Posted on May 10, 2011
By Mike Ross
Music
Combine speed metal, gypsy melodies and a political stance just to the left of and slightly angrier than Wiebo Ludwig and we have one of the greatest, most creative, most original heavy metal bands that ever existed – System of a Down. Who knew such a wild fusion of styles would work, but it does. […]
Posted on May 9, 2011
By Staff
Front Slider, Music, Theatre
Today is an Asian kind of day. Some heavy hitters are appearing at the Lanterns of Hope Japan fund-raiser tonight at the Pourhouse, 10354 82 Avenue. Paul Bellows has taken time off being the boss of the Yellow Pencil web design company to play a set of his award-winning Elvis Costello of the Prairies music. […]
Posted on May 9, 2011
By Staff
Contests, Music, The Latest
Edmonton seems to have a new once-a-week blues room with the Polish Hall – a little slice of the Chitlin’ Circuit right here in the Big Onion. This Friday: Buddy Guy, the hardest working showman in the blues. We have a pair of tickets to give away to the show, thanks to promoter Bryan Taylor […]
Posted on May 8, 2011
By Staff
Family, Music, Theatre
Must Mother’s Day always involve some combination of Eggs Benedict, Julie Andrews and Tom Jones? Yes. That’s just the way it is – so suck it up and show some love for the woman who gave you life, no less. You make her worry, you know. You really ought to call more often. A little […]
Posted on May 8, 2011
By Michael Senchuk
Front Slider, Music
One band is New Wave. The other is old-school rap. But in a battle of sounds rooted in the 1980s, can the upstart Cold Cave match up with the Beastie Boys new release? The Beastie Boys, who need no introduction, have been producing music for 25 years now, as their “Licensed To Ill” album debuted […]
Posted on May 7, 2011
By Staff
Front Slider, Music
Today on SHARDS OF METAL we explore the sub-genre known as “metalcore.” Say hello to the Architects UK – all the way from Brighton, the Red Deer of England – playing an all-ages show tonight at the Avenue Theatre (9030 118 Avenue). Welcome to Edmonton, British Alexisonfire! These lads are said to epitomize the British […]
Posted on May 6, 2011
By Andrea Scharner
Music, The Latest
The blues can be fickle. If you take your blues – and your blues music – really personally, for their curative qualities, you may be inclined to find a blues contest kind of silly, preferring instead a dingy bar with low light and lower prospects. But you’d be wrong. Blues contests have a long and […]
Posted on May 6, 2011
By Staff
Film, Music
The only funny thing to say about Artists for Life – tonight at the Catalyst Theatre – is that the very title suggests there might be artists who are NOT for life. Even death metal bands are into life. It’s just so bleedin’ obvious, isn’t it? As is the desire to support worthy charities like […]
Posted on May 6, 2011
By Staff
Music
Time was that “bad boy of the organ” meant something different than it does today – but we’re not going to get into that. We’re still bummed out that the SexCity.ca domain has been taken. So what makes Cameron Carpenter such a big deal – beyond the fact that he looks like he ought to […]
Posted on May 5, 2011
By Albert Smith
Front Slider, Music
Now here’s some kind of crazy hip-hop you’re not going to hear on Virgin Radio’s Booty Countdown – Tzadeka is off the charts in more ways than one. Performing tonight at the New City Legion (8130 Gateway Blvd.), Tzadeka is the latest hip-hop handle for Edmonton vocalist Maigan van der Giessen, whose music with her […]
Posted on May 4, 2011
By Staff
Music
You feel that? There’s a fresh wind blowing through Alberta right about now – and with it the winsome, lonesome, sweet, sweet music of Jenny Allen and Leslie Alexander. The pair are on “Allen and Alexander’s Dirty Laundry Dual CD Release Tour,” performing tonight at the Blue Chair Cafe. Here we may explore another fascinating […]
Posted on May 4, 2011
By Chad Huculak
Culture, Front Slider, Music
Europe has spawned many extreme metal acts who extol the virtues of their Viking forefathers. Singapore’s Rudra is taking a different angle: they’re bringing ancient Eastern philosophy into the mix. The band plays a style it refers to as Vedic metal, which fuses black metal, death metal, and Indian classical music with lyrics derived from […]
