By Johnny Papan
From leather-bound poultry to intergalactic dance parties, BC’s biggest electronic festival delivered a new level of strange this year.
Orville Peck - BRONCO
Columbia Records
by Brad Simm
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Orville Peck reclaimed his crown this year as king of the rodeo, charting a new course in country music with BRONCO. Roaming through tracks reminiscent of Lee Hazlewood’s LA-inspired 1960s romance while glowing bright in Chris Isaak’s shimmering sequin, Peck’s sweeping wall of sound elevates BRONCO into its own fabulous dimension – big, bold, glittering country filled with rainbow showers.
But make no mistake, this is bonafide country music. BRONCO is rich with gorgeous wide-open desert landscapes, rip-roaring barn burners, and last-call whiskey-drenched ballads. And holy cow, Peck’s voice; both infectious and fabulous, it’s undoubtedly the masked country star’s crowning glory.
By Ben Boddez
Jasamine White-Gluz’s love of creepy crawlies inspires a project reflecting the many sounds of nature through a shoegaze lens.
By Cam Delisle
The Calgary-born pop powerhouse brought her high-voltage Miss Possessive Tour to Rogers Arena for two consecutive sold-out shows.
