Tougher road, no regrets for California punk icons Strung out
Long-time California pop-punk scene-makers Strung Out have influenced a generation, but if Jordan Burns sounds a little wistful that the band didn’t hit the pop-culture big time with a little more oomph forgive him: he’s the band’s manager and drummer. “There’s numerous bands. I mean, Blink 182 – Tom Delonge used to have a Strung Out […]
Command Sisters take their sound to Nashville
Have you ever been to an actual hootenanny in Nashville? At ages 15 and 12 respectively, Charlotte and Sarah Command,will go you one better: they’ve played one. The sisters recently spent two weeks in Nashville, performing at eight different venues in a whirlwind tour of the music city but had time to chat on the […]
Tickets for Maroon 5 in Edmonton on sale May 27
One good reason to catch these guys? It might be your last chance. Maroon 5, lead by lothario-like frontman Adam Levine, play Rexall Place Sept. 10. Tickets go on sale via Ticketmaster on Friday, May 27. The soul-pop artists, noted for hits This Love, Sunday Morning and Wake Up Call, have sold millions of albums. […]
Rock ‘n’ roll on tap at Edmonton’s International Beerfest – also, beer
Too many beer festivals? Not enough beer festivals! These are two schools of thought coming into the Edmonton’s International Beerfest, continuing today at the Shaw Conference Centre. There once were none. Then there were three. And now we’re down to about two, give or take – but this particular beer festival is the biggest beer […]
ROCK BITS: Rock the vote, kids rock, roots rock weirdo and Mel’s rockpile
Hockey or the damned election – that’s all anybody ever talks about in Edmonton at this time of year, year after year after year. From the Department of Pointing Out the Painfully Obvious comes this observation: Artists all over town are ever so slightly leaning to the side of the commie pinko bleeding heart […]
KISS hits Fort McMurray July 2 – and no Edmonton?
If you’re looking to rock and roll all nite and party every day with KISS this summer, you’re in for a little drive. Is it worth three hours North? Of course it is! The legendary glam-metal act has just been announced as a headliner at the three-day Canada Rocks event June 3o-July 2 at the […]
DANCE: kicking their brains out in Riverdance
Three ways Riverdance is like the Titanic: 1. It’s really big and long. 2. It’s filled with Irish. 3. The conclusion is inevitable. The Titanic ended by sinking. Riverdance ends with everybody in a giant line, arms linked, reels and jigs raging full-on and they’re step dancing their brains out. All else – the fog […]
Tragically Hip play Northlands July 14, Lil’ Wayne on, the Game off
Canadian rock legends The Tragically Hip are coming to play an outdoor show at Edmonton’s Northlands Park on July 14, it was announced today. The band is expected to perform songs from an as-yet-unreleased album they’re working on, along with all your usual Hip favourites. We’ll kill Gord if he doesn’t do New Orleans is […]
Sloan bringing 20th anniversary tour to Edmonton to back new album
We’ve waited 20 years for an answer to the question: who exactly are the People of the Sky, and why are their bodies covered in coke fizz? Sloan will answer those questions and more as the legendary Halifax rockers kick off their latest album on the tour, which just happens to be on their 20th […]
