Vancouver gritty pop-rock duo Smash Boom Pow, plus a third touring member on bass, took to the Anián Yard stage on Rifflandia's opening nigh...

This summer, Victoria's annual Rifflandia will be celebrating 10 years in the music festival game, and to get the West Coast all riled up, o...

At first, it was hard to take Astrocolor seriously. Wearing faux fur, white suit jackets, sunglasses and scruffy handlebar moustaches, the r...

Talk about a rhythm section. Sitting effortlessly in the pocket, Fruit Bats' set breezed over the mid-afternoon sunny lawns of Rifflandia fr...

Whatever, Darcys; just, whatever. Too much glam, too much trying hard. Too much attitude, not enough actual music.   "Yeah, we just got of...

Local favourites the Zolas played mid-afternoon on the Saturday (September 17) main stage, getting the crowd moving and drying off after rai...

Band of Rascals are literally that; "nuts and bolts rock and roll" is their self-described genre. In their better moments, which strongly ev...

Tennyson are a barely legal brother and sister electro-pop duo who have been making waves recently for their explosive soul-infused sets, an...

Hello Moth is the weirdest, most underrated, most original and unashamedly true-to-self performer on the Rifflandia lineup, hands down.  ...

For the second night in a row, sound issues plagued a band's Rifflandia set, but We Are the City handled it as gracefully as possible, pulli...

Michael Franti & Spearhead headlined at Rifflandia's main open-air stage Friday night (September 16) to a very stoked crowd. His typically f...