LIVE TONIGHT: Rachelle Van Zanten takes on Big Oil at the Blue Chair
Getting the fuel to run our Hummers and hairdryers often involves going to some remote wilderness, kicking out or buying off the people who live there, sucking the goop out of the ground and making such a big mess out of the place that nobody will ever want to live there again. Who’s to blame? […]
Jane’s Addiction, Cee Lo Green headline Sonic Boom at Northlands Sept. 4
What is modern rock, anyway? Attend the 2011 Modern Rock Festival Sept. 4 at Northlands and find out. The bill announced today includes Jane’s Addiction, Metric, Social Distortion, Cee Lo Green, Cake and more. Wow. So that’s classic alt-rock, Canadian new wave, zany R&B singer and weird rock band with deadpan singer who plays the […]
You can’t take the gay out of the Pride Festival
You can take the “gay” out of gay pride, but you can’t … complete this sentence without getting into trouble. That the Edmonton Pride Festival doesn’t have the word “gay” in its title is a little bothersome. It seems like another step in the neutering of the English language – suggesting there may be a […]
Entertainment Today, June 10
Here are the top national, U.S. and international showbiz headlines from around the web. Gig City updates story links at least twice per day, so check back later for the latest hot links: Abrams humbled by Spielberg talk – Toronto Sun [New Window] JJ Abrams doesn’t wear his ego on his sleeve. Asked about TV […]
WHO NAMED THE GUY? Gurf Morlix gets fired
“My parents were eccentric,” explains Gurf Morlix on his unusual given name. There’s not much more to tell. Sure, there were problems. Not as much as the boy named Sue, but there was a bit of childhood taunting, maybe, raised eyebrows and dumb questions, and it’s hard to introduce yourself in a loud bar. But […]
Edmonton Rock Music Festival turns back clock Aug. 12-13
Question: when does something classify as “Classic Rock”? On South Park, it was suggested it took 22.3 years for AIDS jokes to become acceptable and, therefore, funny. And we know the half-life of a McDonald’s french fry is 17.6 decades. So how long does it take for a band to be considered “classic”? If you […]
Sam Roberts Band hits the Jube Oct. 29
Sam Roberts has so much Canadian soul in him that he ought to have come from Winnipeg – not Montreal. No offense to Montreal, but you already have far too many cool bands. Share, why don’t you? Roberts’ music has always been reminiscent of the “Wheatfield Soul” sound that is unique to the Canadian prairies, […]
Paul Oakenfold is the Boss of trance
Let’s examine this phenomenon of DJ as Rock Star. Edmonton’s Gig of the Night on this particular night (Wednesday, June 8) is one Paul Oakenfold, “performing” at the Oil City Roadhouse, those nasty quote marks suggesting that this British dance producer doesn’t so much as perform as basically play the recordings he already made in […]
