{"id":2275011,"date":"2026-02-10T00:10:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2275011"},"modified":"2026-02-10T00:10:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:10:33","slug":"van-jams-new-vancouver-music-from-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/van-jams-new-vancouver-music-from-january-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Jams: New Vancouver music from January 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-tab=\"nav--article\" id=\"article\">\n<h3><strong>Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday.\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.straight.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=straight&amp;utm_medium=article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sign up for our free newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><br \/>You can\u2019t catch a bus in Vancouver without tripping over a struggling indie musician trying to figure out how to turn the pain in their soul into 10,000 Spotify streams and a record deal\u2026or even just a level of familiarity that means the Green Auto regulars are excited to see their name on the bill. We all start somewhere.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So, we\u2019re collecting jams from local artists both small and not-so-small and giving them a spin each month.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Singles<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Heidi Vincent\u00a0\u2014 &#8220;Mean Jolene&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/41JydJ5d5BEB13vAdcCoHZ?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Everyone knows Jolene, the woman who steals Dolly Parton\u2019s man in the seminal 1973 single. Rather than doing another cover or reinterpretation, country artist Heidi Vincent has taken the track as the basis for her own story-driven song: What happens to Jolene afterwards? In Vincent\u2019s telling, she receives a karmic retribution in the form of a terrible boyfriend. The track, delivered with plenty of twang and polish, suggests that you don\u2019t need to live in the dustbowl to weave old-school country yarns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Antonio Larosa\u00a0\u2014 &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Shine&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/2fGiIwttSIJ9KFee1r3Fw2?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of roots-y country songs dedicated to driving cars (or trucks) on meandering road trips. There are fewer that take the car as a central metaphor for who the singer is: in Antonio Larosa\u2019s case, an old beater who \u201cdon\u2019t shine like I used to\u201d. But the rusty, weathered body is a point of pride for Larosa, as those bumps and dings reflect the result of a life lived authentically. With lines like \u201cDreams and gasoline keeping us alive\/We\u2019ll go on forever as long as you don\u2019t mind\u201d, it\u2019s a charming, self-aware track.<\/p>\n<h3>Jody Glenham\u00a0\u2014 &#8220;Overtime&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/41ewUUyEI6X0SQXZEvtmib?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been wondering when \u201990s grunge-rock jams are going to make their inevitable return, then Jody Glenham\u2019s new single might be exactly what you\u2019re looking for. Taking inspiration from Smashing Pumpkins and Hole, the moody track hinges on the repeated question of \u201cAre you enough?\u201d, letting the exhortation bend and change as the fuzzy instrumentals cycle through woozy waves. It\u2019s a bittersweet track, reflecting on the way relationships have no guarantees, delivered with both emotional weight and effortless cool.<\/p>\n<h3>RAIAAN\u00a0\u2014 &#8220;Casualty&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/5HyFHJONXQ7c4rWnRlmb44?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>RAIAAN\u2019s Spotify profile helpfully provides some spelling help\u2014six letters, four vowels\u2014for those stumbling over his name that is 50 percent comprised of the letter A. Luckily, \u201cCasualty\u201d lets him add another one to the collection with a lovely R&amp;B-style slow jam. RAIAAN\u2019s falsetto voice drifts over a languorous beat, and lo-fi piano, creating the kind of vibey song to soundtrack a cozy night in. The real casualty is the fact this song doesn\u2019t have more plays yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Albums<\/h2>\n<h3>Fake Shark \u2014<em> Rhythm Prism<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1W6p7MnA8WYYU3PFkHX6H9?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fake Shark always seems to be having fun. That might explain the guests on the alt-rockers\u2019 latest full-length: Vancouver pop-punk princesses Fionn, iconically bizarre rapper Kool Keith, and Down With Webster frontman Pat Gillett all show up to join in on the chaos. Behind the sneering swagger, silly lyrics, and impossibly catchy hooks, the 15-track LP is stuffed with songs that take a sideways look at the strange business of being in music. Maybe Fake Shark does have real problems: it can\u2019t play all these crowd-pleasers in a single set.<\/p>\n<h2>Chopping Spree! \u2014<em> Anemoia<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1bfc3sTa9LDzMkuylrYZTo?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Chopping Spree! cut its teeth with shows in Vancouver and beyond before packaging up its fusion jazz rock in this sprawling debut album. While there are some lyrics (\u201cCatch Yourself\u201d), most songs are entirely instrumental, like the smooth jazz-into-synth groove of \u201cTwo Rooms\u201d, or the ever-shifting \u201cPortrait of Zahora\u201d that touches on prog rock, chiptune, and South Indian raga. Anemoia is nostalgia for a past that never existed, and Chopping Spree!\u2019s music is nostalgia for a genre it\u2019s still inventing.<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>SIXPOINTS \u2014<em> Negative Space<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3ZgH0pgm1zBIOc4SdASQqc?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>SIXPOINTS describes itself as \u201can electro poetics alternative music duo\u201d, which is one way of saying you deliver spoken-\u200bword lyrics over sparse accompaniment. The resulting debut album, <em>Negative Space<\/em>, is a sort of light-industrial blur. Opener \u201cThe Holy Game\u201d feels like a contemporary version of \u201860s beat poetry, and subsequent songs continue the woozy, unreal feeling as the pair explore the trauma of our current age. Nobody else in Vancouver is making music that sounds like Trent Reznor tripped out on cough syrup.<\/p>\n<h3>Jo Passed\u00a0\u2014<em>\u00a0Away<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2qkKaD8PVtIu8RKmHVtwNI?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Although he currently lives in Toronto (boo, etc.), Jo Passed\u2014the musical project from Jo Hirabayashi\u2014gets to keep his place in Van Jams thanks to his deep connection to the city. Eight years after his debut Their Prime made waves, the follow-up record is decidedly more mellow: light vocals, math-y guitars with the sharpest edges sanded down, and an eye towards catchy hooks. Time to close your eyes and get spirited <em>Away<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/16NmhyHMqbjeXPVDWCcLWs?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.straight.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday.\u00a0Sign up for our free newsletter. 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