START YOUR WEEK RIGHT WITH THE V.I.A. WEEKLY PLAYLIST WEEK 57 - ROADTRIP!!!!!

SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver.

With ALMOST 25,000 artists, boasting 112,500+ tracks, the CBC Radio 3 web site is the absolute ultimate authority, and the home, of independent music in Canada. With that massive library along with tools for members (free to join!), we’re taking advantage of what they’ve set up by bringing you a fresh batch of music every week featuring local groups who have tracks (entire albums, even!) on the R3 site.

You may have heard already (I'm bad with secrets) but this is my official announcement!:

VIAindie is going on tour!

That's right, I'm taking this show on the road and tagging along across Canada with Treelines. We won't be alone, friend of VIA, The Mountains & The Trees (from NFLD) is coming too, to create the aptly named Lessons In Geography tour. So, needless to say, I'm excited.

I'm going to be making tour diary posts (photos and videos) from the road so you can see where we go and what we get up to. We also created a website with show dates (so invite your friends in other cities to the shows!) and the official tour blog...

In honor of this I (with the help of both bands) have created and all Vancouver-indie Roadtrip Playlist. Click the images below to hear it!