Vancouver band channels British energy into an instant classic in Canadian rock. Join Our Ride is a shot in the arm to boring bands who don’t understand the power of song

Elephant Train is a five piece indie rock band hailing from fair Vancouver. They've been around since 2007, gaining a respectable following by playing shows throughout Vancouver. Their sound touches on a wide variety of genres and styles, combining funky licks that make the girls cry with a solid, lickity-split havoc that brings out the boogie in people. Quickly gathering speed with a new album of studio recordings, Elephant Train delivers a strong, enthusiastic live show full of funky,...

Henry and the Nightcrawlers: The Pacific Northwest – forests ever green, intertwined with life and moisture, tracked by back roads, the lost and lonely, the seeking and the sought, and solitude; here arose Henry Alcock-White. At first, the boy, time spent exploratory – knee deep in the marsh, soul bent on catching tadpoles or trout; and time spent farm-wise – herding renegade sheep, and sending thoughts across the wilderness of home in British Columbia. Close ever to the sea and the swamps,...

Lemming Dynasty is a band well aware of their surroundings. Tim, Joel, and Adam Parent, along with Bruno Dominelli consciously reflect the climate in which they became – or are becoming – adults, in their music and lyrics. Slick grooves sauced in social outrage beget haunting melodies, peppered with a sly irony reminiscent of times when leaving a little to the imagination was as classy as it is classic. Intrinsic to the Dynasty's sound is a strong sense of soulful defiance; that unwavering...

Minto is a five piece folky, rock and roll band from Vancouver. Hailing from all over Canada, these five friends starting making country tinged folk music about five years ago and slowly progressed into a stomping good time of a band. Their first album, “Fields and Factory Floors” was a lofi gem with some mix-tape hits. And after sonically changing it up, the band decided to record a second album with indie rock super hero, Steve Albini, in Chicago, Illinois. The result was “Lay It On Me”...

Formerly the Family Band, a mix of independent singer-songwriters from Vancouver

There’s something happening on the west coast. Whether it’s in the air, the water, or the drugs, a pool of talent has formed around the notion that you can have your pop and eat it too, with brainy, prog-influenced weird-beards like Bend Sinister and arcane psycho-confectioners Mother Mother demonstrating that musical complexity can still be hummable. Commercial, even.

Throw The Zolas into the picture and dammit – you might even call it a scene! Not that it’s ever been a concern to...