WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Zombies rock tonight

Posted on October 7, 2011 By Michael Senchuk Music

What we lack in big names this coming weekend we make up for in depth. The opening weekend of the National Hockey League season features more than enough reasons to get out of the house after the early game is over, including two release parties on Friday night (Fuquored and N.N.), and the major event […]

METAL: Enslaved escapes scene that took black arts literally

Posted on October 5, 2011 By Kevin Maimann Culture, Music

Enslaved guitarist Ivar Bjornson is probably one of the youngest musicians to celebrate his band’s 20th anniversary – he was just 13 when Enslaved plunged into a grim Norwegian black metal scene that would soon make headlines for its connections to church arsons and murders. After spreading the darkness across North America this month, however, […]

THE SHEEPDOGS: On the cover of the Rolling Stone, at Starlite Dec. 17

Posted on October 3, 2011 By Staff Music, The Latest

If you liked the Sheepdogs when they opened for Kings of Leon the other night, prepare to like them a second time when the Saskatoon band headlines its own show at the Starlight Room on Saturday, Dec. 17. Tickets are a mere $20 and go on sale Friday at Ticketmaster (here). Along with the hit […]

Pains of Being Pure at Heart earns buzz from fuzz

Posted on September 29, 2011 By Michael Senchuk Culture, Music

The New York indie pop band whose name is so long its acronym is still longer than most other band names – Pains of Being Pure at Heart, or POBPAH – is being talked about non-stop not only in the Blogosphere and Twitterverse, but in some of the largest music magazines in the world like […]

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., […]

TONIGHT: Synth duo Junior Boys keep it in perspective at the Starlite

Posted on September 7, 2011 By Andrea Scharner Culture, Music

The Junior Boys’ latest effort It’s All True is somewhat of an international project – Matt Didemus of the Hamilton-based synth-pop duo lives in Berlin, and frontman Jeremy Greenspan wrote some of the album while in China. On tour, however, the strength of their live set relies heavily on an Edmonton native. “We go through […]

Live Music This Weekend – Sept. 2 – 5

Posted on September 2, 2011 By Michael Senchuk Music

A banner weekend in live music is highlighted by the Sonic Boom modern rock festival on Sunday, along with its attendant after-party at the Starlite Room. Friday Josh Groban (right) – Rexall Place hosts American singer-songwriter Josh Groban on Friday night, whose four solo albums have all gone multi-platinum, and now boasts over 24 million […]

Handsome Furs show the love for good Szechuan at Starlite

Posted on July 19, 2011 By LH Thomson Music

Anytime a band ventures outside the traditions of pop music structure, it automatically faces the prospect of being declared more interested in the art than the entertainment and, therefore, pretentious. Broad social disinterest ensues. It’s often a crock of crap, of course. Most artists I’ve ever met are just as apt to be entertained by […]

NEW MUSIC WEST: Edmonton picks up what Vancouver dropped

Posted on June 15, 2011 By Mike Ross Culture, Front Slider, Music

If Vancouver didn’t want it or need it anymore, why would Edmonton have any better luck hosting New Music West? “We’ve got to try, right?” says Dave Johnston of Union Events, which is handling the band showcase portion of the festival, happening July 21-23 at venues around Edmonton. “It’s an experiment. If it works, great, […]

CONCERTS: Sum 41 screams at the Starlite Aug 18, Pitbull chews up the EEC July 14

Posted on June 14, 2011 By Staff Music, The Latest

Today on WHO NAMED THE BAND: Sum 41. Could be some kind of arcane code – maybe the collective IQ of the Canadian Liberal Party. The number of groupies the members of Sum 41 have bedded? Hard to know. Maybe ask the band when it plays Thursday, Aug. 18 at the Starlite Room – if […]

Local rockers unite for Slave Lake Aid

Posted on May 20, 2011 By Albert Smith Front Slider, Music

Entertainers are in the unique position of being able to help others by doing exactly what they’d be doing anyway – entertain. Most civic-minded citizens volunteer for jobs that they don’t do every day, or aren’t necessarily qualified for, such as serve on the board of a community league or, say, grab a shovel and […]

Cancer Bats fly out for a hardcore night at the Starlite

Posted on May 18, 2011 By Chad Huculak Music, The Latest

The Cancer Bats don’t seem to care much for being at home. If you follow the Toronto-based hardcore band, you’ll notice they come through town just about every few months. But their frequent treks across the continent aren’t always smooth. “We’re just sitting in an intersection. We’re blocking the whole intersection because our (vehicle) got […]

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