GIGGLE CITY: The riffs of T.J. Miller
Posted on November 10, 2011 By Mike Ross Comedy, Front Slider
By the time that Comedy Central special finally comes to the paradoxically less funny Canadian counterpart, the Comedy Network, it’s already old. It’s over. It’s ready for the History Channel. Not this time. This time, up-and-coming comedy star T.J. Miller is bringing a bootleg copy of his new Comedy Central special to screen for patrons […]
WHO NAMED THE SINGER: Q-Benjamin establishes her brand
Posted on November 10, 2011 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Music
They let her keep her sneakers. This is just one small perk among many for the newly minted Q-Benjamin, a.k.a. Quanteisha Benjamin, in her new record deal with Warner Music Canada- but it’s an important one. “I love my sneakers,” she says. “I’m in my element and I’m very comfortable. I’m doing what I’ve always […]
The Devil Wears Prada loves the messengers, hates the message
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 […]
Josh Groban times four: Il Divo returns to Rexall Place July 28
Posted on November 7, 2011 By Staff Front Slider, Music
Watching classical crossover quartet Il Divo perform, one has to marvel at the strict choreography necessary for these four perfect specimens of singing man-candy – each of whom is a Josh Grobin or one-quarter Luciano Pavarotti in his own right – to stroll slowly around a giant stage while crooning Bridge Over Troubled Water as […]
Defending Nickelback: They’re not that bad, are they?
Posted on November 6, 2011 By Mike Ross Culture, Front Slider, Music
Enough with the Nickelback bashing. The latest is that some Detroit Lions fan started an online petition to prevent the band from playing the halftime show at the Nov. 24 Thanksgiving Day game. It reportedly attracted nearly 40,000 signatures. Didn’t work, of course. Online petitions aren’t worth the paper they aren’t printed on. Nickelback played […]
AMAs pick emerging artist, give Brandt lifetime achievement award
Posted on November 5, 2011 By Staff Front Slider, Music
There’s something to be said for ditching the idea of a “best new artist” from music competitions, and this year’s revived Alberta Music Awards, handed out last night in Edmonton at the AGA, showcased why. Y’see 2011 Emerging Artist Winner Michael Bernard Fitzgerald isn’t new. He’s emerging. The Calgarian has been playing live around Alberta […]
OBITUARY: Dave Brockie of GWAR writes on the death of guitarist Cory Smoot
Posted on November 4, 2011 By Staff Front Slider, Music
Dave Brockie, aka Oderus Urungus of GWAR, has released a second statement in the wake of the sudden death of bandmate Cory Smoot on Thursday morning. The band’s show on Friday, Nov. 4 at the Edmonton Event Centre went ahead as scheduled. Brockie sent the following out on Friday: “After a restless night spent hurtling […]
THEATRE: History gets female perspective in Cleopatra’s Sister
Posted on November 3, 2011 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Theatre
Trevor Schmidt’s new play Cleopatra’s Sister is a story about a conversation that might’ve taken place between two female historical figures – but no one actually knows because men wrote all the history books – played by two female actors, and where men play only an incidental role. Schmidt’s last play, Heroine, is a play […]
MUSIC: Chad VanGaalen’s control issues
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 […]
Roger Waters brings The Wall back to Rexall Place May 28
Posted on November 1, 2011 By Staff Front Slider, Music
The Wall? Now THERE’s a concept album that holds up. On the heels of Roger of the Who comes news of Roger of Pink Floyd: Roger Waters, to be precise, bringing his live performance of The Wall to Rexall Place on Monday, May 28. Tickets are $45, $65, $95, $145 or $225 and go on […]
Brian Setzer at EEC Dec. 27, Gigantour – with Motorhead! – returns Feb. 17
Posted on November 1, 2011 By Staff Front Slider, Music
There is only one man who can rock this town, rock it inside out – and that man is Brian Setzer. The man with the Big Guitar and the Big Crunchy Chords will bring his Rockabilly Riot to the Edmonton Event Centre on Tuesday, Dec. 27. The show will include a special opening set by […]
SHOWS ANNOUNCED: George Thorogood May 22, Dierks Bentley Feb. 19
Posted on October 31, 2011 By Staff Front Slider, Music
Falling into the category of Geez, Wasn’t He Just Here? is George Thorogood, returning to hold court with his salty brand of rockin’ blues at the Jubilee Auditorium on Tuesday May 22 – about two years to the day since he did the same thing in the same building. To the same fans, probably. This […]
