WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Rise Against Thanksgiving Sunday
Posted on October 4, 2012 By Michael Senchuk Music
It doesn’t seem to matter that the only original member left in The Smashing Pumpkins is Billy Corgan. Truth be told, he’s always been the driving force of the band – so it’s fitting he owns the name, of course. And long as he’s carrying the banner, the Pumpkins will remain a major force in […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Fogerty holds up
Posted on September 20, 2012 By Michael Senchuk Music
A pair of seminal metal bands are in Edmonton this weekend, with death metal act Obituary playing the Pawn Shop on Friday night, followed the next evening by thrash metal artists Anthrax at EEC. If metal isn’t your scene of choice, there’s classic rock, indie pop, indie rock and even folk to be heard this […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Feral Children at large
Posted on August 9, 2012 By Michael Senchuk Music
With all due respect to every musician in the city who’s playing a gig this weekend, you probably should’ve re-thought the date. The vast majority of the city’s music fans, industry, and new and old media will be swarming Gallagher Hill for the 2012 version of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. For more on the […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Slaughter Fest invades Avenue
Posted on June 14, 2012 By Michael Senchuk Music
As Alberta music fans shift their attention southward to Calgary for the impending Sled Island music festival, there are definitely still some shows in Edmonton worth checking out. On Friday night a new Edmonton electro band called Terrace plays its first live show ever at the Haven Social Club; and on Saturday a lengthy list […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: High on Open Sky
Posted on June 7, 2012 By Michael Senchuk Music
It goes without saying that the biggest live event of the weekend is the Open Sky Music Festival down at Hawrelak Park – but we’re going to say it anyway. Some extraordinary talent takes the stages Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. This is always a stellar event, with great music, food, and fun. The other big […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: The Black Keys a superduo highlight
Posted on May 10, 2012 By Michael Senchuk Music
The highlight of this star-studded weekend of live music is undoubtedly the Black Keys, performing at Rexall Place Saturday night. With three well-deserved Grammy awards and counting, the Akron, Ohio duo has taken the world by storm with its low-fi garage-rock stylings. The same could be said for the opening act, Arctic Monkeys, from the […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Folk-punksters lay siege to the Pawn Shop
Posted on April 26, 2012 By Michael Senchuk Music
Most of our favourite bands in the city will be somewhere this weekend, with two intense gigs on Sunday night featuring many of the city’s best-known acts. On Saturday night, the rest are probably nominated for an Edmonton Music Award, with several notable local acts also performing during the awards ceremony at the Royal Alberta […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Stone Iris previews new album at the Starlite
Posted on April 19, 2012 By Michael Senchuk Music
It’s a relatively light weekend for live music, not to be unexpected after a cataclysm of revered acts gracing the stages of various Edmonton venues this week. With Coldplay opening up their North American tour with a legendary performance on Tuesday, an intimate event with Our Lady Peace at the Starlite, and Joel Plaskett at […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: No strings on Real Boys
Posted on April 5, 2012 By Michael Senchuk Music
While the weekend’s biggest name is undoubtedly the underground Brit-rock band Kasabian, which plays Edmonton Event Centre on Friday night, the best bang for your live music dollar may be at Wunderbar, where The Fight perform Saturday night for the tidy sum of $7. On Easter Sunday, Abbotsford’s Real Boys perform alongside one of Edmonton’s […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Take a Swig of Alberta!
Posted on March 29, 2012 By Michael Senchuk Music
Folk rock takes centre stage this weekend, with the extraordinary Rose Cousins performing Friday night, followed up by Philadelphia’s Good Old War on Saturday and a plethora of artists performing during the “Swig Of Alberta” traveling road show on Sunday night at the Wunderbar. Friday Alan Frew – This five-time Juno award winner, perhaps best […]
MUSIC: Shuyler Jansen leads the herd through grunge rock, alt country and beyond
Posted on March 16, 2012 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Music
This was really weird: All the Edmonton punk rockers from the early ’90s seemed to unplug their guitars and “go country” at the same time. By the end of the decade, you could barely find an alternative rock band playing in an alternative rock bar. They were all playing country. No, not the sort of […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: St. Patrick’s Day a good excuse to drink
Posted on March 15, 2012 By Albert Smith Music
Let’s think of other cultures whose stereotypes we can hang a day on like we do as an excuse to get drunk with the Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. Better yet, let’s not. No sense letting political correctness get in the way of a good excuse to get drunk. Besides, as prominent local Irish person […]
