NEW RELEASES: The Rosebuds and The Vaccines craft guitar-driven gems
This weeks’ reviews focus on a couple of ultra-beautiful vocalists, with impeccable arrangements and precision guitar work – with the fifth studio album from The Rosebuds, a husband-and-wife duo who just divorced; and a debut album, from The Vaccines. The Rosebuds, fresh off a divorce of founding members Ivan Howard (also of “supergroup” GAYNGS) and […]
Should AGA kids camps tackle street art?
When Gig City recounted the tale of a local artist whose graffiti mocked Oilers owner Daryl Katz, it got some strong reactions from Edmontonians – mostly opposed to using public space for political street art, good intentions notwithstanding. It raises an interesting debate then, with respect to the Art Gallery of Alberta’s summer camp series […]
Neon museum to light up downtown Edmonton
Edmonton appears close to inking a deal with Telus for use of its building on 104 Street and 104 Avenue to display the city’s collection of vintage neon signs, several sources close to the project say. Duncan Fraser, a senior planner with the city’s department of sustainable development, said this week that a deal is […]
Sled Island serves up 200 moments of random intimacy – plus Tubby Dogs
Hordes of Edmontonians made the trek to Calgary’s Sled Island Festival for four days of partying and punishing our eardrums last week. A handful of Edmonton acts had a blast rocking the annual fest, which featured more than 25 venues and over 200 artists, including the Buzzcocks, Sleep, Hot Panda (above) and the Dandy Warhols. […]
High cost of security keeps AGA closed at night
Maybe you work downtown and really want to catch the latest exhibition at the Art Gallery of Alberta. You get out the office door swiftly at 5, but you’re hungry and need to grab a quick bite so that your growling stomach won’t echo through the exhibition halls. It doesn’t leave much viewing time once […]
Memorial service for Gaye Delorme set for July 10 at the Polish Hall
The memorial service for Gaye Delorme, who died suddenly in Calgary on June 24, will be held at the Polish Hall, 10960 104 Street, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 10. Other memorials are being planned for Calgary and Vancouver. Local drummer Greg Pretty called the death of his friend a “huge loss … he […]
Sneak Preview Video to close in July – 18,000 rare vids to be sold
Sad news for movie nerds: Sneak Preview Video – Edmonton’s coolest and most venerable independent video store – will be closing its doors on July 20, its entire inventory of 18,000 rare and hard-to-find videos sold off. Owner Sandy Muldrew issued the following statement, a beautiful piece of prose that deserves posting the full version: […]
Urban design mag goes national, finds niche in souls of Canada’s cities
Back in 2004, Matthew Blackett figures more people knew about the buttons he sold to promote his then one-year-old magazine about urban planning and design in Toronto than actually knew about the magazine itself. The buttons featured the unique tile pattens specific to each stop on the Toronto Transit Commission subway system and they were […]
NEW MUSIC: The heavy buzz on new cuts from Cults, Is Tropical
Two buzz bands released new albums in the last couple of weeks – New York’s Cults, who have raced through the blogosphere as instant favorites, and England’s Is Tropical, slower to catch on but equally acclaimed by many critics. New York’s duo Cults – Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin (whose voice is very reminiscent of […]
