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The Vidos: June 5 @ Fox Cabaret
Local pop-punk band releases its new EP, Gimme Some Sugar, Babe!.
Iron Kingdom: June 5 @ Rickshaw Theatre
Vancouver’s ruling moshmasters let loose their sixth album, Shadows and Dust.
Spencer Krug isn’t sure if he has enough guitars. Simon Liem Spencer Krug: June 5 @ St. James Hall
The Sunset Rubdown, Moonface, and Wolf Parade musician will believe in anything.
Wintersleep: June 6 @ Hollywood Theatre
Haligolian heroes dream of a Wishing Moon.
Orchid Orchestra: June 6 @ Fox Cabaret
Sound the horns: we Feel a debut album dropping.
Bailey Zimmerman: June 10 @ Rogers Forum, Abbotsford
The Illinois-born singer brings his Different Night Same Rodeo tour to town, presumably to show off his calf-roping chops.
Mary Gauthier: June 10 @ Vancouver Playhouse
The American singer marks the 20th anniversary of Mercy Now.
Broken Social Scene hasn’t managed to fix it yet, then. FIFA Fan Festival Vancouver: June 11 to July 19 @ PNE Grounds
Catch Mötley Crüe, Metric, Broken Social Scene, and more as part of the month-long soccer-related concert showcase.
Tigers Jaw: June 12 @ Rickshaw Theatre
The midwest emo band is not to be confused with Tiger Really, Tiger Please, Glass Tiger, or Glassjaw.
Tiger Really: June 13 @ Fox Cabaret
The emo jazz band is not to be confused with Tigers Jaw, Tiger Please, Glass Tiger, or Really From.
Alex Warren: June 14 @ Rogers Arena
Props to the YouTubers for building a whole career off the self-descriptive “Ordinary”.
Napalm Death: June 14 @ The Pearl
The longtime English grindcore band continues to grind it out.
Madison Beer: June 15 @ Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
The “Bittersweet” singer promises frothy pop.
Ne-Yo and Akon: June 17 @ Rogers Arena
It should be illegal to talk about Akon without talking about the cryptocurrency-based city he tried to found in Senegal, Akon City.
Agent Orange: June 18 @ Rickshaw Theatre
The surf punk veterans cruise up the coast.
Do you think, when rappers get older, they regret choosing youthful names like Kid Cudi? Kid Cudi: June 19 @ Rogers Arena
The experimental rap artist rounds up Big Boi, Dot Da Genius, and Chip Tha Rapper for the Rebel Ragers Tour.
Natalia Lafourcade: June 19-20 @ Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Natalia Lafourcade’s blend of Latin folk, pop, and jazz has earned her Grammys and Latin Grammys.
Vancouver International Jazz Festival: June 19 to July 5 @ various venues
There’s something for everyone at this festival, from Tomoki Sanders Quartet to Isaiah Collier playing Coltrane to Korean seven-piece Leenalchi.
Barns to Beaches: June 20 @ The Red Barn, Tsawassen
Sign up to the 16km Ladner-to-Tsawassen bike ride, and see 54-40, Emmet Jerome, and more for free.
Don Toliver: June 25 @ Rogers Arena
Houston rapper (and Kali Uchis’ partner) Don Toliver tours his high-Octane new album.
Holly Humberstone: June 25 @ Commodore Ballroom
It’s Holly Humberstone’s Cruel World, and we’re all just living in it.
Pink Martini: June 25 @ Orpheum Theatre
The stirring fusion orchestra sounds better shaken.
Panic Shack isn’t about to start taking itself seriously just because there’s a promo photo to shoot. Panic Shack Panic Shack: June 25 @ The Cobalt
Welsh quintet give the middle finger to boring boys-club bands.
Charlotte Cornfield: June 25 @ The WISE Hall
Missing this folk show Hurts Like Hell.
The Tea Party: June 26 @ Commodore Ballroom
Windsor’s alt-rock trio swing by for a spot of jam.
High Fade: June 26 @ Biltmore Cabaret
Edinburgh’s funkiest busking band is Twice as Nice.
Black Music Month: June 26-27 @ City Centre Artist Lodge
Polaris-shortlisted punks the OGBMs and Chicago’s DJ Demuir headline two days of music and markets.
Sweet as pie, it’s cherry pick. cherry pick: June 28 @ The Pearl
Vancouver’s flame-haired shoegaze queen releases her EP, :3.
cootie catcher: June 28 @ Green Auto
The Toronto twee-pop outfit tours its third album in five years.
mgk: June 29 @ Rogers Arena
The artist formerly known as Machine Gun Kelly, formerly a rapper, formerly a pop-rocker, might have commitment problems.