REVIEW: Alice in Chains pleases several generations with grunge metal mayhem

REVIEW: Alice in Chains pleases several generations with grunge metal mayhem

You can’t argue the success that Alice In Chains has enjoyed of late – with the group’s latest album Rainier Fog earning a Grammy nomination, and summit positions on the Billboard and iTunes charts. But to more discerning ears, how a band that earned much of its notoriety in the grunge-fueled 1990s could still be […]

Morrissey postpones Edmonton to October

Morrissey postpones Edmonton to October

Local reaction was swift to Saturday’s announcement that Morrissey’s April 18 concert in at the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton has been postponed to October – “WOW, didn’t see that coming!” And then sarcastic people felt bad – because this was actually due to a “medical emergency.” The promoter passed on this note: “Due to a […]

MUSIC: Bubbly Buble recipe: 2 shots of happy, 1 shot of sad, 1 shot of Frank

MUSIC: Bubbly Buble recipe: 2 shots of happy, 1 shot of sad, 1 shot of Frank

It was the goddamned media that anointed Michael Buble “the new Frank Sinatra” – followed shortly by media pronouncements that “Buble ain’t no Sinatra!” This is true! As far as we know, Buble has never threatened chin music on some crummy mook who fucked the deck, never called a female journalist a “ring-a-ding broad!” And […]

Fleetwood Mac postpones again

Fleetwood Mac postpones again

Nearly a year after it was first announced, the Fleetwood Mac show in Edmonton this weekend has been postponed – again. Stevie Nicks is still recovering from the flu, a press release reads, so the Saturday, April 13 show in Rogers Place has been cancelled, along with five other dates, which will now moved to […]

LIVE LEAK: Folk fest reveals Hozier, Ani DiFranco, Blue Rodeo ahead of official announce

LIVE LEAK: Folk fest reveals Hozier, Ani DiFranco, Blue Rodeo ahead of official announce

Back in the day, the most famous headliners at the Edmonton Folk Festival would be leaked long before the official annual announcement was made at the end of May. Exciting news just doesn’t keep! This year, the folk fest itself has decided to leak some names before anyone else can – including Hozier, and Ani […]

Ozzy postpones 2019 tour – but ‘I will be back!’

Ozzy postpones 2019 tour – but ‘I will be back!’

Heavy metal fans were almost expecting this – Ozzy Osbourne has been forced to postpone all his shows this year, including Edmonton in July. He’d come down with pneumonia earlier this year, which resulted in cancellations of dates in Europe, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. He was recovering at home in Los Angeles […]

MUSIC PREVIEW: Is Erin Costelo’s new album named after a candy bar?

MUSIC PREVIEW: Is Erin Costelo’s new album named after a candy bar?

Nova Scotia soul-Americana Erin Costelo shows a soaring energy and a steadfast resolve in her work, as she pushes back against the world, and sometimes even the industry that seems to want to fight against her. She plays Thursday, April 4 at The Almanac on the back of her second full-length, Sweet Marie, recorded in […]

TRUE TALES THE ROAD: Edmonton metal band rocks India

TRUE TALES THE ROAD: Edmonton metal band rocks India

“I don’t think it’s advertised that there’s a giant heavy metal fan base in India,” says John Simon Fallon, guitarist for The Order of Chaos, “but certainly the response we got was overwhelming. There was one concert with 15,000 people and every single one of them was going insane over us. I guess you could […]

CHAOS brings Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, more much metal to Edmonton

CHAOS brings Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, more much metal to Edmonton

If it wasn’t the Summer of Metal in Edmonton already what with Ozzy, Maiden and Priest on their way, the Chaos Alberta festival will put it over the top. Alberta’s newest rock festival, taking place July 26-27 at Kinsmen Park, features two titans of modern metal: Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson. Slayer will be playing […]

REVIEW: Colin James shows effortless blues-rock mastery in Edmonton

REVIEW: Colin James shows effortless blues-rock mastery in Edmonton

It’s been more than 30 years since Colin James made his debut – and he still remains a musical mainstay in Canada with his ability to blend gritty blues with hook-happy mainstream rock. It’s a schtick that’s worked well enough for him to pack the Jubilee Auditorium with 2,700 faithful fans on Thursday night. When […]

LISTEN HERE: Talltale unbelievable

LISTEN HERE: Talltale unbelievable

EXCLUSIVE SNEAK SONIC PEEK Hear electro-pop artist’s new Japan-inspired single before official release   Talltale – the stage name of Edmonton pop-electronic artist Tatiana Zagorac, because she is tall – was so inspired by her trip to Japan that she made a whole album out of it: Japanese Fever Dream, being released worldwide Friday, March […]

Interstellar Rodeo 2019 announces star-studded line-up

Interstellar Rodeo 2019 announces star-studded line-up

Son of a bitch, give me a drink! Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats are returning to Edmonton. The folk hero who fortunately revealed a lot more depth than his 2015 hit Son of a Bitch is one of the headliners for the eighth annual Interstellar Rodeo, happening July 26-28 in Hawrelak Park. These guys […]