Chicago, the band, coming to Edmonton, the city, on Feb. 13
If you leave me now, you’ll take away the biggest part of me, the very heart of me, we’ve come too far to leave it all behind, et cetera, et cetera – wow, what we have here, lyrically speaking, is Baby, Please Don’t Go on Quaaludes. Quaaludes, if anyone remembers, was a drug popular in […]
MUSIC: First Beck the best Beck
The modern generation gap can be defined by the “Beck Demarcation.” Which side are you on? Do you say: “I knew Jeff Beck, and sonny boy, Beck is no Jeff Beck.” Or do you say: “Who the hell is Jeff Beck?” For those who don’t know, Jeff Beck is one hell of a guitar player. […]
FILM: New Yardbird Suite doc a labour of love for first-time filmmaker
Edmonton Jazz fans are lucky – they might’ve wound up hanging out at the Roadkill Suite. Legend has it that one fine day somewhere in the American South, Charlie Parker’s tour bus ran over a chicken, called a “yardbird” in the local vernacular. He took the deceased fowl to a nearby farmhouse and had some […]
Shatner’s Tweets: The Magical Mystery Tour
If you live in Regina, I want to see you tonight at the Conexus Arts Centre. Even if you don’t, I want to see you. My Best Bill (22 hours ago ) Tune in to @MovieCentral TONIGHT at 9pm MT/8 PT for the premiere of #TheCaptains! WIN 1 of 6 autographed prizes: http://t.co/y7DmOCRq MBB (20 […]
Bohemia Cafe reopens with big Noise
The Bohemia Cafe is probably the only place in Edmonton you can hear “Noise.” Not noise, but Noise – a peculiar and tiny genre of music more free than free jazz, crazier than thrash metal. Some call it “experimental sound art,” because “music” doesn’t quite fit. Someone even made a documentary about Noise, featuring the […]
WHO NAMED THE BAND: Deep thought behind Market Forces
A rock band is a slippery thing to name. It resists being confined by a word (or number) or three and mocks the absurd idea of having a body of creative musical work summed up by a clever catch-phrase. It cringes like a cow about to be branded. But once the name sticks – it […]
F&M seeks listeners, shuns popular scene and lets the fatigue set in
Local trio F&M knows when it comes to pop music, sometimes less is more. On its newest effort Wish You Were Here, which dropped Friday with a CD release show at the Yellowhead Brewing Company, the band has stripped its romantic folk-pop to the core. The acoustically-driven songs even leave space for creaking chairs, a […]
CONCERTS AT THE JUBE: Jim Cuddy Jan. 13, Theory of a Deadman Jan. 27
Theory of a Deadman may have been lumped into the category of Bands That Sound Like Nickelback – which is so large it requires its own stack at the record store, or would if there were any record stores left – but at the rate these guys are going it won’t be long until Nickelback […]
Selena Gomez loves like a love song at Rexall Place
From “Who the fleck is Selena Gomez?” to a sold-out Rexall Place on Sunday, it’s been a fast ride to superstardom for Justin Bieber’s girlfriend. At this rate, Justin Bieber will soon be known as “Selena Gomez’s boyfriend.” And let’s not even discuss the inevitable duet tour or the Biebelena Theme Park in Florida, opening […]
