Metric, July Talk team up for Edmonton spring show
It’s always nice when artists put a little thought on who they’re going to tour with – and it sounds like Metric and July Talk are a perfect match made in Canadian modern rock heaven. The two bands team up for the Art of Doubt tour, named for Metric’s latest album, in case there was […]
Bob the Angry Flower
READ MORE NEW COMICS! (Click the thumbnail to see the whole comic). Bill Benson, by Fish Griwkowsky End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak
Bill Benson
READ MORE FRESH COMICS! (click thumbnail to see the whole comic) End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak Bob the Angry Flower, by Stephen Notley
End of the Earth
READ MORE NEW COMICS! (Click thumbnail to see the whole comic) Bill Benson, by Fish Griwkowsky Bob the Angry Flower, by Stephen Notley
The Great Gatsby probes empty American Dream
As you enter the Walterdale Theatre these nights, there’s a party going on. There’s music, the clink of glasses and the babble of happy voices. You have stepped into the middle of one of Jay Gatsby’s infamous parties. There’s merriment everywhere – the ladies in their fringed Charleston dresses and the men gussied up in […]
REVIEW: Ed the Sock getting game back
Yes, Children of the ‘80s, it’s true – we’re old. But if we are at all like Ed the Sock was on Wednesday night at Union Hall, maybe, just maybe, we are still relevant – not to mention all these years later able to appreciate good, honest comedy. As part of Ed’s current “War on […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: A tisket, a tasket, a Plaskett Family Affair
You’re likely very familiar with Joel Plaskett – multiple Juno winner, multiple Polaris nominee. He’s released seven solo albums since 1999, as well as six albums as the frontman of Canadian indie-rock staple Emergency, and five with Thrush Hermit. By all markers, Plaskett is undoubtedly an indie folk-rock luminary. What you’re probably not as familiar […]
PLAYBOT: Weird story behind The Nutcracker
Everybody knows The Nutcracker – the 100-plus-year-old ballet with music by the great Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. But what is this thing really about, anyway? In a nutshell – do you see what I did there? – someone seems to have spiked the kids’ eggnog on Christmas Eve. Either that or the story’s creator Ernst Theodor […]
Judas Priest added to Edmonton Summer of Metal
Edmonton is certainly going to fill its bucket list of classic heavy metal next summer. The latest announcement comes from Judas Priest, which is mounting an extensive North American tour behind their latest album Firepower. The band, with its original lead singer Rob Halford, will play Rogers Place on Tuesday, June 11. With fellow British […]
