Becky Ninkovic is a very cool mixture of sweetly shy off stage and sexy dynamo on stage. I was lucky enough to take a few minutes of her time before she took the stage last Thursday night at the Plaza.

What's your favourite thing about Vancouver?

I think the fact that the ocean and the mountains are so available. You usually get one or another or none. I tend to lose direction a lot and being able to look up and see where the mountains are I always have this grand compass available to me.

Are there some local bands you really enjoy?

Taxes are a really incredible band from Vancouver, and Fake Shark Real Zombie, Black Mountain...the Organ was a really amazing band that I was sad to see end. Mother Mother is a band we've played with and they're incredible, and we just played with Twin Crystals last weekend and they're super cool. I could go on and on.

Do you have some Vancouver haunts you like to hang out in?

I love Prado on Commercial Drive. I love how it's a blank canvas, all white walls and high ceilings and wood beams. Foundation's always great. There are a lot of places around the Main and Broadway area.

You Say Party! We Say Die! are winding down after two years of tireless world touring, but this awesome Vancouver dance-punk band showed no signs of exhaustion as they stormed the stage last night at the Plaza, leading the crowd through song after song of hand claps, furious head bobbing, sing-alongs, and shriek-alongs.

Lead singer Becky Ninkovic's stage persona is equal parts innocent little girl and writhing contortionist, and she commands the fans to follow her every move. She was up close and personal with the girls singing their hearts out in the front row, and invited most of them up on stage during "The Gap" to join in the dance party and sing with the band. The slow jam, sexy groove of "Love in the New Millennium (Your Pants My Couch)" served as a great showcase for Ninkovic's soulful pipes.