Interview: Chatting about fond memories, work life, and inspiration with Jeremy Allingham

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Vancouver's Jeremy Allingham has made the progression of from playing in a band to releasing a solo EP, and this Friday he'll be releasing his first full length record to share with the world. Memory Electric comes out tomorrow, and it's packed with full-throttle electric guitar riffs, memory-inducing lyrics and nods to past rock'n'roll greats. 
Jess got on the phone with him this past weekend in a few moments of morning peace before he was off to take his daughter to - fittingly - her music lesson. This is some of their conversation.

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Interview: Just in time for the Lovecoast & Friends Christmas Benefit... a chat with Kate from The Katherines

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2 SLEEPS until the 2nd annual Lovecoast & Friends Christmas Benefit for Music Heals! We are so excited (and selling tickets for $10 in case anyone needs any before the show! They'll be $15 at the door) so Jess called up Kate Kurdyak from The Katherines to chat a little in anticipation. Here's how the conversation went.
 

Jess: How long have you been playing together as The Katherines?

Kate: So basically I started out doing music and playing by myself in coffee houses, and in high shcool I formed a band of 10 people - we had a full string quartet and had a guitar and Lauren and Kaityn were in the band. Lauren is my sister and Kaitlyn is one of my best friends -when we were little we were singing in choir together- and people went off and did their own things and the band eventually became the 3 of us. That's how The Katherines were born. But mostly became out of playing together and loving being on stage together and I realized how I didn't want to be in the music industry without them.

Jess: When did The Katherines form then?

Kate: I formed the band in 2012 and...

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Artist of the Week: Rococode

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Rococode -the Vancouver electro-pop duo of Andrew Braun and Laura Smith- have finally come out with some new, long-anticipated music last month! But their latest EP Panic Attack doesn't mean that they've done their duty for putting out music and that they'll go back into recluse for another few years, like so many bands. It's actually a teaser for their upcoming full-length, which spawned so many questions in my (Jess) mind that I had to call up Andrew Braun this weekend and ask him about it. Here's some of our conversation:

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