Some music gets into your bones and stays there. Suddenly, you’re a teenager again, your friend is playing you a song you’ve never heard, and someone has managed to sing exactly what you’re feeling. You feel safe, seen and inconveniently have a crush on a person you’ve never met before. Anyways, hello, Justin Nozuka.

Hear his soulful voice on 10/19 at The Pearl. It will make you stop talking, and maybe just stop time. After tonight you won’t have to look up at the stars to feel something more. Enter to win your way in!*

JUST ANNOUNCED

• Keithmas XVII returns to the Rickshaw on 12/12 for it’s 17th year, celebrating Keith Richards birthday with a Food Bank Fundrager. All ticket proceeds support the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. Party hard, do some good.

• VIFF has something for your ears, too. Catch experimental duo Los Thuthanaka at The Pearl on 10/5 for psychedelic sounds and spiralling Aymara rhythms. Enter to win tickets and get weird.*

• Hip-hop heavyweight Talib Kweli hits the Rickshaw on 1/28. Give your headphones a night off and catch this legend in person.

• Put down the controller. UNDERTALE: The Determination Symphony brings the beloved game’s soundtrack to life with a 25-piece orchestra and gameplay visuals at Queen Elizabeth Theatre on 10/10. Enter to win tickets to the matinee!*

• Blondshell brings the Scaring Strangers Tour to the Commodore on 3/6. Crunchy guitars, and brutally honest lyrics that make questionable decisions feel like excellent artistic material. More just announced shows this way!

DOLOCAL: FIND YOUR FAVE NEW ARTIST

Love to support the local scene? Me too! I’m constantly going to shows and still shocked at the talent I’m finding in this city. We’re truly spoiled. Here are a few to catch soon:

• MELTT - Friday @ Commodore Ballroom (WIN)*

• MIDNIGHT BOOGALOO - Friday @ The Flamingo Room

• FIVE ALARM FUNK - Friday & Saturday @ Hollywood Theatre (WIN)*

• BRASS, SUNDRESS, WAIT//LESS - Saturday @ Green Auto

• AEMIA W/ FKA RAYNE & IN PIECES - Sunday @ The Pearl

• HOLLYWOOD ALBERTA - Sunday @ Guilt & Company

• TRUE MOUNTAIN LAUREL - 11/12 @ Mel Lehan Hall (WIN)*

THIS WEEK

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