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VIFF: ‘Stray Dogs’ Film Review
VIFF Reviews: Stray Dogs Vivoscene rating 3 stars out of 5 by Shane Scott-Travis So glacially-paced as to make Warhol films look like The Fast and the Furious, Tsai Ming-liang‘s Stray Dogs is an...
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Rock of Ages: Neil Young ‘Time Fades Away’ Album Review
A gold album that is regarded as a flop and has been derided by its creator, Neil Young? Say it ain’t so, protest legions of fans clamouring for a reissue of Time Fades Away....
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In Concert: Living Colour at the Commodore Ballroom
Despite the oomph of Living Colour’s music and the overtly political nature of the majority of their songs, the Commodore Ballroom stage was lit with levity and passion....
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Macca is Backa: Paul McCartney ‘New’ Album Review
Macca has been in outstanding form since the late 90s: versatile, creative, adventurous and nostalgic; his latest release is no exception....
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You Can Call Her Queen Bee: Lorde ‘Pure Heroine’ Album Review
A young, intelligent soul with a voice that is narcotically alluring but profound all the same, Lorde is being acclaimed, perhaps unfairly, in many quarters as the new Saviour of Pop Music....
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Lou Reed: Goodbye
By Jason Motz Email: jason@vivoscene.com Twitter: @musicmerc “I am just a city boy, I’m really not the country kind.” -Lou Reed, Train ‘Round the Bend’ 1970 For me, Lou Reed is/was New York City. His...
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Okkervil River Concert Review, Vancouver, BC October 26, 2013
How much does song choice matter? Okkervil River plays it unexpectedly safe, with a great live show that mirrors their previous appearance in Vancouver more closely than we would have liked....
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VIFF: ‘Exit Elena’ Film Review
VIFF Reviews: Exit Elena Vivoscene rating 4.5 stars out of 5 by Shane Scott-Travis A generous gift populated with the faces of strangely worn unknowns, writer/director Nathan Silver (Soft in the Head)...
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The Top 10 Country Albums Every Music Fan Should Own
The Secret Sisters, photo by Daniel Giles A Feature Article by Brian Miller According to Billboard Magazine, country album sales in the U.S. for the first half of 2012 increased by approximately 1...
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VIFF: ‘The Strange Little Cat’ Film Review
VIFF Reviews: The Strange Little Cat Vivascene rating 3.5 stars out of 5 by Shane Scott-Travis The cool directorial debut of Raymond Zürcher’s The Strange Little Cat is a Kafkaesque comedy of wry...
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