Who could have predicted that one of 2019’s internationally popular indie albums would have been by a queer county-noir singer, resplendent in cowboy threads and a fringed Lone Ranger mask?
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We’re not sorry about this Christmas miracle.
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Hailing from Louisville, Kentucky, Joan Shelley has worked very hard to finally attain widespread acclaim in 2019 with her delightful 7th album, Like the River Loves the Sea.
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Nanaimo’s psychedelic behemoth Moths & Locusts have long been at the heart of the local scene, but in many ways beyond simply being a band.
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Guided by Voices and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard aside, how many bands or artists can you name that have released TWO great albums in any given year?
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As odd as it may sound, in respect of my age (59) I cannot help but feel some kind of paternal pride when friends of mine in the ever-exciting Nanaimo scene turn in an amazing new release, but, in truth that is becoming an all-too-frequent occurrence these days.
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On several occasions when in-store we’ve played Titanic Rising, Weyes Blood’s beautiful breakthrough album of lush art-pop, customers have commented that her voice sounds like that of the late, great Karen Carpenter.
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One of a great many hilarious quotes from the late Frank Zappa was “Jazz isn’t dead, it just smells funny,” and in the best possible way the British hipster jazz trio The Comet is Coming is a perfect illustration of what he meant.
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Like so many fine bands in our town, Sweetdreams pretty much came together within the hallowed walls of the Vault Café.
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Today is the official last day of our Fall Fund Drive. If there was any time to make your donation to help CHLY flourish today, and in the future, now is the time.
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Born Hannah Sian Topp, due to her all-in performance style the idiosyncratic New Zealand singer-songwriter known as Aldous Harding was described…
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Hailing from Toronto, Sandro Perri is one of those artists from whom the unexpected should always be expected!
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It’s not as often as you might imagine that the Fascinating Rhythm staff are unanimous in their high praise for an album, but we all love this blistering debut by the boys from Dublin.
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Today on December 3rd, 1997, twenty-two years ago, we officially became the Radio Malaspina Society, the organization that still to this day operates CHLY 101.7FM.
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Hey there, this is Robin from Media Studies at VIU. One of the things I like the most about our campus-community radio station, and independent media in general, is the open-access approach.
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On the back of a debut EP and full-length album that’s essentially a collection of bedroom demos concocted with her brother, Finneas, Billie Eilish has had an extraordinary year.
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Today is Black Friday. One of the most important weekends for not only small local businesses (please support them), but also massive multi-national corporations that one day will be colonizing Mars (oh hey Amazon) to avoid paying their taxes. We know Black Friday is still less of a "thing" here in Canada, but never the less, we know your email is probably full of Black Friday deals trying to capitalize on your desire to 'save money' by spending it on deals.
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If you’re a fan of Gogol Bordello and have fond memories of your Sesame Street watching days, you’ll enjoy this mashup of the two.
So very much on point!
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