REVIEW: George Thorogood b-b-b-boring
Posted on May 6, 2014 By Derek Owen Entertainment, Front Slider, Music, music
Vigorously played classic rock sends some people into fits of screaming, shouting, foot stomping, rampant high fiving and lots of odd yelping, but for others, like me, it can send them deep into a catatonic state that lasts several hours and ends up in the middle of a field wondering where everyone went and just […]
Sarah McLachlan to play Edmonton on fall tour
Posted on May 6, 2014 By Mike Ross Entertainment, Front Slider, Music
To say Sarah McLachlan is coming back “with a vengeance” isn’t entirely accurate given the somewhat downbeat cast of her music, but excitement over the news has given this veteran singer-songwriter a whole new “buzz.” McLachlan performs on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at the Winspear Centre, and we think they’re going to need a bigger building. […]
Pixies to bring new music to Edmonton
Posted on May 5, 2014 By Mike Ross Entertainment, Front Slider, Music, music
The question of when you would’ve had to go to art college in order to make the Pixies relevant is growing blurrier. Like Woodstock, a lot of people were there who weren’t actually there, dig? How else to explain the excitement over news that the seminal post-punk Gods are coming back to rock Edmonton, Monday, […]
Horns for Hope offers addicts musical salvation
Posted on May 3, 2014 By Mike Ross Culture, Entertainment, Faith, Front Slider, Life, life, Music
It started as a joke about music education, whose context has since been forgotten: “Why don’t we just give musical instruments to homeless people and see what they can do?” Don Berner thought that was actually a pretty good idea, so the community-minded Edmonton saxophonist created Horns for Hope, a program where men in drug […]
Local rock band Rend to blow 50 grand wisely
Posted on May 1, 2014 By Mike Ross Entertainment, Front Slider, Music, music
Giving a bunch of musicians 50 grand in cash might sound like a lot, but by the time you’ve rented the tour bus equipped with satellite TV and hired the guy to pick out the brown M&Ms from your catering, there’s barely enough money left for drugs and hookers. It adds up. Seriously, Edmonton rock […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Destroyer will destroy ya
Posted on April 30, 2014 By Michael Senchuk Entertainment, Front Slider, Music
Sometimes the seemingly random nature of tour itineraries result in the statistical improbability of a one night having choices too numerous to fathom. Four, at least. Such is the case when Swollen Members, Zerbin, the Devonian Gardens, and Destroyer all play different Edmonton clubs on Thursday night. Destroyer originally began as a solo project by […]
Jann Arden brings Everything Almost to Edmonton
Posted on April 28, 2014 By Mike Ross Entertainment, Front Slider, Music
Now here’s someone we haven’t seen for a while: Jann Arden! The Calgary pop chanteuse who artfully combines humour and sadness returns to play the Jubilee Auditorium on Monday, September 8. Tickets are $49.50, $69.50, $99.50 and go on sale Friday, May 2 at TICKETMASTER. She’s on the road again with new material from a […]
Gods of Alternative to rock Sonic Boom 2014
Posted on April 28, 2014 By Mike Ross Entertainment, Front Slider, Music, music
The multi-talented Jack White will headline the sixth annual Sonic Boom festival, now expanded to three days, Aug. 29-31 at Northlands. Also appearing: Arctic Monkeys, Rise Against, Death Cab for Cutie, Foster the People, Tegan and Sara, the Descendents, Serene Ryder, Cage the Elephant and many, many more. More acts will be announced. Weekend passes […]
Did Chavril make it bad on purpose?
Posted on April 24, 2014 By Mike Ross Entertainment, entertainment, Front Slider, Music
In light of a recent offering of unpleasant pop culture that everyone and their dog is pooping on, a contrarian is duty bound to look on the bright side. There’s so much hate being directed at Avril Lavigne’s new song and video for “Hello Kitty” that you have to wonder if it’s all part of […]