MUSIC PREVIEW: M83 blows up real good
The French electronic music quintet known as M83, now based out of Los Angeles, is enjoying huge success thanks to their unique electro-pop sound and one insanely popular track, Midnight City, off their 2011 album Hurry Up We’re Dreaming. The band has been touring hard ever since, and plays a sold-out show at the Winspear […]
REAR END IN VIEW: Stick a fork in it
For the fourth year running, a story about Purple City was one of the most widely read articles on GigCity. It’s an Edmonton thing. Among all the weird attractions in a weird town is this time-honoured ritual of getting high and going to stare at the lights outside the Alberta Legislature at night. After a […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Wunderbar spirit lives on
Sadness walks through the halls of the city’s music scene in desperation of its awesomeness – for this is the city’s first weekend in almost six years without Wunderbar. Everyone knew it was coming, of course, it was only the exact timing of when the off-Whyte live music venue would close that nobody knew for […]
Wunderbar to close for good on Halloween
Everyone saw the writing on the lovely crumbling wall, so the final official closure of Wunderbar comes as no surprise. Owner Craig Martellica (pictured) announced the news Thursday. The last night will be Halloween: Saturday, Oct. 31. The doors will stay open till 2 am so people can say their last goodbyes. “We’ve already mourned […]
Wunderbar: Dead Bar Walking
On the morning of Wednesday, July 15, Craig Martellica, owner of the beloved Wunderbar Hofbrauhaus off Whyte Avenue, made one last plea for clemency. He launched a Go Fund Me campaign called Keep Wundi Alive for a Bit, asking for help in paying rent by the end of the day – without which, despite a […]
Jom Comyn coming along with new cassette
Jom Comyn must’ve played everywhere last summer. People in this city couldn’t get enough of his new album, In the Dark on 99 (All the Time, All the Time) – solitary, ambient and so perfectly Edmonton. Creator Jim Cuming worked so hard that he decided it was time to take a break, start saying no, […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Counting on Counting Crows
In the early 1990s amongst the stratospheric rise of grunge and alternative rock to the forefront of the North American music scene, many acts also found immense success using those elements as a subtle influence to their own sound, often staying more true to straight-up rock ‘n’ roll. One of those acts was the Counting […]
Wundi and the Track: It’s not the bar, it’s the booker
With the love Edmonton music people have for Wunderbar – officially known as Wunderbar Hofbrauhaus, or “Wundi” to regulars – it’s easy to compare it to the Sidetrack Café. If you’re old enough. Ah, good times. So sad. Old-timers rue the day the beloved ‘Track was bulldozed for condos. Others – Wundi regulars, for instance […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: All hail the folk fest!
This weekend’s live music lineup is of course dominated by the biggest and baddest of all of the city’s music festivals. Well, OK, the biggest at any rate. It’s Folk Fest Weekend in Edmonton, and while some may lament the “old-school” direction the lineup’s gone the last few years, there is certainly no debate that […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Feast of fests in the West
Music festival season continues this weekend around the Capital Region, as we stroll right into Bermudafest, after last weekend’s great Interstellar Rodeo, Taste Of Edmonton, and K-Days’ lineups. The multi-venue Bermudafest gets underway Thursday with a pair of gigs. Rich Aucoin headlines at The Pawn Shop, while Wunderbar hosts a trio of local bands – […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: More new records than ever!
Do people even get excited about CD release events anymore? No, they do not. Seems like there’s at least two a week around these parts. Apparently now anyone can make a CD on those fancy home contraptions. What a world. You know, back in the day – said the old man yelling at the kids […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Hot Plains, hot damn!
The Hot Plains Music Festival takes over a couple of local venues this weekend, with gigs Friday through Sunday all around Whyte Avenue, but primarily focused on two of the city’s most popular live venues, Wunderbar and Pawn Shop. Friday at Wunderbar features the “Heart meets Sabbath”-sound of the Secretaries with a new 7” release; […]
