Posted on November 14, 2011
By Staff
Front Slider, Music
Finally Johnny Reid gets the idea. Why do four shows in the Jube when you can do one at Rexall Place? And don’t give us this guff about wanting to get “intimate” with the audience. That’s four shows! Just put four times the energy into one show – hell, twice would be more than enough […]
Posted on November 13, 2011
By Mike Ross
Culture, Music, The Latest
To answer the burning question of the day – why does everybody seem so depressed? – we turn to a prominent Canadian rock singer who suffers from bipolar disorder. Mental illness doesn’t necessarily make Matthew Good an expert on depression, but as fans can tell you from his music, he’s put some deep thought into […]
Posted on November 11, 2011
By Robin Schroffel
Front Slider, Music
He may look a little less svelte in his tartan-accented custom leisure suit than he did on the cover of “Dedication,” but Les McKeown and his group of faux-Bay City Rollers proved Thursday night why Rollermania should not be forgotten. The Century Casino was packed with overgrown teenage girls who rushed to the front of […]
Posted on November 9, 2011
By Mike Ross
Music, The Latest
The best answer to the question of why classic rock is something that deserves preservation is found in Joe Queenan’s hilarious generation-bashing book Balsamic Dreams: “Baby Boomers have deluded themselves into thinking that what once mattered to them should now matter to others.” Or maybe this is too much deep thought for what was, after […]
Posted on November 7, 2011
By Staff
Front Slider, Music
Watching classical crossover quartet Il Divo perform, one has to marvel at the strict choreography necessary for these four perfect specimens of singing man-candy – each of whom is a Josh Grobin or one-quarter Luciano Pavarotti in his own right – to stroll slowly around a giant stage while crooning Bridge Over Troubled Water as […]
Posted on November 4, 2011
By Mike Ross
Music, The Latest
It may be possible to read too much into what was really a pretty decent rock show, but the members of the Big Sugar Collective on stage at the Edmonton Event Centre on Thursday night were trying too hard to be too cool for their own good. This is disturbing. They didn’t need to prove […]
Posted on November 4, 2011
By Staff
Music, The Latest
Canadian Idol certainly didn’t do Hedley any harm. Its singer Jacob Hoggard didn’t even make it to the top in the much-maligned, now-defunct clone of American Idol (which itself is modelled after British Pop Idol) – and we challenge anyone to name any of the winners of the six seasons. Can’t do it? And even […]
Posted on November 3, 2011
By Albert Smith
Comedy, Music, Theatre
Interviewing Dave Brockie is not much different than talking to Oderus Urungus, his alter-ego front-demon in GWAR. One is a loudmouthed, opinionated alien monster that hates humanity. The other is a loudmouthed, opinionated artist that hates humanity. Other than that, they’re exactly the same. Of course Brockie doesn’t hate humanity. It’s satire. Playing Friday at […]
Posted on November 1, 2011
By Mike Ross
Music, The Latest
You usually don’t get to pick your own nickname – so you better hope it’s a cool one because you’re going to be stuck with it until you die, or at least kill the people who gave you the nickname. Being stamped with a name against your will can even happen to a rock band, […]
Posted on November 1, 2011
By Staff
Front Slider, Music
There is only one man who can rock this town, rock it inside out – and that man is Brian Setzer. The man with the Big Guitar and the Big Crunchy Chords will bring his Rockabilly Riot to the Edmonton Event Centre on Tuesday, Dec. 27. The show will include a special opening set by […]
Posted on October 31, 2011
By Staff
Front Slider, Music
Falling into the category of Geez, Wasn’t He Just Here? is George Thorogood, returning to hold court with his salty brand of rockin’ blues at the Jubilee Auditorium on Tuesday May 22 – about two years to the day since he did the same thing in the same building. To the same fans, probably. This […]
Posted on October 30, 2011
By Michael Senchuk
Front Slider, Music
Sam Roberts has proven that his live show is as enthusiastic and intricate as his recordings. The Montreal rocker and his Band started off with a bang at the Jubilee Auditorium on Saturday night, and rarely let off the gas pedal as he propelled fans through two hours of his rock hits, ballads and deep […]
