Has it been an MMMBop? Hanson returns
Posted on January 23, 2012 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Music
Scientists are unclear on the exact length of time represented by an “MMMBop” – a subjective temporal paradox wherein a long period of time is perceived as a short period of time. “It’s a reference to how time passes really quickly in your own life,” explains Isaac Hanson, who discovered the existence of the MMMBop […]
Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Kathleen Edwards in Edmonton April 9 (not in the same building)
Posted on January 23, 2012 By Albert Smith Front Slider, Music
The jury’s out on whether there is much of a cross-over audience between the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Kathleen Edwards – because both are playing on the same night in Edmonton, Monday, April 9, the former at the Jubilee Auditorium, the latter down the road at the Myer Horowitz Theatre. Tickets for both shows go on […]
Vancouver buzz band Said the Whale to play Myer Horowitz Theatre April 25
Posted on January 20, 2012 By Albert Smith Front Slider, Music
Time for another buzz band you’ll probably not get a chance to see in a small theatre again: Said the Whale, winner of best new group at the 2011 Juno Awards, is playing the Myer Horowitz Theatre on Wednesday, April 25. Crafting a crisp, snappy, happy, jingly-jangly poppy sound into a threat of modern rock […]
MUSIC: Library Voices to reinforce the Saskatchewan Invasion
Posted on January 19, 2012 By Michael Senchuk Front Slider, Music
The last time Saskatoon’s Library Voices was in town, the band was pelted by grapes. True story. “Just part of the fun of being on tour,” according to lyricist and synth player Michael Dawson. Heck, by the end of it, the seven band members were catching them in their mouths. That all went down the […]
Beirut, the band, comes to Edmonton, the city, on July 25
Posted on January 18, 2012 By Michael Senchuk Front Slider, Music
Indie rockers Beirut, having just been confirmed to be performing at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival last week, has just announced a Canadian set of dates, which has the critically acclaimed band landing in Edmonton on July 25 at the Starlite Room. Calling them indie rockers is probably a little unfair; the band’s influences […]
OBITUARY: Colin Lay a man of many gifts
Posted on January 17, 2012 By Mike Ross Culture, Front Slider, Music
As Edmonton’s music community remembers the great work of sound engineer Colin Lay, who died at home Monday at the age of 59 after a long battle with ALS, some of his “hidden” talents are coming to light. Musicians who knew him only as the unassuming recording arts instructor at Grant MacEwan University might have […]
WHO NAMED THE DANCERS: La La La Human Steps more structure than meaning
Posted on January 14, 2012 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Music, Theatre
You think a name like La La La Human Steps would’ve come to its creator in a dream or mystic vision – but no, master choreographer Édouard Lock planned it out as carefully as one of his acclaimed dance routines. Fans can see new work this Wednesday at the Jubilee Auditorium in a piece entitled, […]
Nickelback returns to rock us another time at Rexall Place May 15
Posted on January 11, 2012 By Albert Smith Front Slider, Music
The band we hate to love and love to hate is returning to the scene of the crime. In other words, Nickelback is coming back to Edmonton. The band, whose early gigs and rise to fame were based in Edmonton, or hereabouts, will perform on Tuesday, May 15 at Rexall Place with Bush, Seether and […]
THEATRE: We can have lots of good fun that is funny in Seussical
Posted on January 11, 2012 By Adrian Lackey Front Slider, Theatre
Ever wondered how radically different things would be today if Theodor Geisel had not been hired by Warner Bros. to write the “Private SNAFU” series for the war department? I do. In fact the very subject keeps me up most of the Goddamn night. Geisel and Chuck Jones got together to produce the series to […]
HIP HOP: Nova Rockafeller is sexy and she knows it
Posted on January 11, 2012 By Kevin Maimann Front Slider, Music
“Yeah, I’m cute,” Nova Rockafeller says, swivelling on a computer chair. The fast-talking local emcee is not one to mince words. “Last year I didn’t know I was cute. I was like a dirtbag, f—up degenerate kid. This year I’m adorable.” Hey, a rapper never got far with modesty. On tour with underground hip-hop legends […]
EDMONTON RADIO: Who broke the radio star?
Posted on January 10, 2012 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Music, TV and Radio
The Buggles were wrong. Video did not kill the radio star. The radio star is very much alive, thanks to, well, radio. Commercial FM radio remains the best way to spread new music to the masses. Believe it or not. Oh, sure, MTV (and MuchMusic) created quite a number of video stars back in the […]
Great Lake Swimmers to play Edmonton May 6
Posted on January 9, 2012 By Michael Senchuk Front Slider, Music
Lost in the big news of the Black Keys concert this morning was another tour announcement by an extraordinary live band out of Toronto – Great Lake Swimmers. The folk rock quintet is set to perform at a popular local venue of late, the McDougall United Church, on May 6 as part of a cross-Canada […]
