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BISON HAVE HORNS
For those unknowing, Bison are Vancouver’s currently-reigning champions of The Riff, trafficking in mercilessly heavy, sludgy, and addictive sonic terror. Think discarded beer cans peppered with shotgun holes, full-size back-patches, pall...
Things Are Getting Hairy: Bison BC prepares for Dark Ages
“We weren’t necessarily going for an animal name,” Bison BC co-guitarist/ co-vocalist James Farwell tells me when I ask about the name Bison. “We’d tossed around these Godawful made up words - ‘what looks good in a good metal fo...
Get Lucky with Tom Holliston!
I’ve always thought that someone should rhyme “Erik Estrada” with “vagina dentata” in a song, and it occurred to me, when I came late and awestruck to the solo output of songwriter and Nomeansno/Hanson Brothers guitarist Tom Holli...
Greatest Resource in Earth
Illustrator Val Lawton is interviewed by Calgary Public Library regarding her illustration career and the impact of the library
Interview with Chris Demakes of LESS THAN JAKE

For people who don’t know much about your band, you were on a major label for a while, Capitol Records, right?&a&l

The Zone's Band Of The Month
Hush Hush Noise - Band Of The Month
Do Tell - YAM Magazine
I was recently interviewed for the "Do Tell" section of YAM Magazine (Sept/October, Style Issue). For editing purposes, the full interview was cut short, the link provided is the full interview.
Linden Singers New Director Press Release
LINDEN SINGERS OF VICTORIA SET TO FLOURISH WITH NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR, EDETTE GAGNE A visionary leader for this choral gem! [Victoria, BC, August 15, 2021] Edette Gagné has been named Music Director of Linden Singers of Victoria, taking...
In the House with CADENCE WEAPON (and his Fridge Full of Condiments)
I'm a white rocker, born of Abbotsford. All through high school I associated rap music with delinquents farting bass out of Honda Civics and punching people. But time passed, and at SXSW in Austin this past March, I stumble upon the Canadia...
Bison BC: Wendigo 2010
Bison members I spoke to agree that the closure of The Cobalt would (or is it will?) be a “huge blow” for the Vancouver music scene. “Bison has played The Cobalt probably about five times,” guitarist/ vocalist James Farwell tells me...
The Amazing Journey of a MISSA artist
How MISSA afforded an opportunity for a local artist to exhibit her work in New York and the events that flowed from it. Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts (MISSA), local artist MaryLou Wakefield, Master Printmaker Dan Welden, Southampton

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Discover a unique venue that combines elegance, exclusively,...
Open / Operational
Canadian Legion, Britannia Branch
Built in 1925 by Parfitt Brothers Construction, the AOF buil...
Closed / Inactive
Dogwood Auditorium
This new, multi-purpose auditorium was transformed from a sw...
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Bertrand Crump Property Services
BCPS is a commercial property social enterprise firm.
Victoria BC
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