MUSIC PREVIEW: DJ Marky makes his mark
DJ Marky – not to be confused with Marky Mark, for those old enough to remember Mark Wahlberg’s hip-hop alter ego – is making his Edmonton debut this weekend. The drum-n-bass DJ, whose audiences weren’t all that compelling in his home country Brazil, gained success upon moving to Britain in the late 1990s, including being […]
RADIO: Dirty Deeds done expensive
In the Bear radio station’s “Dirty Deeds” contest to win tickets to the sold-out AC/DC show at Commonwealth Stadium on Sept. 20, the first challenge was to call your wife and tell her your dog died … and another radio stunt goes over the line. Asked to explain themselves, the cast of The Paul Brown […]
Why do mosh pits spin counterclockwise?
It’s time again to bring hard science to bear on another pressing issue – to find out why “circle pits” at rock ‘n’ roll shows spin counter-clockwise. The rotational mosh phenomenon has been confirmed by a number of reliable sources – and no, pits don’t spin clockwise in the Southern hemisphere, like typhoons. The Coriolis Force […]
Expo-ing Stan Lee
Some say that that Stan Lee isn’t a human. There are online rumours that the iconic geek-chic god is like something from one of his own comics, some sort of machine that has the ability to create gold. Gold in the form of ideas that turn into heroes that turn into some of the biggest marketable brands […]
HOW RUDE! Tales of Fringe audiences
There are 203 plays at the 2015 Edmonton International Fringe Festival this year – many times more than the number of productions throughout the entire rest of the regular season, and with that comes many more patrons who never see any other kind of theatre but the Fringe, once a year. Sometimes in an inebriated […]
CONCERT: Looking forward to The Weeknd
Grammy nominated alt-R&B hero The Weeknd is coming to Edmonton on Monday, Nov. 30 as a part of The Madness Fall Tour. The Scarborough native’s latest album, Behind The Madness, is currently rising through the charts and has music reviewers foaming at the mouth trying to define its sound, specifically the album’s second single The Hills. Using […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Stars come out for Blues fest
This weekend finds another music festival making its home at the Heritage Amphitheatre in Hawrelak Park, as the 17th annual Edmonton Blues Festival winds its way into our hearts and souls. Elvin Bishop, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame earlier this year, headlines Friday night; Shawn Holt and the Teardrops […]
Amber Nash puts a little ‘Pam’ in Fringe play
The name Amber Nash may not mean anything to you, but her voice undeniably will. The American actress voices the curvaceous, openly bi-sexual, hedonistic, human resources director Pam Poovey in FX’s hit adult-animated espionage satire cartoon Archer. Nash is in Edmonton for her one-woman show What’s Wrong With You? during Edmonton’s 34th International Fringe Theatre […]
ROCKFEST REVIEW: Classic rock to die for
Dennis DeYoung of Styx couldn’t have captured the zeitgeist of the 2015 Edmonton Rock Music Festival better than when he sang the line, “Our memories of yesterday will last a lifetime.” For this was the best of times long past for the city’s classic rock community. For all the flak DeYoung taken in the press […]
Styx with Dennis DeYoung steps up to headline Rockfest
OK, Edmonton Rock Music Festival fans: the show must go on – no matter who’s playing and who’s in what band. Behold the stamina of classic rock. The version of Styx featuring original singer Dennis DeYoung will perform the Saturday closing slot in place of Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, who had to cancel due […]
