Tegan and Sara bring Heartthrob to Edmonton in March
Of all the labels that get attached to the twin sister singer-songwriter politically active folk-rock duo Tegan & Sara, it might be time to take back the word “indie.” They’re mainstream cool now. The duo returns to Edmonton this spring for a show at the Shaw Conference Centre, part of a tour to give fans […]
Marilyn Manson returns to shock us again in February
Speak of the devil, and he will come. Speak of Marilyn Manson, and he will come back – eventually. Our favourite shock rocker returns to play the Shaw Conference Centre on Saturday, Feb. 9, touring behind his latest album, Born Villain. Tickets go on sale Friday. It’s been three years since Mr. Manson came to […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: This Lund is your Lund
Pop quiz: Can you … Break a horse? Light a fire? Gut a fish? Read the sky? Track the deer? Dig the well? If you answered yes to at least four of the above, then you may just have a chance to be a lucky survivor when the oil runs out and there’s a “rip […]
TRUE TALES OF CHUTZPAH: Geoff Berner wields mean accordion, satire
Geoff Berner got banned from the Chutzpah Festival for having “too much chutzpah” – is that Jewish enough for you? The gig in question was at a Jewish community centre in Vancouver in 2004, where Berner brought up a guest rapper who happened to be a member of “a peace group” that the Chutzpah Festival […]
Parts greater than the sum: Fleetwood Mac returns to Edmonton in May
Continuing the ongoing rock concert series dominated by Legendary Baby Boomers comes the return of Fleetwood Mac in 2013. Featuring most of its key original members, the band plays Wednesday, May 15 at Rexall Place in Edmonton, part of an extensive North American tour announced Monday. Tickets go on sale Monday, Dec. 17 at Ticketmaster, […]
WHO NAMED THE BAND: Mother Mother a double threat
Mother Mother started out as a single “Mother” – a word frontman Ryan Guldemond picked it for its “ominous yet benevolent connotation.” He’s just described the sound of his own band, known for a song called Hayloft, with its spooky chorus: “My daddy’s gotta gun, you’d better run!”; or more recently Let’s Fall In Love […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Every day is Movember!
As Paul McCartney Week draws to a close, it behooves us to remember that he wasn’t the only seminal influence in modern pop music – just a very, very big one. This is true whether modern musicians even know it or admit or not. Burton Cummings knows. Playing Saturday night at the Winspear Centre, the […]
Billy Talent brings Dead Silence to Edmonton this spring
Billy Talent is one band that has lived up to its name – well, half of it, anyway. They’ve been artfully injecting pop sensibility and compelling stories into a branch of rock ‘n’ roll they used to call “screamo.” You know, where the singer screams instead of sings? Billy Talent’s lead singer, whose name is […]
DAY 2 REVIEW: Paul McCartney does it again!
Edmonton hasn’t seen a spectacle like this since the Oilers were last in the Stanley Cup Finals. The crowd at Rexall Place for Paul McCartney’s second show on Thursday night was perhaps even more boisterous, with a wave going around the arena before the show even started, the noise approaching near deafening levels waiting for […]
RAP MUSIC: Edmontosaurus stalks the Earth with smart new CD
Omar Mouallem wrote a number of those “Top 40 Under 40” profiles for Avenue magazine in his former gig as associate editor – but he’s a worthy contender for the honour himself. Hell, he’s top 30 under 30. Yet the 27-year-old, recently married Edmonton native is humble, saying, “I have not chosen to fill out […]
Eight surprising things about Paul McCartney in Edmonton
Never let it be said that Paul McCartney didn’t have the element of surprise on his side for his historic first appearance in Edmonton. He played the crowd at Rexall Place like a violin on Wednesday night – kept his fans guessing from start to finish. Here’s a quick look at some of the surprising […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Journey treats fans to ’80s delights
The last time Journey played Edmonton, Wayne Gretzky was 21 years old and the Oilers were two years away from winning their first Stanley Cup. Thirty years later, both Gretzky and the Cup are long gone, but ‘80s rock is still going strong. Just ask the 11,000 people who came out for Tuesday’s night show […]
