My, what big eyes you have: New high school anime all the rage
If you were in high school more than 20 years ago, the chances that your school’s administration would have supported your efforts to celebrate Japanese animation might be dicey. For starters, some of your school board members might have fought in the Pacific. There was also hysteria that the super-hardworking Japanese were going to put […]
PUNK CONTEST: Win Social Distortion tickets!
If you caught Social Distortion – or “Social D” as they’re known to true fans – at the last Sonic Boom event, don’t miss the venerable punk rock heroes’ return to the Edmonton Event Centre on Friday. The band is touring behind its latest release, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes – and doesn’t that sound […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Coldplay dazzles thousands with amazing tour opener
It was spectacular. It was amazing. Every other concert this year at Rexall Place will be measured against Coldplay. Edmonton got the first North American glimpse of the Mylo Xyloto world tour on Tuesday night – opening on a mammoth set cascaded in neon colors to the tune of the “Back to the Future” theme, […]
EDMONTON RADIO: Garner Andrews, morning man of mystery
Garner Andrews can’t stand public speaking. He admits he even freaked out a little bit before delivering a toast at his brother’s wedding, and stresses “for months” over the prospect of doing a band introduction on stage – and yet he has no problem talking to 50,000 people on Sonic radio every morning. “That doesn’t […]
Blue Oyster Cult headlines Edmonton Rock Music Festival in August
Don’t fear the reaper – make a song about the original Man in Black that generations of classic rock fans will sing and laugh in the face of same. That’s how it works. We expect plenty of laughing and singing in the face of Death when Blue Oyster Cult comes to town this summer. The […]
Roxette returns to play Rexall Place Sept. 10
Now here’s a blast from the past – Roxette is coming to town. The Swedish pop duo perhaps best known for The Look – as in “you got The Look,” still holds up, eh? – will play Rexall Place on Monday, Sept. 10, backed up by a comparable Canadian blast from the past Glass Tiger. […]
Linkin Park to headline Sonic Boom 2012
Sonic Boom 2012 shall be outdoors, Weather Gods be damned, and should sleet come, at least we’ll have Linkin Park and Incubus to warm us up. This festival happening Sunday, Sept. 2 at the Northlands grounds will be Linkin Park’s first appearance in Edmonton, believe it or not. Incubus – another hard rocking band from […]
WRITER CITY: Wayne Arthurson has another mystery on his hands
It has been said that you could gather the entire literary scene of Edmonton into one medium-sized bar – and they’d all know each other. This in fact happens on a regular basis at almost every book launch – maybe not always at a bar – as it will Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the […]
REVIEW: A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a love most supreme
It must have been vexing for the groundlings who first witnessed A Midsummer Night’s Dream and its plots, tri-pronged: One, planned nuptials and entanglements of desire; two, a fantasia in the forest; three, rehearsals for a play, doomed to go wrong. A plethora of anachronisms, a herd of non-sequiturs made this play a task to […]
COLDPLAY: Why are the British so bloody good at rock ‘n’ roll?
The impending arrival of Coldplay has filled area rock fans with a level of joy not seen since the last time Coldplay came to town. So rarely do we get to see such a top-level British rock band in Edmonton, and it’s always a delightful treat. That’s because we still bow to the Queen of […]
Alberta film and TV producers tremble as budget axe falls
Alberta’s film and television producers are waiting for the bombs to drop as details emerge on the impact that federal budget cuts will have on the National Film Board, Telefilm Canada and the CBC. The most damage will likely come from the announcement by the CBC that it will reduce spending on independent productions, according […]
