Pixies dust off an old classic
Do you believe in magic? If you answered No, you might need a sprinkling of Pixie dust from drummer David Lovering. When Lovering isn’t on the road with his reunited, iconic alt-rock band the Pixies, he makes his living as a magician. “If you think being a musician is hard, being a magician is 50 […]
Tickets for Maroon 5 in Edmonton on sale May 27
One good reason to catch these guys? It might be your last chance. Maroon 5, lead by lothario-like frontman Adam Levine, play Rexall Place Sept. 10. Tickets go on sale via Ticketmaster on Friday, May 27. The soul-pop artists, noted for hits This Love, Sunday Morning and Wake Up Call, have sold millions of albums. […]
Tragically Hip play Northlands July 14, Lil’ Wayne on, the Game off
Canadian rock legends The Tragically Hip are coming to play an outdoor show at Edmonton’s Northlands Park on July 14, it was announced today. The band is expected to perform songs from an as-yet-unreleased album they’re working on, along with all your usual Hip favourites. We’ll kill Gord if he doesn’t do New Orleans is […]
Sloan bringing 20th anniversary tour to Edmonton to back new album
We’ve waited 20 years for an answer to the question: who exactly are the People of the Sky, and why are their bodies covered in coke fizz? Sloan will answer those questions and more as the legendary Halifax rockers kick off their latest album on the tour, which just happens to be on their 20th […]
ART: Emily Carr’s passion for nature at the AGA
There’s a languid grace and deep passion infusing Emily Carr’s thick brushstrokes and vivid re-creations of the Canadian west, her post-impressionism and post-cubist curves respecting the fluid lines of traditional aboriginal art. Perhaps we still find the Canadian painter so compelling for the same reason that we respect John Steinbeck’s literary work from the same […]
Hot picks: Advantage, indie bands!
It’s Saturday, and Gig City suggests ye denizens of olde Champe Towne quaff a few brews, watch some footie and maybe catch one of the dozen or so decent plays in town these days. What’s that? Music, you ask? Oh, if you insist. The selection is eclectic and marvellous. Wild-T and the Spirit are doing […]
MUSIC: Jenn Grant’s Egyptian solitude
Jenn Grant admits she’s a bit of a home body when she’s not on tour. Traditionally, Grant has always written songs at home, and her friends have to drag her out of the house these days when they want her for a night on the town. But when she wrote the opening track to her […]
ALAN JACKSON: That country twang thang
Y’know, these days, FM radio country has all the street cred of party politics. Let’s face it, country and western and alt. country get the respect. They’re about less tangible concepts, like artistic expression, challenging the intellect and the spirit of independence. The kind of schmaltzy fun that Alan Jackson has cranked out for three […]
PREVIEW: Flat-out on the road with The Flatliners
The members of Toronto punk band The Flatliners never learned what it’s like to live a normal life after high school. Now in their early 20s, the guys have spent their last four years slugging it out in bars and tour vans across North America, Europe and Japan. The quartet recently tried to give life […]
Rob Zombie, Slayer announce tour date in Edmonton
Hell? In July? In Edmonton? Faulty allusions to the state of our weather notwithstanding, it will indeed be Hell on Earth July 31 when Rob Zombie and Slayer hit Champ City on tour. The bands confirmed the tour dates Sunday night as part of the Hell on earth Tour. Tickets go on sale via Ticketmaster […]
Hot Picks, March 27 – A guitar triumph and some other winning moments
OK…so there’s no blues category. Nonetheless, we still greatly dig the first attempt to put our city’s band’s efforts into the rewarding context they deserve, other wise known as the Edmonton Music Awards. They’re on tonight and tomorrow at Haven Social Club. Performers tonight include White Lightning, Erica Viegas, Jezibelle, Fender Case and Jeff Morris. […]
PREVIEW:Diamond Rings appreciates the attention
Everybody wants a piece of John O’Regan these days. The Canadian indie-pop sensation known as Diamond Rings can find his colourful image splashed all over the Internet. And the phone calls keep coming. After Gig City connects with O’Regan, behind schedule, our conversation is abruptly cut off. We reconnect a few minutes later as O’Regan […]
