Jordan Ardanaz Writer/editor. Vancouver. Magazines/blogs, incl: Discorder (ed.), ION, Spectrum Culture, Beatroute, the Block. I'm also one-third of Phoenix Thunderbird.
You did it!
One of two photos I took of Vancouver band Phoenix Thunderbird featured in this month’s ION Magazine. Pick one up today. They’re free.
It’s official: I’m the whitest person on the planet. Phoenix Thunderbird shot by my good friend Rommy Ghaly for ION Magazine.
Source: vancouverish
I just remembered this weird thing that happened: Last year I was interviewed by the real news for an article on social media, where I was purported to be an expert on indie musicians.
WHICH I AM. Der.
Phoenix Thunderbird
Ryan Rose captures my essence like a National Geographic photographer.
Source: ryanrose.ca
Source: ryanrose.ca
Earlier this year we played some shows in Alberta. I wrote a funny story about almost dying on the way home. From laughing. I almost died because I laughed too hard; it’s fucking stupid.
Interview with Jake Orral of JEFF the Brotherhood
I interviewed Jake over the phone from Nashville. We talked about touring and scenes. It’s in the Block’s issue on gay marriage right after a piece by Margaret Cho. Weird. I was supposed to ask him about gay marriage, but I didn’t because that made no sense.
No Sinner - Cover Feature for Beatroute
I spent a debauched afternoon with Colleen and Ian, of No Sinner, hanging out in the alleys near the nexus of harsh vibes in the Vancouver DTES. We destroyed a bottle of bourbon and a box of fried chicken.
Feature about Winnipeg Skate Shelters for ION Magazine
Patkau Architects seem to carefully consider the human experience within the environment surrounding their work, drawing inspiration from a fundamental truth about how culture develops around such basic phenomena as a frozen river.
Feature on digital media artist, Malcolm Levy, for ION Magazine
Malcolm fuses beautiful aesthetics with existential minimalism. He takes fractions of moments, captured on film, and turns them into a meditation on place and experience. I loved chatting with this guy.
Mastodon The Hunter for Spectrum Culture
This is what pop-metal should sound like; a very listenable album, though not without a few key faults.
