” below and then click the download arrow to get it for free!

So on top of that, the band ALSO created a playlist of Vancouver indie music for your listening pleasure. Click the images below to hear their picks and then be sure to come to the Biltmore on Thursday for the show, it’s going to be great!!!
All My Cities by The Ruffled Feathers by VIAindie