Posted on November 16, 2011
By Kevin Maimann
Culture, Front Slider, Music
Bonnie Ste-Croix’s passion for Canada runs deep. The singer/songwriter loves her home country so much, she named her latest album Canadian Girl and recorded every song in the collection in a different Canadian town. Which makes it a little bewildering that after a solid 15 years of touring, her Saturday gig was her first time […]
Posted on November 9, 2011
By Kevin Maimann
Front Slider, Music
The cover of The Devil Wears Prada’s latest album Dead Throne looks positively evil. If you were to judge by the jagged upside-down skull bathed in an eerie glow, you would probably guess they’re a metal band … and you’d be correct. But you might not guess they’re a Christian band. “Metal and God can […]
Posted on November 2, 2011
By Kevin Maimann
Front Slider, Music
Don’t tell Chad VanGaalen what to do. He won’t listen, and besides, he’s plenty capable of taking care of it himself. The multitalented Calgary artist draws all of his album covers, animates his own music videos, and even builds some of the instruments he plays on his self-recorded albums. “All that stuff, it just takes […]
Posted on October 25, 2011
By Kevin Maimann
Music, The Latest
Dutch DJ duo Showtek might not always come up in conversation among names like Tiesto, Deadmau5 and Skrillex. But those who like their electronic music with a little more punch know Showtek dominates the hard dance field. The owners of the Dutch Master Works record label, often credited with creating the “hardstyle” genre, have won […]
Posted on October 20, 2011
By Kevin Maimann
Comedy, Film, Music
It’s not that Deaner doesn’t want to drink with you. It’s just that if the FUBAR star and Night Seeker bassist downed every shot he was offered before taking the stage, he’d put on a pretty lousy show – and possibly succumb to alcohol poisoning. The Albertan headbanger was scheduled at the Starlite Room Saturday […]
Posted on October 19, 2011
By Kevin Maimann
Music
Local trio F&M knows when it comes to pop music, sometimes less is more. On its newest effort Wish You Were Here, which dropped Friday with a CD release show at the Yellowhead Brewing Company, the band has stripped its romantic folk-pop to the core. The acoustically-driven songs even leave space for creaking chairs, a […]
Posted on October 12, 2011
By Kevin Maimann
Culture, Music
What is it they say about too many cooks in the kitchen? Never mind – because when Josh Dolgin is the head chef, it doesn’t seem to apply. The multi-talented Montreal artist known as Socalled employed 34 guest musicians on his latest solo album “Sleepover,” and came out with a staggeringly diverse offering overflowing with […]
Posted on October 5, 2011
By Kevin Maimann
Culture, Music
Enslaved guitarist Ivar Bjornson is probably one of the youngest musicians to celebrate his band’s 20th anniversary – he was just 13 when Enslaved plunged into a grim Norwegian black metal scene that would soon make headlines for its connections to church arsons and murders. After spreading the darkness across North America this month, however, […]
Posted on September 28, 2011
By Kevin Maimann
Culture, Music, The Latest
It only makes sense that unconventional music should be released in an unconventional fashion. Ska/metal band Ninjaspy’s upcoming EP No Kata, a 10 ½-minute piece of music employing its trademark genre-hopping and warped time signatures, will feature an accompanying graphic novel in which the song’s lyrics make up the narrative and dialogue. The effort is […]
Posted on September 21, 2011
By Kevin Maimann
Culture, Music, The Latest
It’s been 20 years since Seattle’s grunge scene hijacked the North American pop charts. Tributes have been pouring in all year for Nirvana’s iconic 1991 album Nevermind, while the documentary Twenty (which screened Thursday at Garneau Theatre as part of the Edmonton International Film Festival) celebrates the two-decade anniversary of Pearl Jam’s debut Ten. The […]
Posted on September 15, 2011
By Kevin Maimann
Culture, The Latest, TV and Radio
For 11 years, Marlon Wilson has been Edmonton’s go-to guy for fresh urban sounds. This month, the Politic Live emcee will bid farewell to The Urban Hang Suite, his weekly Saturday night radio show on CJSR 88.5 FM. The Suite will air one final time from 11 p.m. Sept. 24 until 3 a.m. the next […]
