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Gigs: Theory of a Deadman, Asking Alexandria, Get Together Alberta
* Theory of a Deadman with Head of the Herd: Monday, Nov. 17 at the Jubilee Auditorium. Tickets: $27.50 and $3.50 plus service charges. On sale: Friday, Sept. 26 at Ticketmaster. * Asking Alexandria...
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Watch Mac DeMarco’s Polaris performance
Mac DeMarco‘s Salad Days didn’t win the Polaris Music Prize, but the Edmonton-bred joker did impress viewers and fans with his rendition of Still Together at Monday’s gala in Toronto. Here’s a clip of...
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New releases by Artisan Loyalist, Born Gold, Jon Mick, Paul Ledding and The...
* Expect to hear a lot from Edmonton synth-pop artist Artisan Loyalist, also known as Rob Batke (or one of the Faunts), over the next few months. He recently released a new single, Campaign, on...
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Can we save McKay Avenue School? Or is our history doomed to be history?
McKay Avenue School, built in 1904, also played host to Alberta’s first legislative assemblies. Today, it’s a school museum. On Wednesday morning, bright and early, I was a guest of the Gateway Rotary...
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All-Albertan Song Contest reveals winners
Edmonton singer-songwriter Brock Tyler‘s ditty, Louise Caroline Alberta, won third place (and $2,000) in this year’s All-Albertan Song Contest, sponsored by ATB. Two Calgary artists grabbed the top...
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Neil Diamond announces seven shows in Canada
Melody Road, as it turns out, leads to Edmonton. Neil Diamond will perform May 5 at Rexall Place, according to his Facebook page, in support of his upcoming album, Melody Road, due Oct. 21. Tickets...
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Mediocre or not? Fans can decide when T.I. hits Canada
Canadians might be chanting a New National Anthem when Atlanta rapper and reality star T.I. heads north this fall. It’s one of 15 tracks on his ninth album, Paperwork, also featuring No Mediocre and...
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Crystal Shawanda, The Gay Nineties, Brother Octopus, Lauren Mann to play...
After releasing three country albums, Juno winner Crystal Shawanda is trying her voice at the blues. Her first stab at the genre, The Whole World’s Got the Blues, featuring a cover of Buddy Guy’s What...
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“Thank you for everything, Kirby.”
Edmonton’s music scene has lost one of its most passionate, tireless, generous and beloved champions. Kirby, who seemed to single-handedly run the industry, died Tuesday due to complications from...
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Party on, Jeff. Party on, Stuart.
The Tea Party is serving up another cup of rock ‘n’ roll bombast on Saturday, Dec. 6 at Union Hall. Tickets are $35 plus service charges via the venue’s website. The trio, led by Jeff Martin, is one of...
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New releases from Paul Cournoyer, Jom Comyn, Nuela Charles and Jey Witten
*Singer-songwriter Paul Cournoyer is celebrating the release of his solo French-language EP – streaming above — on Friday, Oct. 3 at La Cite Francophone. Tickets are $15 plus service charges at...
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An Ear for Injustice: Award-winning Edmonton lawyer calls on Jim Prentice to...
This Thursday evening, Edmonton’s legal community gathered at the Chateau Lacombe for the annual Access to Justice Awards, “starring” Supreme Court Justice Thomas Cromwell as their keynote speaker....
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The Tragically Hip revisit Fully Completely with North American tour
Twenty-two years ago, The Tragically Hip released its third album, Fully Completely, featuring some of the band’s most iconic songs – Courage (For Hugh McLellan), At the Hundredth Meridian, Locked In...
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Not such a secret: Nikki Yanofsky’s not so little anymore
Montreal jazz-pop wunderkind Nikki Yanofsky is revealing a Little Secret on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at the Winspear Centre. That’s the title of her third and latest album, inspired by The Doors, Herbie...
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After a wild week in stock markets, some soothing words from Stefane Marion
The world isn’t ending. Really. After a wild week in global stock markets, which left many wondering whether the six-year-old bull market is dead, National Bank’s chief economist and strategist Stefane...
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Mangan brings Club Meds to Edmonton
Dan Mangan + Blacksmith will return to the Winspear Centre on March 11, 2015. Ticket prices have yet to be announced but the presale starts Tuesday at 10 a.m via their label’s site. Hayden and Astral...
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Biotech giant Gilead Sciences expands in Edmonton with 2nd city lab
Gilead Sciences, one of the largest biotech companies in the U.S. with a market cap of more than $150 billion US, has broken ground on a new $50 million lab facility in northeast Edmonton, the company...
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The Wet Secret want to help some C.H.A.M.P.S.
Another week, another musical fundraiser. At bat: The Wet Secrets. Edmonton’s brassiest dance-rockers are raising money for the Chimo Arts & Music Programs & Studios. The initiative, also known...
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More gigs: Elliott Brood, Milky Chance, August Burns Red, Bret Michaels
* Happynecessary! Clemens Rehbein and Philipp Dausch, the German duo behind Milky Chance, want you by their side on Tuesday, May 19 at Union Hall. Tickets are $22 plus service charges. On sale: Friday,...
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Commodities, stocks in the red as rebound stalls; Athabasca Minerals posts...
Stock markets on both sides of the border are in the red Wednesday afternoon, with Toronto’s lead index down 164 points as of about 1:50 p.m. EDT. Commodity prices are also in a funk, with oil, gold...
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