MUSIC PREVIEW: Bermuda Fest the new wave
The summer festival season has now concluded, but that only means that the fall festival season is set to begin! Two up-and-coming music fests are in that mix, including this weekend’s Bermuda Fest. Indoor festivals have their advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, you don’t have to worry about the weather. And if you […]
ANNOUNCING! Matthew Good, Gogol Bordello, K-os
That was fun, the summer, the festivals, the lovely weather. We return you now to your regularly scheduled indoor concert … schedule. Announced Tuesday was another appearance from Matthew Good, playing Friday, Nov. 20 at the Jubilee Auditorium. Tickets are $35 or $42.50 and go on sale Friday. Good, who’s played in Edmonton like a […]
The Willy Nillies life of George Ireland
“If you ask a dragon, why does it fly? “You’ll get more file than reply, “If you ask a troll, good sir, what’s the toll? “It would probably most indefinitely cost your life.” Throw that verse underneath a Dark Ages circus folk sound and you may be able to imagine Edmonton’s very own outlandish troubadour, […]
Final Black Sabbath tour comes to Edmonton
There seems to be something going around. Now Black Sabbath is calling it quits – but not before one last blast. The End: The Final Tour by the Greatest Metal Band of All Time (as it’s correctly billed) will pummel metal fans around the world, including here in Edmonton, Saturday, Jan. 30 at Rexall Place. […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Sonic Boom blows up real good
Borden Park hosts the city’s last big music festival of the year this weekend, as the now veteran Sonic Boom takes its position front and center in amongst a bevy of other music gigs. Now entering its eighth year, this has become without a doubt one of the city’s most important festivals, close to par […]
K-os theory: Was Jesus a woman?
Do you believe in God? “That’s your first question?” responds the unwitting interview subject – in this case the rapper K-os, aka Kevin Brereton, who’s probably the only hip hop headliner at the Sonic Boom alternative rock festival at Borden Park this Saturday and Sunday. This wasn’t just a random dumb question. K-os’s new album […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: DJ Marky makes his mark
DJ Marky – not to be confused with Marky Mark, for those old enough to remember Mark Wahlberg’s hip-hop alter ego – is making his Edmonton debut this weekend. The drum-n-bass DJ, whose audiences weren’t all that compelling in his home country Brazil, gained success upon moving to Britain in the late 1990s, including being […]
RADIO: Dirty Deeds done expensive
In the Bear radio station’s “Dirty Deeds” contest to win tickets to the sold-out AC/DC show at Commonwealth Stadium on Sept. 20, the first challenge was to call your wife and tell her your dog died … and another radio stunt goes over the line. Asked to explain themselves, the cast of The Paul Brown […]
Why do mosh pits spin counterclockwise?
It’s time again to bring hard science to bear on another pressing issue – to find out why “circle pits” at rock ‘n’ roll shows spin counter-clockwise. The rotational mosh phenomenon has been confirmed by a number of reliable sources – and no, pits don’t spin clockwise in the Southern hemisphere, like typhoons. The Coriolis Force […]
CONCERT: Looking forward to The Weeknd
Grammy nominated alt-R&B hero The Weeknd is coming to Edmonton on Monday, Nov. 30 as a part of The Madness Fall Tour. The Scarborough native’s latest album, Behind The Madness, is currently rising through the charts and has music reviewers foaming at the mouth trying to define its sound, specifically the album’s second single The Hills. Using […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Stars come out for Blues fest
This weekend finds another music festival making its home at the Heritage Amphitheatre in Hawrelak Park, as the 17th annual Edmonton Blues Festival winds its way into our hearts and souls. Elvin Bishop, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame earlier this year, headlines Friday night; Shawn Holt and the Teardrops […]
ROCKFEST REVIEW: Classic rock to die for
Dennis DeYoung of Styx couldn’t have captured the zeitgeist of the 2015 Edmonton Rock Music Festival better than when he sang the line, “Our memories of yesterday will last a lifetime.” For this was the best of times long past for the city’s classic rock community. For all the flak DeYoung taken in the press […]
