Music

Everything about Jay Brannan’s career is improbable. Defying legions of critics both personal and professional, he has managed to build a shockingly dedicated following in a very non-traditional way. Though kicked out of acting school for alleged lack of ability, he entered the film arena with a standout performance in the cult film Shortbus, and achieved rising cult star status upon the film’s worldwide release. Urged to stick to society's conventions during his Southern upbringing, he has become a lightning rod for castaways by simply being himself: a neurotic and inspiring mess.

Dragonette, the "electronic-rock band who write pop songs", brings its brand of witty electronic pop music to Vancouver's Venue October 17th.

What Canadian rock legends have sold millions of records, had a couple dozen hits, sold-out coliseums across Canada, received a Juno Award for Band of the Year and are what The Vancouver Sun called the "Canadian rock heroes of the first order ... the best performing band in Canada."?

The Turning Point Ensemble announced its 2009/2010 season promising to continue its goal in providing musical experiences that "astonish, challenge and sustain" by linking transformative music of the past hundred years with bold new works.

Live Nation announced that on Wednesday, August 5th, it will expand its "No Service Fee" program to include more than 1,500 shows in its theaters and clubs, including a number of shows at Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom.

Roger Daltrey has one of rock's most legendary voices, but he doesn't take it for granted.  That's why the set of solo dates he'll be playing - beginning Oct. 10 in Vancouver - has been dubbed the Use It or Lose It Tour.

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announced the presentation of Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy, on Thursday, October 8, 2009, at the newly renovated Orpheum Theatre.

To celebrate its tenth year, the Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival has been expanded from a single to a multi-day event.  The festival, which now takes place Friday August 7 to Sunday, August 9, will span ten different venues and 19 separate performances across the city, with the two main stages at Deer Lake Park. Other venues include Earls Restaurant (Kingsway and Bridge Park locations), Crystal Bar and Grille, EBO Restaurant, Metropolis at Metrotown, Marine Pub and more.

Mr. Quintron is a very eccentric concert and nightclub organist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He plays music on a custom made Hammond / Rhodes combo synthesizer / organ (which he's got all built up to look like a car with real working headlights) backed by raw simple drum machine beats and his own patented invention THE DRUM BUDDY - a rotating, light-activated analog synthesizer with five oscillator circuits that create drum sounds. It is played much in the same way that a DJ spins and scratches records.