Eazy-E, Bone Thugs, Big Tymers, you name it: the bitches-n-money ghetto-rap is slamming the minute I crack the door. Jordie Dammet, bassist for bar-rock goodboys The Hotel Lobbyists (and sideman for country boozer, Shiloh Lindsey), is boot-...
The Wrecktals – Speaking their mind from time to time.
An interview with bassist Christoph Leon
by Denis Maile of The Skinny
DM: How did you come up with the band name?
CL: As a reminder to never take ourselves too seriously, re...
There were moments of giddy transcendence a few weeks back when this very magazine held its official Launch Party featuring a host of Vancouver talent, among them a long-standing (but largely overlooked punk band) named Aging Youth Gang, wh...
A time capsule of early nineties Hip.
Launch Pad is pleased to introduce our 2017 - 2018 "A Kingdom for a Stage" Season
Local historian Glenn Parfitt was determined to create a website chronicling the early days of rock ’n’ roll in Victoria — despite the challenges involved in tracking down material.
For any of you fiends who've been dwelling inside rocket-proof domes until recently, the China Creeps -who are Neil on bass, Baxter on guitar, Matt on vocals and Dave on drums - are one of the leading (of what is becoming a tradition of) gr...
"I remember one of the last times he saw me, he said, 'Please make sure everybody hears this music.'" Promise kept.
The Stolen Organ Family Band
Horse Treats (Indie)
It pays to have an open mind in this business of writing about music and putting it to press, especi...
A review of The Glorious Sons hometown performance, December 31, 2023 at Leon's Centre in Kingston