YEAR END REVIEW: 6 great Edmonton Bands
Edmonton’s music scene continues its journey towards becoming ever more diverse, and more noteworthy. Some of the world’s biggest music blogs and podcasts continue to reference some of our bands. This year Major Love was perhaps the most noteworthy of those, getting some serious love from the UK’s The Line Of Best Fit. The latter […]
Cher brings ‘Here We Go Again’ to Edmonton
The one lie we can forgive our favourite artists for is when they say they’re going to retire – and then they don’t. How can we miss you if you don’t go away? Fans even seem to be cool with being tricked into paying top dollar for a “farewell” tour thinking they’d never get to […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Lutra Lutra so nice they named it twice
Like their namesake – the Eurasian otter – Lutra Lutra is cute, but is just as likely to crack you open and eat you. If you happen to be a mussel. Or perhaps a poor koi in a Vancouver koi pond. No, the culprit there was a common Canadian river otter, also known as Lontra […]
Snoop Dogg to smoke Edmonton in February
Do you think Uncle Snoop is going to talk about legal Canadian marijuana when he comes to Edmonton next year? He just might. Snoop Dogg is alleged to have partaken from time to time, and has said a few things on this topic before. Now the rap and media superstar is returning to Edmonton to […]
REVIEW: Tenacious D gets a C minus in Edmonton
As a rock star, Jack Black makes a pretty good actor – and that’s exactly what he’s doing in his band Tenacious D. He’s pretending to be a rock star. He’s as believable on a concert stage as he is in his movies, which are all exactly the same: Rollicking wholesome family blockbusters where the […]
Godsmack to smack Edmonton another time
A band so heavy as to challenge the Almighty Himself is returning to Edmonton. Godsmack comes to live up to their name at least every three years, and this time it’s in the big building: Rogers Place on Friday, May 3. Volbeat will open. Tickets will go on sale Friday (the presale starts Dec. 11) […]
Metric, July Talk team up for Edmonton spring show
It’s always nice when artists put a little thought on who they’re going to tour with – and it sounds like Metric and July Talk are a perfect match made in Canadian modern rock heaven. The two bands team up for the Art of Doubt tour, named for Metric’s latest album, in case there was […]
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MUSIC PREVIEW: A tisket, a tasket, a Plaskett Family Affair
You’re likely very familiar with Joel Plaskett – multiple Juno winner, multiple Polaris nominee. He’s released seven solo albums since 1999, as well as six albums as the frontman of Canadian indie-rock staple Emergency, and five with Thrush Hermit. By all markers, Plaskett is undoubtedly an indie folk-rock luminary. What you’re probably not as familiar […]
Judas Priest added to Edmonton Summer of Metal
Edmonton is certainly going to fill its bucket list of classic heavy metal next summer. The latest announcement comes from Judas Priest, which is mounting an extensive North American tour behind their latest album Firepower. The band, with its original lead singer Rob Halford, will play Rogers Place on Tuesday, June 11. With fellow British […]
Corey Hart returns to Edmonton on arena tour
The time is ripe for a Corey Hart comeback. Enough time has passed, there’s been enough water under the burned bridge, the generational cycle has ticked over, and the man who wore his sunglasses at night has been out of the spotlight long enough that his fans truly miss him. Corey Hart! Man, that takes […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Yukon Blonde got the Knack
Contrary to popular belief, there are just two kinds of rock ‘n’ roll. One is the kind to which you bang your head up and down, as when attending a metal show. The other one causes you to bob your head from side to side with a smile on your face, like the Peanuts Gang. […]
