Porter Robinson x Madeon [Shelter Live Tour] // Vogue Theatre

Porter Robinson x Madeon [Shelter Live Tour] // Vogue Theatre

Earlier this year, long-time friends, Porter Robinson and Madeon, collaborated on “Shelter,” a single that bowled their fans the world over. The success of the single culminated in a North American tour, with two sold out nights in Vancouver, of the same name.

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YG // Vogue Theatre

YG // Vogue Theatre

Rapper YG, a Brazy Bompton native, took the stage twice Monday night with two sold out shows at the Vogue Theatre for the Vancouver stop of his Fuck Donald Trump Tour. The venue’s air was heavy with the aroma of a particularly dank sativa, mixed with Polar Ice vodka shots and, at the earlier all ages show, a side of “Mom, I’ll be home by 10."

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Wintersleep // Commodore Ballroom

Wintersleep // Commodore Ballroom

The Great Detachment, Wintersleep’s sixth LP and first with Dine Alone Records, is very much an introspective work, both conceptually and thematically. Of course, it delivers a welcome dose of the atmospheric, entrancing alt-rock for which the band has become known – the beautifully orchestrated arrangements anchored by haunting, almost hypnotic vocal melodies; however, the way those arrangements were approached and the poetry they relay are very much the product of some self-(re)discovery. 

Wintersleep performed with Fake Palms at the Commodore Ballroom on Saturday.

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