CONCERT REVIEW: Pearl Jam rocks Twenty out of Ten
This concludes Pearl Jam Week in Edmonton. We hope you enjoyed the band’s spectacular show at Rexall Place on Friday night, and the Cameron Crowe documentary about how it all came to be so spectacular, Pearl Jam Twenty, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Ten, the band’s breakthrough album. Some numerology is at work here. The […]
EIFF REVIEW: Crime After Crime commits a few of its own
There are a few things that you should know if planning to attend the documentary “Crime After Crime,” airing today at Empire City Centre at 4:45 pm as part of the Edmonton International Film Festival. First, the subject of the documentary, Debi Peagler, should have been out of jail years ago. Instead, she served 26 […]
WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Edmonton goes retro
I don’t think there’s any doubt what the biggest show of the weekend will be, with the raucous Pearl Jam playing Rexall Place on Friday night. But there’s some retro performances as well, from such artists as the Irish Rovers, the Headpins and Lee Aaron, and Art Garfunkel scattered throughout the days. The Edmonton International […]
EIFF REVIEW: The Swell Season and the not-so-swell season after that
The Swell Season is a story about the frailty of relationships, of trying to balance the expectations of others against one’s own needs. It’s set against the backdrop and influence of fame, with an Oscar-winning songwriting duo at its heart, but it could well be about just about any couple you might know. Ultimately, that’s […]
Awolnation gets real at the Starlite
There’s a lesson to be learned from Aaron Bruno’s success as Awolnation: stick with what you love, and eventually that passion will be rewarded. Awolnation had a surprise hit this year with the dark song “Sail,” selling more than 80,000 downloads in Canada alone to date. But it came after a marked change in direction. […]
EIFF REVIEW: Meaty female roles let Oscar winners shine in Cloudburst
Remember how as a kid you used to recoil when grandma zoomed in for a big wet smooch and a cheek pinch? But you secretly liked it, didn’t you? Now imagine two grandmas kissing each other. Now try to get that image out of your head. These are just some of the emotions at play […]
EIFF ENCORE: Bob and the Monster turnaround
Bob Forrest is one brilliant guy. He’s funny, compassionate, talented, magnetic. Unfortunately, he credits all of it to the comfort he feels when he’s drunk or high. It’s not an uncommon story. But surviving it when you also happen to be a minor-league rock star with a big budget and lots of time on your […]
Pearl Jam vs Foo Fighters: the rivalry continues
Related: Pearl Jam Twenty digs deep at EIFF Related: It’s Pearl Jam week in Edmonton! Related: Mudhoney is twenty, too! Back in 1991, the music world was taken by storm by the Seattle “grunge” scene, as the two frontrunners of the sound – Nirvana and Pearl Jam – released their pinnacle albums within one month […]
Cameron Crowe’s Pearl Jam documentary digs deep
Pearl Jam, has it really been 20 years? The latest film from director and former Seattle music journalist Cameron Crowe, Pearl Jam Twenty, recounts the story of the ‘90s grunge group’s origins and staying power. Crowe’s film is more than a documentary, more than a concert film – it’s a personal portrait and an unabashed […]
INTERVIEW: Mudhoney also celebrates ‘Twenty’
It’s been 20 years since Seattle’s grunge scene hijacked the North American pop charts. Tributes have been pouring in all year for Nirvana’s iconic 1991 album Nevermind, while the documentary Twenty (which screened Thursday at Garneau Theatre as part of the Edmonton International Film Festival) celebrates the two-decade anniversary of Pearl Jam’s debut Ten. The […]
EIFF STAR WATCH: Pearl Jam, Omi Vaidya, Brenda Fricker, Joshua Leonard – and you!
It wasn’t a coincidence – it was a conspiracy! The fact that Pearl Jam had a day off on the same night that EIFF screened the new Pearl Jam documentary, Twenty, was “not an accident,” confirms EIFF programmer Guy Lavallee. “It was very specifically targeted to play between the Calgary and Edmonton shows. But they […]
LMFAO returns to make us laugh f***ing a** off a second time Dec. 21
Somebody has to say it: LMFAO blew Ke$ha off the stage. The wacky song and dance collective fronted by a couple of afro-ed dudes named Redfoo and Skyblu delivered a tremendous display of fun, groove, style, explicit sex, some nudity, giant blow-up animals and no redeeming lyrical content whatsoever. It’s all about partying. And the […]
