THIS WEEK: Concert season kicks into gear with Rihanna, Jube schedule

Posted on June 20, 2011 By Adrian Lackey Music, The Latest

* Looking for tickets to these shows? Click the buy links on our events page There’s an odd sense of kismet around the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium over the next week, a cosmic counterbalancing of musical forces to address the pop extravaganza kickin’ it new school over at Rexall. And if you buy that hippie […]

LIVE TONIGHT: Steve Earle’s optimistic take on dependency

Posted on June 19, 2011 By LH Thomson Music

It’s only in those little moments when our mortality is brutally exposed – those short, often painful moments of life – that we really get to see how humanity puts the best of itself into art. Steve Earle knows it as well as anyone. Playing The Jube on Monday night with his full band and […]

NEW MUSIC: The heavy buzz on new cuts from Cults, Is Tropical

Posted on June 19, 2011 By Michael Senchuk Culture, Music

Two buzz bands released new albums in the last couple of weeks – New York’s Cults, who have raced through the blogosphere as instant favorites, and England’s Is Tropical, slower to catch on but equally acclaimed by many critics. New York’s duo Cults – Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin (whose voice is very reminiscent of […]

Braids (may be) coming to town, Pat Jordache expected to make it

Posted on June 18, 2011 By Michael Senchuk Music, The Latest

It’s the much-anticipated gig that may yet not come to pass. Braids will be at the Pawn Shop on September 19. The Montreal quartet (originally from Calgary) released one of the more talked about albums of the year, “Native Speaker” (which has been long-listed for the Polaris Prize) earlier this year, and was supposed to […]

TRUE TALES OF THE PIT: Bill Eddins meets Stalin’s ghost

Posted on June 17, 2011 By Mike Ross Music, The Latest

There aren’t a lot of stories of drug abuse, groupies and biker brawls at pig roasts among classical musicians. That’s why they call them “legit,” isn’t it? But that doesn’t mean crazy things don’t occasionally happen in symphonic circles. We caught up with Edmonton Symphony Orchestra conductor Bill Eddins recently as he was getting ready […]

Utopia Music Festival to be happy, shiny experience – even in the rain

Posted on June 17, 2011 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Music

Rarely have the words “THE SHOW MUST GO ON” meant so much as they do for the promoter of the Utopia Music Festival. Dale Plourde, after working on this weekend’s Edmonton Pride Festival event for the past year, suffered a mild heart attack three days ago. Friends quickly revived him and he was rushed to […]

NEW MUSIC WEST: Edmonton picks up what Vancouver dropped

Posted on June 15, 2011 By Mike Ross Culture, Front Slider, Music

If Vancouver didn’t want it or need it anymore, why would Edmonton have any better luck hosting New Music West? “We’ve got to try, right?” says Dave Johnston of Union Events, which is handling the band showcase portion of the festival, happening July 21-23 at venues around Edmonton. “It’s an experiment. If it works, great, […]

PREVIEW: The Devil’s Music gets right with the Lord at Edmonton church benefit

Posted on June 15, 2011 By LH Thomson Music

Jack Semple, playing hot electric blues to a liquor drinkin’ crowd …. in a church? No, it’s not the closing guitar duel scene from a Ralph Macchio blues flick. Surreal as that sounds, it’s what you’ll get this Friday night when the Saskatchewan blues guitar maestro cooks up some bid’ness at McDougall United, with proceeds […]

Heart repaired, an Edmonton musician finds hope in shaken Japan

Posted on June 15, 2011 By Chad Huculak Culture, Front Slider, Music

When Tokyo-via-Edmonton musician Laurier Tiernan was preparing a gift to send his family back home three years ago, he had no idea he was about to stumble onto something big. “In 2008, (my wife) Eiko and I, instead of sending Christmas presents home to Canada, we decided that we were going to write a Christmas […]

CONCERTS: Sum 41 screams at the Starlite Aug 18, Pitbull chews up the EEC July 14

Posted on June 14, 2011 By Staff Music, The Latest

Today on WHO NAMED THE BAND: Sum 41. Could be some kind of arcane code – maybe the collective IQ of the Canadian Liberal Party. The number of groupies the members of Sum 41 have bedded? Hard to know. Maybe ask the band when it plays Thursday, Aug. 18 at the Starlite Room – if […]

River Cree Slave Lake benefit on CBC-TV tonight

Posted on June 14, 2011 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Music, TV and Radio

If there’s anyone in Canada who deserves to be called a superhero, it’s Tom Jackson. He’d laugh it off and deny it, typically, but there is no escaping the evidence: Wherever there’s a crisis, wherever there are people in dire need, this aboriginal singer-actor is ready fly in and save the day. The latest quest […]

Foo Fighters return to Rexall Oct. 28

Posted on June 13, 2011 By Staff Music, The Latest

Who wrote “Foo for Your Love?” No, it wasn’t Mr. T, chumps. The song hasn’t been written yet – but we still sing the praises of the Foo Fighters, returning us to rock us an umpteenth time at Rexall Place on Friday, Oct. 28. Tickets are $39.50, $49.50 or $59.50 and go on sale Friday […]

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