Posted on February 25, 2012
By Robin Schroffel
Front Slider, Music
The only sign of Peter Case’s punk background was the fact that he wore a denim jacket underneath his pinstriped blazer. That, and some well-chosen anecdotes from back in the day. No surprise, really: the veteran songwriter has four entire decades of material to draw from – which fans heard just a slice of when […]
Posted on February 22, 2012
By Adrian Lackey
Music, The Latest
Forty summers ago they ruled the planet with Machine Head and Smoke On the Water – a song about a Swiss gig gone horribly wrong – and they became some of Headbangerdom’s first anthems, long before we had a name for the throngs of long haired, bobble-headed moppets. They have their place in The Guinness […]
Posted on November 11, 2011
By Robin Schroffel
Front Slider, Music
He may look a little less svelte in his tartan-accented custom leisure suit than he did on the cover of “Dedication,” but Les McKeown and his group of faux-Bay City Rollers proved Thursday night why Rollermania should not be forgotten. The Century Casino was packed with overgrown teenage girls who rushed to the front of […]
Posted on November 4, 2011
By Mike Ross
Music, The Latest
It may be possible to read too much into what was really a pretty decent rock show, but the members of the Big Sugar Collective on stage at the Edmonton Event Centre on Thursday night were trying too hard to be too cool for their own good. This is disturbing. They didn’t need to prove […]
Posted on October 30, 2011
By Michael Senchuk
Front Slider, Music
Sam Roberts has proven that his live show is as enthusiastic and intricate as his recordings. The Montreal rocker and his Band started off with a bang at the Jubilee Auditorium on Saturday night, and rarely let off the gas pedal as he propelled fans through two hours of his rock hits, ballads and deep […]
Posted on September 24, 2011
By Albert Smith
Culture, Music
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 […]
Posted on September 5, 2011
By Albert Smith
Music, The Latest
When the End Times come, we’re going to need a house band – and that’s where Cake comes in. Imagine: all Cake, all the time. As it has been written somewhere: And the living shall envy the dead … Perhaps we’re making too much of this, but rarely has there been such a happy-sounding band […]
Posted on June 27, 2011
By Mike McDonald
Front Slider, Music
I’ve read the books and reviews that say Brian Wilson is a weird guy, but Sunday night at the Jubilee Auditorium, he wasn’t any weirder than anyone I know. Here is a man who is quite comfortable calling his own material good without seeming arrogant or like a braggart. It’s just a fact. He seemed […]
Posted on May 29, 2011
By Mike Ross
Culture, Front Slider, Music
Free advice for Lauryn Hill: Fire your soundman. Fire your bass player. Fire your drummer. Keep your backup singers. And for God’s sake, please chill out just a wee bit. These are really the only conclusions a discerning music fan can draw from Hill’s terribly disappointing show Saturday, May 28 at the Edmonton Event Centre. […]
Posted on February 21, 2011
By Albert Smith
Music
I have a confession to make: I used to have a crush on Melissa Etheridge. It was a little disappointing when she turned out to be gay, but then I’d just fantasize I was a lesbian and the infatuation continued. She is beautiful inside and out. Basking in her warm, open-hearted presence and grooving on her formidable […]
