WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Canada loves the Metric system!
For a band tagged as “modern rock,” Metric’s extraordinary popularity soars across age ranges, across income levels, across, well, across everything – as we shall see when the band plays Rexall Place Thursday night, its first time in the Big Building. Half the nation’s men are probably in love with vocalist Emily Haines, but the […]
Is Jeff Dunham racist? No, but his puppets might be
Name any movie that doesn’t depict puppeteers as insane or evil. Think about it: They talk to themselves, they play with dolls, they say terribly offensive things they wouldn’t have the courage to say in real life if they weren’t pretending to talk through their creepy puppets. But isn’t that what good comedians are supposed […]
Bieber-mania epidemic sweeps Edmonton while moms remember Donny Osmond
You know what they say about being doomed to repeat the past if you forget history? Don’t sweat it. We’re going to repeat it anyway. To those who claim the current Bieber Hysteria afflicting Edmonton is an unprecedented phenomenon, we have two words for you: Donny Osmond. Who the hell is Donny Osmond, you ask? […]
VERY A-MUSE-ING: Scalpers thwarted by paperless tickets
There is still joy in Mudville, for Muse has not sold out – failing to leave scores of disappointed fans, who were not crying that they got buggered by the scalpers yet again. Not this time – thanks to “paperless tickets.” Screw you, scalpers. After seats to the British trio’s Feb. 3 show at Rexall […]
REVIEW: Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler turn Rexall into great night at the folk fest
One of the problems with seeing living legends in concert is that they never really live up to the title. They’re usually past their prime, don’t have the chops that they used to have, so they hire a kickass back-up band to cover for them. Or they rely on their artistic credentials to put on […]
CONCERT REVIEW: No trip down memory lane for new Smashing Pumpkins
You gotta hand it to Billy Corgan. Here we were at Rexall Place on Friday night with our faded hoodies, our toques as fashion statements, our old piercings put back in. We were all ready. Even though we were many years older, nearing or at middle aged, we were ready. Ready to go back to […]
Diana Krall brings Glad Rag Doll to the Jube in February
Diana Krall, it has been imagined, is both the piano player and the sultry chanteuse who lies atop the piano while she sings. You don’t get a rare double threat like this every day. It’s only once in a while – in this case Tuesday, Feb. 12, when the star of Canadian jazz performs at […]
