Articles by Leslie Ken Chu
Noname / Elton
Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver BC, March 12
PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2019
Noname's music is full of mourning, over loss of family and black lives, particularly black women. Yet she showed a sold-out crowd at the C...
KISS
Rogers Arena, Vancouver BC, January 31
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2019
KISS kicked off their "One Last KISS: End of the Road World Tour" at Rogers Arena last night and this first of their farewell shows was an...
Jorja Smith / Ravyn Lenae
Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver BC, November 20
PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2018
Some artists make perfect sense to pair together on a bill. Jorja Smith and opener Ravyn Lenae are 21 and 19, respectively; both are classi...
Brockhampton
PNE Forum, Vancouver BC, November 5
PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2018
Brockhampton made their Vancouver arena debut in front of a packed crowd at the PNE Forum on Monday night. The hip-hop boy band burned thro...
JPEGMAFIA
Fortune Sound Club, Vancouver BC, August 29
PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2018
Baltimore-based rapper JPEGMAFIA says he reined himself in on his latest album, this year's Veteran. He called it an exercise in editing hi...
CupcakKe / Prado
Fortune Sound Club, Vancouver BC, June 14
PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2018
South side Chicago rapper CupcakKe hit Vancouver hard and fast at Fortune Sound Club last night. Opening DJs MY!GAY!HUSBAND! and Softieshan...