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courtship. - "Sail Away"
Mar 2

Mar 2 courtship. - "Sail Away"

Daniel Schell
Indie, Pop, Alternative

We first wrote about courtship. about a month ago, though in that case it was a remix of one of...

Sky Adler - "Vice"
Mar 1

Mar 1 Sky Adler - "Vice"

Daniel Schell
Pop, Hip-Hop, Alternative

"Vice", the debut track from Sky Adler, is the type of chill hip-hop that is appropriate for just about any...

Sylvan Esso - "Die Young"
Feb 28

Feb 28 Sylvan Esso - "Die Young"

Daniel Schell
Female Vocalist, Synth Pop, Indie

Sylvan Esso has finally announced the much-anticipated followup to their 2014 self-titled debut, and with it...

Billie Eilish - "Bellyache"
Feb 27

Feb 27 Billie Eilish - "Bellyache"

Daniel Schell
Female Vocalist, Pop

You may think that you have "Bellyache" pretty well understood during the first minute and a half, with it's entrancing guitar...

Welcome (Back)!
Feb 26

Feb 26 Welcome (Back)!

Daniel Schell

After a year during which our site languished (due in no small part to my complete lack of spare time), we decided...

Absofacto - "Light Outside"
Feb 24

Feb 24 Absofacto - "Light Outside"

Daniel Schell
Pop, Electronic, Indie

Earlier today I was scrolling through the RCS archives and had stumbled on a post about...

POWERS - "Heavy"
Feb 23

Feb 23 POWERS - "Heavy"

Daniel Schell
Female Vocalist, Pop

It is damn sunny out today in Vancouver and it calls for some damn good, raw pop music. And wouldn't you know it, POWERS...

FKJ - "Skyline"
Feb 22

Feb 22 FKJ - "Skyline"

Daniel Schell
Chill, Electronic, Downtempo

There are a few artists out there who make the smoothest, funkiest, most relaxing music around. People...

Jacob Banks - "Unholy War"
Feb 21

Feb 21 Jacob Banks - "Unholy War"

Daniel Schell
Soul, Alternative

Have you ever heard a song and reacted in a sound that was had no grounding in language but was easily interpreted...

Jessie Early - "Holy Ghost"
Feb 20

Feb 20 Jessie Early - "Holy Ghost"

Daniel Schell
Pop, Female Vocalist, Indie

Few cities are as associated with music as Nashville is, and while it is especially well known for Country, it has produced incredible musical talent...

HERO - "Dirty Work"
Feb 17

Feb 17 HERO - "Dirty Work"

Daniel Schell
Electronic, R&B

There are a lot of things about HERO's latest track "Dirty Work" that make me happy. There's the trippy synths during...

FYFE - "Love You More"
Feb 16

Feb 16 FYFE - "Love You More"

Daniel Schell
Pop, Indie

Paul Dixon (aka Fyfe) knows how to enrapture you with a song. He did it with 2015's fantastic Control, and...

Zoology - "Escape"
Feb 15

Feb 15 Zoology - "Escape"

Daniel Schell
Pop, Female Vocalist, Indie

Any song that bring Tom Misch to mind is a song guaranteed to please. Zoology's second single...

The Knocks - "FEEL LOVE" (ft. Delacey)
Feb 6

Feb 6 The Knocks - "FEEL LOVE" (ft. Delacey)

Daniel Schell
Electronic, Pop

It is generally safe to say that The Knocks have a pretty good handle on how to make good music. I can't...

Tei Shi - "Keep Running"
Feb 2

Feb 2 Tei Shi - "Keep Running"

Daniel Schell
Pop, Chill, Electronic, Female Vocalist

Tei Shi has had a bunch of fantastic tracks and EPs over the last few years, but no full-length LP...

blackbear - "make daddy proud"
Feb 1

Feb 1 blackbear - "make daddy proud"

Daniel Schell
Electronic, R&B

There are some songs where it feels like any attempts at describing it might take away that something special...

courtship. - "Love For Everyone" (EMBRZ Remix)
Jan 31

Jan 31 courtship. - "Love For Everyone" (EMBRZ Remix)

Daniel Schell
Dance, Electronic, Pop, Remix

At first listen of this remix of courtship.'s "Love For Everyone" I thought I had stumbled across a long-lost RAC...

B.Miles - "Running"
Jan 30

Jan 30 B.Miles - "Running"

Daniel Schell
Female Vocalist, Electronic, Indie

Some days I just want (need?) a well-produced, catchy pop song to listen to. On these days...

Aaron Taos - "Off My Mind"
Jan 27

Jan 27 Aaron Taos - "Off My Mind"

Daniel Schell
Indie, Pop

During the first couple listens through Aaron Toas' latest single, "Off My Mind", I was too enthralled by the production to notice...

Ásgeir - "Unbound"
Jan 26

Jan 26 Ásgeir - "Unbound"

Daniel Schell
Downtempo, Electronic, Indie

When I had started writing this post, I was convinced that we had written about Ásgeir before. Ever since...

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Grizzly Bear last night at The Orpheum. 📷: @tatertotstagram.
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#livemusic #concerts #livemusicphotography #vancouver #dailyhivevan #vancouverisawesome #yvr #georgiastraight An evening with @feistmusic from October. 📸: @tatertotstagram.
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#vancouver #concerts #livemusic #livemusicphotography #yvr #feist #voguetheatre @coldplay putting on a hell of a show back in September. 📸: @tatertotstagram.
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#ColdplayVancouver #Coldplay #BCPlace #concerts #vancouver Great night with San Fermin. 📸: @tatertotstagram .
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#SanFermin #TimbreConcerts #BiltmoreCabaret #Biltmore #DailyHiveVan #VancouverIsAwesome #VancouverConcerts @sohn bringing it Saturday at the @rickshawtheatre. 📸: @dianamnewman . .
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#SOHN #RickshawTheatre #TimbreConcerts #VancouverIsAwesome #DailyHiveVan #Concert #Vancouver #RainCitySounds @chancetherapper last night. 📷: @tatertotstagram @jackgarratt last month at the @commodoreballroom 📷: @tatertotstagram @OhWonderMusic from this past weekend #OhWonder #CommodoreBallroom 📷:@tatertotstagram @glassanimals at @voguetheatre a couple weeks back #GlassAnimals Delayed photo of @sanferminband #SanFermin Delayed posting of @natalieprass from a couple weeks back #NataliePrass #MilkyChance from Friday night. Such chill guys. #JUNGLE Thursday night at #TheCommodoreBallroom. Too good. @klingandemusic last night. That 🎷 though. #Klingande @EastIndiaYouth last week. Check out those sweet, sweet shoes. #SylvanEsso #CommodoreBallroom #INeedThoseShoes @sylvanesso. Great, great show. #SylvanEsso #CommodoreBallroom @sylvanesso last night. #SylvanEsso #CommodoreBallroom @CleanBandit at the Commodore @cleanbandit last night were great times. It is impossible to not dance to their music. #CleanBandit #CommodoreBallroom

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