Posted on May 29, 2011
By Rob Drinkwater
Music, The Latest
There’s a misconception about the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra that it’s really only meant for people who earn over $100,000 a year. And there’s another misconception about cyclists that they all wear form-fitting Lycra, even the ones who ride to church. So if you combine the two stereotypes and have heard about the Bike to the […]
Posted on May 28, 2011
By Chad Huculak
Culture, Front Slider, Music
Andrew WK has a new partner in partying. Gig City caught up with the Party Hard hitmaker backstage at the Pawn Shop Friday night as he rolled through with his mysterious new protégé/collaborator Aleister X to give Edmonton a show like no other. Flashing a warm smile, Wilkes Krier assures us he still loves to […]
Posted on May 27, 2011
By Albert Smith
Comedy, The Latest
It won’t be long until Shaun Majumder is known for more than just being “the indo-Canadian comedian who isn’t Russell Peters,” if he isn’t already. Maybe it’ll be the other way around before too long. Despite holding the Humourist’s Carte Blanche that allows any non-white comic to make fun of almost any race without consequence, […]
Posted on May 26, 2011
By Mike Ross
Family, Front Slider, Music
When Ron Walker isn’t pow-wow dancing, he’s a youth worker who specializes in easing aboriginal kids through the culture shock of moving from small towns to the big city. More than 10,000 Slave Lake residents were put in that situation rather suddenly last week when a terrible forest fire destroyed a third of the town. […]
Posted on May 26, 2011
By Staff
Music, The Latest
The few, the proud, the Marines, the metal bands known by one name only – these are the true heroes of our time. At least when it comes to their fans, the ones for Judas Priest particularly compelled to shout “PRIEST!” accompanied by the universal devil horn salute. Once again, in case there’s still any […]
Posted on May 26, 2011
By Mike Ross
Music
Don’t upstage the headliner if you want to work in this town again. This is part of “Vegas rules,” in old school showbiz lingo, an unwritten code of performer conduct that discourages warm-up bands from attempting to blow their headliners off the stage. It’s just common courtesy. But sometimes it can’t be avoided – especially […]
Posted on May 25, 2011
By Albert Smith
Music, The Latest
We already know who’s coming to the Edmonton Folk Music Festival this year: k.d. lang, Andrew Bird, Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, the Gipsy Kings, the Amazing Kreskin, actor-singer Tim Robbins and much, much more. Old news. Check the folk fest website. But it’s the folk fest PRESS CONFERENCE that really puts it all […]
Posted on May 25, 2011
By Albert Smith
Culture, Front Slider, Theatre
Perhaps you or someone you know was once in danger of becoming … chronically single. You’d get set in your ways, get a cat, maybe surf for porn a bit too much for your own good and often have dinner at the houses of friends who now all seem to come in pairs. They’d occasionally […]
Posted on May 25, 2011
By Chad Huculak
Music, The Latest
The Germans sure seem to appreciate Edmonton’s metal scene. After retro-metal powerhouse Striker signed to German label Iron Kodex for its 2010 album Eyes in the Night, local shredders The Order of Chaos have been picked up by Germany’s Killer Metal imprint. The Order of Chaos will unleash its sophomore effort Burn These Dreams with […]
Posted on May 25, 2011
By Adrian Lackey
Music, The Latest
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Posted on May 24, 2011
By Albert Smith
Front Slider, Music
It would’ve been nice to talk about the whole Christian rock thing with the Grammy-winning Christian rock band Switchfoot, which played at Rexall Place May 27 as part of YC Alberta , the annual Christian youth conference – but sadly, like the Rapture, it was not meant to be. The good news: One of the […]
Posted on May 24, 2011
By Staff
Music, The Latest
If you’re down with the whole idea that new art can be created from the discarded scraps of old art, then DJ Shadow is a regular Michelangelo. Performing Wednesday, July 13 at the Edmonton Events Centre – tickets are $30 and go on sale Thursday here – Shadow is pioneer in what is called “instrumental […]
