REVIEW: Village of the Fringe rocks past, present and future

Posted on August 21, 2012 By Barry Hammond Front Slider, Music, Theatre

“It’s all backwards causality. Cyclical time. The past is the future. The present is now. The future is the past.” That’s how Rocco Hercules Somershire – the greatest rock musician in the greatest British rock band in the world – explains how The Saints of British Rock could meet Merlin the magician, who gave them […]

MUSIC: Surfing on Black Mountain at the end of the world

Posted on August 21, 2012 By Michael Senchuk Front Slider, Music

You heard it from Black Mountain first – what may be a new genre of music called “apocalyptic surf.” Fans can check it out Thursday night when the Vancouver “psyche-rock” band plays the Starlite Room, promising to include music from its soundtrack to the indie film Year Zero – which has been described as an […]

The Smashing Pumpkins to hit Edmonton in October

Posted on August 20, 2012 By Mike Ross Music, The Latest

Wait, didn’t the Smashing Pumpkins break up? They couldn’t have – because the band is coming to Rexall Place on Friday, Oct. 5. It’s part of a tour behind the new album, Oceania. Tickets start at $62 and go on sale Friday Aug. 24. Must have missed the reunion party there. But what the band’s […]

REVIEW: Metallica overcomes its own spectacle

Posted on August 18, 2012 By Wayne Arthurson Music, The Latest

These days it’s hard to be surprised by a rock concert. It’s all spectacle now: explosions, lasers, columns of flames, 25 foot tall statues, all on a stage the size of a Borg ship covered by an infinity of lights. The music, even the band, seems almost secondary. Metallica’s sold out show at the Coliseum […]

WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: OK, fear the Reaper

Posted on August 16, 2012 By Michael Senchuk Music

It’s Metallica weekend in Edmonton! The near-mythological metal band from California plays two sold-out shows at Rexall, Friday and Saturday nights. Everything else musical this weekend plays second fiddle, like it or not. The only major competition is the Edmonton Rock Music Festival at Hawrelak Park, with headliners like Prism, Blue Oyster Cult and April […]

Holy s—! Edmonton metal band Striker to open for Metallica

Posted on August 15, 2012 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Music

Striker – an Edmonton speed metal band very much in the vein of early Metallica – has won the opening spot for this weekend’s Metallica concerts in a contest sponsored by the Bear radio station. They’ll play Friday and Saturday at Rexall Place. The band wasn’t immediately available for comment, but posted this statement on […]

The Weeknd, Band of Skulls to play Edmonton in September

Posted on August 14, 2012 By Mike Ross Music, The Latest

The Twitter-sphere, Blog-o-verse and Facebookopolis are abuzz today with news that one of Canada’s hottest new indie acts – The Weeknd, a.k.a. Abel Tesfaye – is coming to town. His cinematic music, which has been “going viral” on social media, performs at the Edmonton Event Centre on Wednesday, Sept. 26. Tickets are $40 and go […]

ANNOUNCING: Marianas Trench and Maya Angelou in October

Posted on August 13, 2012 By Mike Ross Music, The Latest

Pop quiz: What modern pop-rock band sort of sounds like Nickelback and is named for the deepest point of the Earth’s oceans? If you answered Marianas Trench, you’re probably already hip to the Vancouver band’s impending tour, coming to Rexall Place Monday, Oct. 29. With Down With Webster in support, tickets go on sale Friday. […]

FOLK FEST WRAP: Dr. John rocks in his dragon socks

Posted on August 13, 2012 By Barry Hammond Front Slider, Music

Dr. John wears dragon socks inside of snakeskin shoes. Perfect. It’s the little details that help create some favourite memories of Edmonton Folk Music Festival, which wrapped up its 33rd edition at Gallagher Park on Sunday. In a workshop called “Treme” – after the New Orleans district hard hit by Hurricane Katrina – Dr. John […]

Seven ways the Edmonton Folk Music Festival is like Disneyland

Posted on August 13, 2012 By Mike Ross Comedy, Music, The Latest

Well, there goes another folk festival – into the inevitable Four Strong Winds, whose annual performance at the end of the event marks the beginning of fall in Edmonton. Suckers! Longtime festival-goers – especially longtime festival-goers with kids – may notice certain similarities between the Edmonton Folk Music Festival and Disneyland. It’s eerie when you […]

REVIEW: Arrested Development turns folk fest into rock concert

Posted on August 12, 2012 By Mike Ross Music

We don’t “put our hands in the air and wave them like we just don’t care” at the folk fest. Hmmph, the very idea! We do it because we DO care. It’s just that kind of a shiny, happy event. There was no better band to illustrate this phenomenon than Arrested Development, which turned Saturday […]

FOLK FEST: Guitar heroes teach amazing lessons in Master Class

Posted on August 11, 2012 By Barry Hammond Music

“Master Class” is definitely the correct name for the guitar session that took place at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival on Friday night. Martin Simpson, Oscar Lopez, David Lindley and Amos Garrett are what you’d call jaw-dropping good. Beyond technical mastery, these guys have pushed the boundaries of guitar across tuning, style, genre and ethnic […]

Page 107 of 165« First‹ Previous105106107108109Next ›Last »