Posted on May 24, 2011
By Staff
Music
There are all kinds of rock stars. Compare and contrast. Fresh from the joyous self-centred celebration of dumb, bombastic fun that was Kid Rock comes a rock ‘n’ roll celebration of a more introspective sort: Say hello to Death Cab for Cutie. Great subject for a WHO NAMED THE BAND? story, the name – taken […]
Posted on May 23, 2011
By Mike Ross
Culture, Music, TV and Radio
A lonely man weary from an honest day’s work is driving down life’s highway in a big truck, smoke rolling out the window, an ice cold beer sitting in the console, the lights of his home town only a few miles away. He’s heartbroken after another man kissed his girlfriend while he held the man’s […]
Posted on May 22, 2011
By Michael Senchuk
Front Slider, Music
Completing an album that’s solid from front to back, stays true to your artistic vision… but also pushes some musical boundaries to garner new fans? It’s an incredible challenge. Are Ben Harper and The Trews up to it? Two time Grammy winner Ben Harper released his latest album, “Give Till It’s Gone”, last Tuesday (May […]
Posted on May 22, 2011
By Staff
Front Slider, Music
By most reports, the fourth annual Hip Hop in the Park yesterday at Louise McKinney Park was a smashing success. The beats were dope, the flow was, ah, also dope, and the hypemen were … hyping. Have to brush up on our hip hop lingo here. Co-organizer and hip hop enthusiast Melissa L.A. Bishop posted […]
Posted on May 21, 2011
By Andrea Scharner
Music
Kid Rock is an interesting dude. My colleague Mike Ross likes to note that Rock was the first guy who managed to sell rap to southern white country kids, which would make just about anyone shake their heads. That’s not an easy task and few have pulled it off, none as successfully. From “Cowboy” off […]
Posted on May 20, 2011
By Staff
Music, The Latest
Were Frank still alive, you have to wonder whether he’d accept Michael Buble into the Rat Pack – or would he think this Canadian kid has a little too much chutzpah to roll with the cool Vegas crowd? Moot point. Buble rules in his own way, master of the knowing smirk, the well-placed cuff-pop and […]
Posted on May 20, 2011
By Mike Ross
Music
OK, people – let’s keep it clean. No cussing, no ‘hos, no guns, no murder, no drugs, no alcohol, no sex, no homophobia, no misogyny. The fourth annual Hip Hop in the Park – specifically Louise McKinney Park starting tomorrow (Saturday, May 21) at noon – is a family event. Moms and little kids and […]
Posted on May 20, 2011
By Albert Smith
Front Slider, Music
Entertainers are in the unique position of being able to help others by doing exactly what they’d be doing anyway – entertain. Most civic-minded citizens volunteer for jobs that they don’t do every day, or aren’t necessarily qualified for, such as serve on the board of a community league or, say, grab a shovel and […]
Posted on May 19, 2011
By Staff
Comedy, Music, TV and Radio
Three different stories about three different male celebrities talking about homosexual sex come out on the same day – and all mere days before the May 23 release of Lady Gaga’s new album Born This Way. Coincidence, you say? Probably. Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler – who is filling the Paula Abdul role on American Idol […]
Posted on May 19, 2011
By Mike Ross
Music
When people are constantly asking about your band name, chances are you have a silly one. Ask the Trews about their name. Go ahead. They won’t mind. The band whose name means “trousers” in Scotland – not to be confused with “pants,” which the Brits call underwear – opens for Kid Rock at Rexall Place […]
Posted on May 18, 2011
By Chad Huculak
Music, The Latest
The Cancer Bats don’t seem to care much for being at home. If you follow the Toronto-based hardcore band, you’ll notice they come through town just about every few months. But their frequent treks across the continent aren’t always smooth. “We’re just sitting in an intersection. We’re blocking the whole intersection because our (vehicle) got […]
Posted on May 18, 2011
By Adrian Lackey
Music, The Latest
When good Jewish boy Neil Diamond – or Al Jolson, or Larry Parks, depending on the film version – confronted his papa and declared he had the music in him, he could’ve picked any kind of tune to rebel to. He could’ve rocked the establishment. He coulda declared “gotta dance!” and gone with disco. But […]
