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The Band Camino + Almost Monday Bring the Never Always Tour to the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles
Last Thursday night at the Hollywood Palladium, rising artist ALINA, along with Almost Monday, helped kick off the evening as co-openers for The Band Camino on their North American Never Always 2025 tour.
Between each song, ALINA interacted with the crowd, sharing real-life stories behind each track. Her bubbly personality eased the tension between the artist and the audience, making it feel like you were on FaceTime with your best friend.The young artist kicked off her set with singles like “Look Bad,” “Get A Grip,” and “Second
Guessing,” along with many other amazing songs. After eight fantastic concerts from the east to the west coast, ALINA wrapped up her set, thanking the crowd for a great night filled with love and energy.
Back in August, the Almost Monday crew —Dawson, Luke, and Cole —sat down with Zach Sang for an interview to discuss their songwriting process. The bassist, Luke Fabry, stated, “To songwriting, there’s a magic and there’s a science. You can get good at the science, but the magic just has to come.” He goes on to compare songwriting to the skills required for surfing, saying, “you can’t really control the conditions, but you can control where you sit [on the board] and where you go, but at the end of the day, [the perfect wave] it has to come to you.” As a fan of Almost Monday, I’ve gone from seeing them for the first time in 2024, when they co-opened for Beach Weather, to taking photos of them in February as headliners for their 2025 The Dive tour, and now as they tour with The Band Camino. Their future looks incredibly bright. The energy Dawson and his crew bring to the stage is simply unmatched. I remember leaving their show in 2024 with several of their songs downloaded to my playlist. Moving from smaller venues like The Teragram Ballroom and EchoPlex to larger ones like The Hollywood Palladium, their hit song “Can’t Slow Down” perfectly captures Almost Monday‘s momentum.
As Almost Monday finished their set, the stage crew began to set up for The Band Camino. The Never Always tour includes 19 shows across North America and six across Europe. Camino started their set with “Daphne Blue,” “Infinity,” and Hush Hush.” The inspiration for their new album, Never Always, signifies the space between extremes such as “never” and “always,” representing the in-between moments of life, especially after a breakup. It highlights the contradictions in relationships, oscillating between holding on and letting go, and seeking a balance between intense emotions and life’s messy reality. Never Always is an album dedicated to finding steadiness while dealing with emotions that exist within the gray areas. The album explores themes of vulnerability, self-sabotage, overthinking, and life’s cyclical patterns, ultimately fostering a sense of growth and authenticity. Although solutions exist for dealing with the black-and-white issues, the gray areas remain the most confusing. The Band Camino’s songs and lyrics resonate with you in unexpected ways. Their music expresses emotions that are hard to put into words. There was a sense of community amongst the crowd as each fan connected individually to the lyrics. Raw emotion was palpable throughout the venue.
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THE BAND CAMINO
ALMOST MONDAY
ALINA
All Photo Credit: Taylor Blazer
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Wave To Earth Bring ‘the pieces tour’ to Vancouver
By the time Wave to Earth took the stage at Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Arena on September 4, Vancouver was already buzzing. A lineup stretched around the block as fans waited to see the South Korean indie-rock trio kick off the first date of their the pieces tour in the city.
The band’s stage setup immediately set the tone, arranged to look like a cozy living room, complete with windows that opened onto a constantly changing view of the world outside. The clever screens showed footage filmed just outside the arena, creating the illusion that the stage was looking out onto the neighbourhood. Periodically, TransLink buses could be seen passing by, an unexpectedly Vancouver specific detail that made the arena feel intimate.
That sense of intimacy carried into the band’s entrance, with lead singer Daniel Kim stepping onto the stage wearing a UBC Arts cap, a small but memorable nod to the city and its university community.
From the opening notes, Wave to Earth leaned into the warm, laid-back atmosphere that has made their music resonate with fans around the world. The contrast between the arena’s size and the deliberately homey stage design made the show feel like being invited into the band’s living room.
As the opening night of the pieces tour, the Vancouver show set the tone for what promises to be a visually thoughtful and atmospheric run of dates.
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WAVE TO EARTH
All Photo Credit: Kelli Rothwell
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Goose Brings their ‘Summer Tour’ to the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver
Goose brought their 2026 Summer Tour to Vancouver on Tuesday night, turning the Commodore Ballroom into a sweaty, late-night dance party that stretched well past 11 p.m.
The Connecticut-based quartet — Rick Mitarotonda, Peter Anspach, Trevor Weekz and drummer Cotter Ellis — has built a reputation for letting songs breathe onstage, and Vancouver got the full treatment. The band played two sets and an encore, giving the crowd plenty of room to settle into the grooves and watch the songs take unexpected turns.
The first set opened with “Yeti” before moving through “All I Need,” “Turbulence & The Night Rays” and “Time to Flee.” “Everything Must Go” kept things moving before “Hungersite” closed the set with one of the night’s bigger stretches of improvisation.
After a break, Goose returned and launched into “Electric Avenue,” a crowd-pleasing choice that had the Commodore singing along.
There was little interest in rushing through the evening. Goose gave each section space, moving from tight grooves to loose instrumental passages without making the show feel like a collection of extended solos.
For a band coming off a European run and heading into some of its biggest U.S. shows, Vancouver felt like another strong stop on the way. The Commodore may be a much smaller room than Madison Square Garden or SPAC, but Goose seemed perfectly happy to stretch out inside it.
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GOOSE
All Photo Credit: Caroline Charruyer