Between rock and a hard place, Needles to Vinyl scratches out its story
There are a handful of rock bands in Edmonton that have been branded “too mainstream” – which is a laugh because isn’t becoming successful the goal of every rock band? What the critics might really mean is that these poor bands are not cool enough for this particular school: where the modern rock status quo […]
MIAMI INVASION: Pitbull, Flo Rida to play Bounce Birthday Bash March 22
On the heels of the biggest top 40 band ever to land in Edmonton (it’s LMFAO, we ran the numbers) comes news of another pair of huge pop acts: Pitbull and Flo Rida have been announced as headliners of the 91.7 The Bounce Birthday Bash, happening Thursday, March 22 at Rexall Place. Let’s call it […]
Edmonton Music Awards nominees ‘working their butts off’
In the wake of the announcement of nominees for the second annual Edmonton Music Awards – with Tupelo Honey, Colleen Brown, White Lightning, Ann Vriend, Ten Second Epic and Boogie Patrol named in multiple categories – the question arises: Who exactly picks the winners? The public does, in two cases: People’s Choice and “Artists to […]
REVIEW: Blind Date a good time with a ‘bad’ girl
So I go to the Citadel Theatre box office to pick up my reviewer’s ticket for Blind Date. The ladies give me my comp and slap a red wristband on me. “The hell?!” I exclaim. “Well, she pulls someone out of the audience and she doesn’t want to be picking media,” is their matter-of-fact answer. […]
5 Artists 1 Love to showcase black artists, music at the AGA
Every time Black History Month comes along, we hear the same questions: Why do we even need a Black History Month, and if we do, why is it in the shortest and coldest month of the year? Dismissing the latter as coincidence, we trot out that now famous Morgan Freeman quote: “I don’t want a […]
INTERVIEW: Tom Cochrane hit a crossroads on highway of life
Rock musicians do not get much sympathy for complaining how hard it is to be a rock musician. Nonetheless, some do whine from time to time. Because it is hard. Even Tom Cochrane found it hard back in the day. Not so much anymore. Playing the sold out Chamber Ball 2012 Friday at the Shaw […]
Bryan Adams to play Rexall Place June 19
Pondering where it cut like a knife in the summer of ’69 is going to get a lot easier when Bryan Adams comes to Rexall Place on Tuesday, June 19 – to explain it all for us in song. Tickets go on sale Monday. Adams is expected to evoke a rush of incontinent nostalgia from […]
THEATRE: Blind Date to break fourth wall in search of a good man
Hey guys: Imagine going on a date with a hot female clown who REALLY wants to get to know you – and an entire roomful of strangers gets to eavesdrop. It’s almost enough to make you want to give up hockey night in Canada, eh? Beginning previews on the Citadel’s Rice stage Saturday night, Blind […]
Mill Creek Adventure Walk not just another winter festival
Another weekend, another winter festival. The local citizenry has come to expect this sort of thing, even take it for granted. And it’s not enough to erect a pile of odd-looking giant tents or throw up a bunch of snow sculptures and expect instant festival magic like you’re the Frozen Fringe or something. Discerning Edmontonians […]
GIGGLE CITY: Never ‘too soon’ for Gilbert Gottfried
Gilbert Gottfried has one of the most recognizable voices in popular culture – heard in countless movies, TV shows, children’s cartoons, commercials for respected insurance companies – but he also happens to be one of the filthiest, most controversial stand-up comics in the business. What could possibly go wrong? It’s surprising he doesn’t get into […]
Axetremefest to recreate School of Rock for area high school students
Much effort is made on the part of record companies, concert promoters and radio stations to guess the music “kids today are into.” The people at Axe Music don’t need to guess. They know, thanks to its annual Axetremefest school program, which brings a complete professional sound and lighting rig into selected Alberta high schools […]
Mile Zero Dance performance art happening to be powered by bicycle
One usually doesn’t think of how much energy it takes to run a theatre show, but Mile Zero Dance is about to change that – and set a new level for “audience participation” at the same time. All of the acts featured in Saturday night’s “Unplugged Salon” at the Westbury Theatre (10330 84 Avenue) will […]
