WEEKEND MUSIC UPDATE: Library Voices fresh from the Farm

Posted on September 16, 2011 By Michael Senchuk Front Slider, Music

The fall concert season roars into Edmonton this weekend, with solid choices all around: FRIDAY, SEPT. 16 Expressionz Cafe Birthday Gala – The popular “school of life’s” annual bash will be hosted by comedian and musician Kevin McGrath, with other performances from The NEK Trio, Karen Porkka, and the Little Big Garage Band, 7 p.m., […]

Living With Lions tells FACTOR where to stick their 13 grand

Posted on July 13, 2011 By Mike Ross Culture, Music

Now this is fortuitous. We were just having a friendly debate about government arts funding and along comes Living With Lions to play the Pawn Shop on Friday night. This is the Vancouver punk band at the centre of the storm of controversy surrounding its new CD, “Holy Shit” and its allegedly blasphemous artwork, which […]

Braids (may be) coming to town, Pat Jordache expected to make it

Posted on June 18, 2011 By Michael Senchuk Music, The Latest

It’s the much-anticipated gig that may yet not come to pass. Braids will be at the Pawn Shop on September 19. The Montreal quartet (originally from Calgary) released one of the more talked about albums of the year, “Native Speaker” (which has been long-listed for the Polaris Prize) earlier this year, and was supposed to […]

Andrew WK recruits an X-Man

Posted on May 28, 2011 By Chad Huculak Culture, Front Slider, Music

Andrew WK has a new partner in partying. Gig City caught up with the Party Hard hitmaker backstage at the Pawn Shop Friday night as he rolled through with his mysterious new protégé/collaborator Aleister X to give Edmonton a show like no other. Flashing a warm smile, Wilkes Krier assures us he still loves to […]

Hot Picks: Punk evolves with the Flatliners

Posted on April 3, 2011 By Staff Music

There are so many sub-genres of punk rock that one needs an advanced degree in Punkurology to understand it, but it may be divided into two basic groups: 1. That which rocks. 2. That which sucks. Beavis & Butt-head were right all along. Obviously this is a completely subjective opinion. For some, the commercial “pop-punk” […]

MUSIC: DJ may be a Bastid, but he loves audience participation

Posted on March 16, 2011 By Chad Huculak Music, The Latest

It’s true what they say. These days, everyone’s a DJ. You’d think that might frustrate someone like Skratch Bastid , who was in the biz before computer software made his job infinitely more accessible. But the Halifax native has wisely embraced the new, inclusive musical climate. Skratch Bastid, real name Paul Murphy, will brought his […]

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