WEEKEND MUSIC: Four horsemen of Canadian rock
Talk about bang for your rock ‘n’ roll buck. While it was a bummer that Bob Seger had to postpone his Thursday show due to the crappy weather, any of the four bands playing at the Shaw Conference Centre on Friday could be a headliner – maybe not at the Shaw, grant you, but somewhere. [...]
Billy Talent brings Dead Silence to Edmonton this spring
Billy Talent is one band that has lived up to its name – well, half of it, anyway. They’ve been artfully injecting pop sensibility and compelling stories into a branch of rock ‘n’ roll they used to call “screamo.” You know, where the singer screams instead of sings? Billy Talent’s lead singer, whose name is [...]
REPORT: Boonstock biggest bush party in Alberta
The dusty grounds of the Boonstock Music and Arts Festival are alive with promiscuity and debauchery this weekend. Going down in Gibbons, Alberta, about 40 km North of Edmonton, the eighth annual event is supposed to be an exhibition of diverse live music – but it’s also a celebration of tattoos, as intoxicated concert goers [...]
CONCERT PREDICTIONS: Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Red Hot Chili Peppers – no Beach Boys
Who needs Kreskin? You can predict the future simply by studying the events of the past. For example: Beyonce won’t be coming back to Edmonton because promoters lost their shirts the last time she was here. Simple economics. Ozzy Osbourne and Van Halen, on the other hand, did great business in this town. So it [...]
