Down With Webster roll out new material at Edmonton’s Capital Ex
It’s funny, the different perspectives you get when age is factored into judging music. The cliche that parents always hate their kids’ music is a cliche because it’s often true. But there’s also a risk in the wisdom that comes with experience: of jumping to inaccurate conclusions based on a small sampling size, for example. […]
TRUE TALES: Edmonton’s Cap Ex, Wide Mouth Mason, and a Billy Gibbons bender
When Wide Mouth Mason opened for ZZ Top in 1997, they were treated as little more than fans granted a photo op at the backstage meet ‘n’ greet. It was a little different when the two bands toured together last summer. They went on a bender – which is the spark that created Wide Mouth’s […]
PREVIEW: It’s all going Pete Tong at Oil City Roadhouse
It’s one of those weekends, folks: a crazy number of interesting musical gigs around town to choose from, in just about every venue. Heck, it’s so busy that Blues festival circuit regular Morgan Davis is playing a BAR — it’s Rusty Reed’s House of Blues on 118 Avenue, by the by. But our vote for […]
PREVIEW: Natasha Bedingfield gets deep in Edmonton
If British popstar Natasha Bedingfield were your modern stereotype, her voice would positively squeak. After all, this is a performer who’s biggest hit was called “pocket full of sunshine.” She’s blonde, beautiful and seems chipper enough. But you find the most surprising things out about someone sometimes. For one, Bedingfield spends her off-tour hours working […]
Handsome Furs show the love for good Szechuan at Starlite
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 […]
Avril Lavigne plays Edmonton’s Rexall Place Oct. 10
She was, indeed, a Sk8tr girl. Then some dude in Hollywood gave her a record deal. Now, she’s an aging pop princess from Ottawa. Will fans keep supporting Avril Lavigne? She plays Rexall Place Oct. 10 with openers yet to be announced. Hmmm…. time will tell. It’s the great unknowable, whether a young artist will […]
ROUNDUP: Katy Perry wows Edmonton fans
Katy Perry thrilled a sold-out house in Edmonton last night, with superstar comedian husband Russell Brand along to check out the city as well. Here’s how fans saw the show, along with some photos and a link to a full review: View “ROUNDUP: Katy Perry thrills Edmonton fans” on Storify
Scalping tickets legal in Alberta, government has no plans to stop resales
Two years ago a firestorm erupted in the concert ticket business when complaints alleged that Ticketmaster, which had recently purchased the online ticket reselling business TicketsNow, was automatically diverting customers from its own website to the scalping one. The outrage over the perceived conflict of interest grew so loud that new legislation was drafted in […]
New Music: Incubus, John Maus head in opposite directions
Members of Incubus, and John Maus, have studied hard over the last few years, in art, music, and even political science. However, while Political Science student Maus recently released arguably his best album, Incubus’ long hiatus from producing music seems to have dramatically altered and mellowed their sound, and likely not for the better. California […]
