Architects UK cook popcore at Avenue Theatre tonight
Posted on May 7, 2011 By Staff Front Slider, Music
Today on SHARDS OF METAL we explore the sub-genre known as “metalcore.” Say hello to the Architects UK – all the way from Brighton, the Red Deer of England – playing an all-ages show tonight at the Avenue Theatre (9030 118 Avenue). Welcome to Edmonton, British Alexisonfire! These lads are said to epitomize the British […]
At Art Jam, the interpretive doctor is in
Posted on May 6, 2011 By Rob Drinkwater Front Slider, Visual Arts
Fancy yourself an amateur psychiatrist? Maybe you even had a little booth a few years back and charged neighbours a nickel for advice. But then the Alberta Medical Association got wind of your little operation and shut you down so fast you scarcely had time to ask about their relationship with their mother. Fear not. […]
HIP-HOP: Tzadeka literally all over the map
Posted on May 5, 2011 By Albert Smith Front Slider, Music
Now here’s some kind of crazy hip-hop you’re not going to hear on Virgin Radio’s Booty Countdown – Tzadeka is off the charts in more ways than one. Performing tonight at the New City Legion (8130 Gateway Blvd.), Tzadeka is the latest hip-hop handle for Edmonton vocalist Maigan van der Giessen, whose music with her […]
Theatre critics have feelings, too
Posted on May 4, 2011 By Mike Ross Culture, Front Slider, Theatre
Are Edmonton theatre people a bunch of pussies when it comes to their critics – or is it the other way around? Just wondering. The following exploration all started with Facebook. In an effort to get fresh local arts material for GigCity.ca, I sent “friend” requests to as many Edmonton musicians, artists, writers and actors […]
PREVIEW: East Indian Vedic metal kings from Singapore
Posted on May 4, 2011 By Chad Huculak Culture, Front Slider, Music
Europe has spawned many extreme metal acts who extol the virtues of their Viking forefathers. Singapore’s Rudra is taking a different angle: they’re bringing ancient Eastern philosophy into the mix. The band plays a style it refers to as Vedic metal, which fuses black metal, death metal, and Indian classical music with lyrics derived from […]
John Edward in town tonight – didn’t see that coming
Posted on May 2, 2011 By Albert Smith Front Slider, Theatre, TV and Radio
I’m sensing a windowless booth. A curtain. A long line of grumpy people waiting for something they don’t enjoy. In a bread line? Flu shots? Is this the Great Depression? Communist Russia? Yes! Someone named Steve. The colour orange. I see a lot of long faces, some people crying – could it be a funeral? […]
REVIEW: Fun like a two-star hotel in Ulan Bator
Posted on May 2, 2011 By Jennifer Cassidy Dining, Food, Front Slider
The Mongolie Grill 10104 109 Street 780.420.0037 The concept of the “fast casual” restaurant seems to have really taken off lately. We reviewed two similar restaurants, Famoso Neapolitan pizza and Mucho Burrito, a few weeks ago with decidedly different results. On the other hand, though it only has two locations, The Mongolie Grill is sort […]
Scott Cook throws grassroots-rocking CD release potluck
Posted on May 1, 2011 By Staff Front Slider, Music
Scott Cook’s CD release party at Pleasantview Hall today causes one to ask – and then answer – this question: When you can make a decent record in your basement with a microphone and a laptop and every band and their dog has a webpage, even if it’s frickin’ Myspace, is a local CD release […]
AIR SUPPLY: Balm for the boomers
Posted on April 30, 2011 By Albert Smith Front Slider, Music
These kids today … with their “fire” and their “wheel.” Old-timers shouldn’t grump. Twitting and textering are just different tools with which to communicate, like the telegraph wire or smoke signals, and stars like Tiesto and Lil Wayne merely represent the latest examples of musical expression, as they are artists that will prove to be […]
Guitar Shorty hits Edmonton’s Labatt Blues Festival
Posted on April 29, 2011 By LH Thomson Front Slider, Music
There are always some fairly righteous reasons to go to Edmonton’s Labatt Blues Festival, but this year is something a little special, at least if you like ripping guitar. Y’see, even though he’s not the headliner, this year’s edition – Aug. 19 to 21 at Hawrelak Park – is bringing in Guitar Shorty. And Guitar […]
Lil Wayne turns over a new leaf
Posted on April 28, 2011 By Albert Smith Front Slider, Music
Are you feeling it? The excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain? Then you must be ready for Lil Wayne at Rexall Place tonight – on the “I Am Still Music” tour. There is of course nothing more street credible in […]
THEATRE: It’s a women’s world in When Girls Collide
Posted on April 27, 2011 By Adrian Lackey Front Slider, Theatre
When Girls Collide is a remount of the original production back in 1989 – and for Leona Brausen, it couldn’t have come soon enough. “I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time. The play is funny. I’m drawn to what’s funny,” she says. Brausen will reprise her role of Helen Thorne from the […]
