Alabama Shakes to headline Interstellar Rodeo
One of the hottest new rock bands on the continent is coming to Edmonton this summer. Alabama Shakes has been announced as one of the headliners for the second annual Interstellar Rodeo, taking place July 26-28 at Hawrelak Park. The full line-up and ticket on sale details will be announced later this month. Distinguished by […]
Zebra Pulse too weird for punk rock?
For the last five years, Zebra Pulse has been making noise. Thanks to an arsenal of pedals, processors, cassette players, turntables and anything else that can generate a racket, the group has been a regular fixture at such places as Bohemia and Wunderbar where fans can indulge in their ear-bleeding nuances. Zebra Pulse has become […]
WEEKEND MUSIC: Pop sisters still the indelible indie twins
They may be famous now, but Tegan and Sara remain the indelible indie pop twin sisters from Calgary. They parachute into Edmonton on Sunday night for a show at the Shaw Conference Centre. The girls began playing guitar and writing songs together at the age of 15, and, now, almost twenty years later, have amassed […]
GLOBAL VISIONS REVIEW: Wampler’s Ascent a manifesto for the disabled
Like the blind man who summited Mount Everest, Steve Wampler undertook an impossible ordeal few people would think was sensible – scaling the highest cliff in the West despite being afflicted with cerebral palsy. Wampler’s Ascent, the gala closer of the Global Visions Film Festival on Sunday, March 3, details the California native’s attempt in […]
Truth trumps special effects at Global Visions Film Festival
If there seems like there’s more interest in documentaries these days, it’s because there is. Hey, it’s either that or another damned Batman movie – in 3D, of course. “In an era when the major studios are really just concentrating on action or effects-driven superhero franchises, audiences are turning to documentary for real storytelling,” says […]
OSCAR FILM: Searching for Sugar Man about art for art’s sake
Imagine you wrote and recorded a couple albums only to find them with $1.99 tags in the delete bin at the old A&B Sound a couple weeks later. Now imagine finding out 20 years later that you were bigger than Elvis Presley in some country on the other side of the world. It’s hard to […]
Motley Crue to commandeer Edmonton in April
Edmonton has a special place in its collective heart for Motley Crue, and while it’s certainly no surprise the boys are back in town – playing Sunday, April 28 at Rexall Place – they’re in for a warm welcome. With Canada’s own reformed rock Gods Big Wreck opening, tickets go on sale Friday. Crue has […]
FILM: Musicians under the influence of Reefer Madness
You don’t have to be high to enjoy “Reefer Madness” ironically – but it helps. Or does it? There are a number of misconceptions about the famous 1936 anti-marijuana film, according to Edmonton musician Gene Kosowan, who has created a live “electro-acoustic” reinterpretation of the movie being presented at Wunderbar on Sunday night. “There’s something […]
WEEKEND MUSIC: DOA Hardcore to the end
DOA is thought of as one of the founders of hardcore punk along with Black Flag, The Germs and Negative Trend. While singer-guitarist Joey Keithley is the only founding member remaining from those early days, the 1970s, the band’s ethos and bone-crunching sound remains as hard as it ever was. That being said, their recordings […]
Bruno Mars announces world tour: Edmonton in July
Bruno Mars has revealed the dates on his extensive Moonshine Jungle World Tour behind his second studio album “Unorthodox Jukebox” – which will include Edmonton, at Rexall Place, Thursday, July 18. With British singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding opening the show, the ticket on sale date will be announced shortly. Mars, aka Peter Gene Hernandez, is considered […]
The Dead live again at Winter Roots Roundup
It’s more than just a touch of grey – it’s an entire head of whatever hair is left, a Grateful Dead kind of weekend. The centrepiece of this year’s Winter Roots Roundup at Festival Place will be Mickey Hart, one of the two drummers – the “rhythm devils” – of the Grateful Dead. He and […]
Comedy poker tournament honours Andy Ferguson
Most people spend Family Day with their families. Comedians spend it sleeping off a night spent with their extended family – other comedians. And what do they do? They play poker, of course. A who’s who of 24 Edmonton comedians gathered on Feb. 17 for the First Annual Andy Ferguson Memorial Comedians Poker Tournament, and […]
