Black Sabbath to hit Edmonton in April
Area metal fans have waited a long time for this – Black Sabbath is coming to Edmonton. With Ozzy! The date is Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at Rexall Place. Tickets range from $29 to $125 and go on sale on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 10 am at Ticketmaster. Expect the show to sell out, maybe […]
Can a novel just be a novel?
For the star of Come Barbarians: The Hollywood Blockbuster, author Todd Babiak doesn’t hesitate to cast Ryan Gosling – playing the suave but troubled security agent Christopher Kruse, who falls into a pit of political skullduggery at the hands of the Corsican mafia. “He can own this thing,” Babiak says of Gosling. “He could bring […]
LADIES MEN: City and Colour, Il Divo come to town
That little side project of Dallas Green seemed to work out well. His band City and Colour is back to play Edmonton’s biggest indoor concert venue – that would be Rexall Place – on Tuesday May 20, even though he was just here as the keynote act of Sonic Boom. With Half Moon Run opening, […]
INSIDE THE JOKE: Playing the race card to win
One of the jokes that gives Alonzo Bodden a reputation as a smart political comic goes something like this: “I support Barack Obama because he’s black. There are a hundred other reasons: taxes, housing, education, health care … but he had me at black.” Alonzo Bodden is black, too. Would the joke work otherwise? Appearing […]
WIN: Tickets to the Wet Secrets at Barber Ha!
There’s more going on down at Barber Ha than the trimming of hipster Mo-staches for Movember – it has become a funky little live music venue on the side. This Sunday night, Nov. 10, the men’s hair salon hosts local supergroup the Wet Secrets, a band that combines rock, electronic music and a horn section […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Stars align in Edmonton
The city plays host to a milieu of exceptionally talented touring music acts this weekend and beyond. Friday night is punctuated by alt-country Lindi Ortega’s sold out show at the Royal Alberta Museum, which is getting a reputation as one of Edmonton’s best acoustic venues, and the buzzworthy Hollerado gig at the Starlite Room. Saturday […]
Kemo Treats: Sane Clown Posse
The theory that parodying something long enough causes one to turn into the very thing being made fun is put to the test with Kemo Treats. Six years after starting the most ridiculous gangsta rap duo in Edmonton – if not the entire world – its co-founder Greg Goa remains clear on the targets of […]
Hollerado: When pop punk gets smart
Next to American country music stars, there is no one in show business that gets accused of rampant stupidity more than “pop punk” musicians. These thinly disguised boy bands play songs just as fast and loud as punk, but with candy coated hooks and lovey dovey lyrics in place of snarling political satire. You can […]
Trusting the School Trustee: A chat with Orville Chubb
It is neither the most glamorous civic office nor the highest paid – just over 30 grand a year – but Edmonton School Trustee may be a more important job than ever at a time when the public is crying bloody murder over education cutbacks and school closures. Now there’s fresh board of scapegoats. Who […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: The show must go on
There’s a trio of rock bands performing in Edmonton in short order that are on the very cusp of making it very big – Strumbellas, Boreal Sons, and Belle Game. Until then, here’s one that’s already huge: the one and only Slayer, which performs Monday night at the Shaw Conference Centre (6:30 pm, $49.50 plus […]
WHO NAMED THE BAND: Slayer slays the course
Slayer is such an awesome band name for a group of guys who loved nothing better than to frighten as many people as possible. “We knew that kind of stuff pissed people off,” says singer and bassist Tom Araya, referring to the devilish songs and imagery the California thrash metal band came to be known […]
