WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Christian Hansen dumps Autistics, makes changes

Posted on October 11, 2012 By Michael Senchuk Music

It’s another homecoming for Christian Hansen and his band formerly known as The Autistics, as they play the Dinwoodie Lounge Thursday night, moving to the Elevation Room Friday and Saturday – and there have been a lot of changes beyond the band name. Having won the hearts of Edmonton in 2009 with the track “Cocaine […]

WHAT’S SO FUNNY: Even one club down, lots of comedy ahead

Posted on October 10, 2012 By Mike Ross Comedy

Make that What’s Not So Funny – it looks like the Laugh Shop is out of business. There was talk the Sherwood Park comedy club would be moving to a new 124th Street location for an opening on Oct. 1, but that never came to pass. The owner-operators reportedly sold the building and that is […]

Heavy metal poet bridges modern with medieval in new book

Posted on October 10, 2012 By Wayne Arthurson Features, Front Slider, Lit, Music

Death metal and poetry don’t usually hang out together – except in the personage of former Edmontonian Catherine Owen. She’s not only an award-winning Canadian poet, well respected by many – which is an accomplishment in the fractured world of Canadian poetry – she’s also a heavy metal goddess who’s played bass in bands such […]

REVIEW: Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler turn Rexall into great night at the folk fest

Posted on October 10, 2012 By Wayne Arthurson Music, The Latest

One of the problems with seeing living legends in concert is that they never really live up to the title. They’re usually past their prime, don’t have the chops that they used to have, so they hire a kickass back-up band to cover for them. Or they rely on their artistic credentials to put on […]

REVIEW: Frank Sinatra Jr. does it his way in baffling casino show

Posted on October 7, 2012 By Maurice Tougas Music, The Latest

Is there anyone in the entertainment world who carries a moniker with greater baggage than Frank Sinatra Jr.? There are other giants of 20th century music whose sons have had successful careers – Bob Dylan’s son Jakob, John Lennon’s sons  Sean and Julian – but they never had to carry around not just a famous […]

CKUA begins big move with $5 million Alberta Culture boost

Posted on October 6, 2012 By Mike Ross Culture, Front Slider, TV and Radio

CKUA begins big move with $5 million Alberta Culture boost

Not since Fort Edmonton picked up stakes has there been such a fuss over a simple change of address. CKUA’s big move has begun! Celebrating the station being transplanted six blocks East from the decrepit Alberta Block to the smashing new refurbished Alberta Hotel, a 1963 Lincoln convertible packed with dignitaries arrived with great fanfare […]

CONCERT REVIEW: No trip down memory lane for new Smashing Pumpkins

Posted on October 6, 2012 By Wayne Arthurson Music, The Latest

You gotta hand it to Billy Corgan. Here we were at Rexall Place on Friday night with our faded hoodies, our toques as fashion statements, our old piercings put back in. We were all ready. Even though we were many years older, nearing or at middle aged, we were ready. Ready to go back to […]

Keep it weird, Bob! We love you for it!

Posted on October 5, 2012 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Music

The thrill in seeing Bob Dylan again comes from the powerful aura of uncertainty that surrounds him at all times. What is he going to do this time? What’s he going to do when he performs with Mark Knopfler at Rexall Place on Tuesday, Oct. 9? Maybe trade guitar solos? That would be a riot. […]

EIFF REVIEW: Hellish brunch meets Armageddon in hilarious It’s a Disaster

Posted on October 4, 2012 By Barry Hammond Film, Front Slider

If the idea of a Sunday “couples brunch” makes you want to kill yourself, then It’s a Disaster is for you. Even if it doesn’t, this darkly delicious black comedy has so much going for it that you won’t want to miss the brunch almost literally blowing up. The premise is simple: shortly after a […]

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 […]

Eric Church, a fresh voice of country music, comes to Rexall in February

Posted on October 4, 2012 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Music

Here’s another allegedly redneck country singer who’s recently spilled over to the mainstream – Eric Church, who’s making his Edmonton debut not in some bar, but in the “big room,” the hockey arena, the one and only Rexall Place. The North Carolina singer performs Tuesday, Feb. 5 (2013), part of his “Blood, Sweat and Beers” […]

Cuba’s only hardcore band to make North American debut in Edmonton

Posted on October 3, 2012 By Mike Ross Music

The Cuban music scene is rich enough beyond the Buena Vista Social Club that there’s room for at least one hardcore band – but Arrabio may be the only one in Cuba, at least according to the band members. “Talking about Hardcore in Cuba there is no other band, it is only Arrabio playing Hardcore […]

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