THE BLACK KEYS
“Lo/Hi”: .youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=JILfwu5AWIQ.
The Black Keys (singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Pat Carney) will perform at Rogers Arena on Sunday, Nov. 24 with Modest Mouse and Shannon & the Clams opening. Tickets start at $39.50 (plus service charges and fees), and are available at livenation.com/events/1043278-nov-24-2019-the-black-keys-let-s-rock-tour.
TAME IMPALA
“Patience”: youtube.com/watch?v=rUmV-MorIKc.
Tame Impala release “Patience,” their first new song since 2015 and frontman Kevin Parker says a new album will likely be out later this summer. The band makes its debut as a Saturday Night Live musical guest on March 30 and open their tour at Coachella over two weekends, April 13 and 20.
THE BETHS
“Future Me Hates Me”: youtube.com/watch?v=iVImwSb4EYU.
The Beths perform at the Biltmore on Wednesday, July 31. Doors: 8 p.m. Show: 9 p.m. Tickets On Sale Friday, March 29 at 10 a.m. Tickets available at livenation.com and Red Cat Records. Tickets (incl. GST) $15 (plus service charges).
RANKY TANKY
“You Gotta Move”: nsnews.com/entertainment/music/ranky-tanky-you-gotta-move-track-of-the-day-1.23770724.
Charleston, South Carolina’s Ranky Tanky perform at The BlueShore at CapU (Birch Building) on Saturday, March 30, 8 p.m., as part of the Cap Global Roots Series. Tickets: $38/$35: tickets.capilanou.ca/TheatreManager/1/online?performance=1795.
SPIRITUALIZED
“I’m Your Man”: nsnews.com/entertainment/music/spiritualized-i-m-your-man-track-of-the-day-1.23522430.
Jason Pierce and his band Spiritualized play the Commodore Ballroom April 2. Tickets for An Evening with Spiritualized are available at ticketmaster.ca
VANCOUVER SOUTH AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL (VSAFF)
VSAFF returns for its ninth year, co-presented With SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs, March 29-31: vsaff.org/schedule/.
All proceeds from VSAFF go to support Education without Borders to provide educational opportunities for disadvantaged and at-risk children through initiatives in South Africa and Canada.
BJORK
“Big Time Sensuality”: youtube.com/watch?v=6E5-4GdzXWw.
Directed by Stéphane Sednaoui.
The Cinematheque screens a new restoration of The Juniper Tree featuring a 16-year-old Bjork in her first feature-film role. “Written and directed by the late, unsung American filmmaker and Fulbright scholar Nietzchka Keene, and based on the eponymous Brothers Grimm fairy tale, this medieval-set fable concerns a pair of sisters who flee their Icelandic village after their mother is burned for witchcraft.”
TRUFFAUT
On March 29 The Cinematheque features a double bill of François Truffaut's early masterworks “The 400 Blows” (Les Quatre Cents Coups, 1959) and “Jules and Jim” (Jules et Jim, 1962) beginning at 6:30 p.m.
thecinematheque.ca/the-400-blows.
Jump to colour: Laura Truffaut talks about her father’s iconic style: nsnews.com/entertainment/dossier/jump-to-colour-laura-truffaut-talks-about-her-father-s-iconic-style-1.354840.
JANETTE KING
“Starlight”: nsnews.com/entertainment/music/janette-king-starlight-track-of-the-day-1.23768324.
Janette King’s releasing an EP, 143, in late April, followed by a North American tour, including May 24 in Vancouver at Static Jupiter (25 East 6th Ave., Vancouver) with another West Coaster living in Montréal, Maryze, opening the show.
ARETHA FRANKLIN
“Ain’t No Way”: nsnews.com/entertainment/music/aretha-franklin-ain-t-no-way-track-of-the-day-1.23418799.
The Siobhan Walsh Group performs a Tribute to Aretha Franklin at Centennial Theatre on Friday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m.: nvrc.ca/centennial-theatre/whats-on/tribute-aretha-franklin.
nsnews.com/entertainment/music/siobhan-walsh-loves-to-play-live-1.23431135.
