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CANCELLED: Cold Specks and We Are The City. What about tonight’s other gigs?
We’re getting buried in cold specks of snow. Which means Cold Specks — the singer — and Vancouver rockers We Are The City can’t make it to Edmonton for tonight’s show at the Royal Alberta Museum...
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Cold Specks reschedules Edmonton show
The Montreal-based singer will perform two shows on Sunday at The Mercury Room — one at 5 p.m., one at around 8:15 p.m. Cold Specks was forced to cancel Thursday’s show at the Royal Alberta Museum...
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Album review: Cygnets, Sleepwalkers
Album: Sleepwalkers Artist: Cygnets (Negative Gain) Four stars out of five Roger Jarvis and Micah Skaritka knew they wanted to sign Cygnets to their U.S. industrial label, Negative Gain, within the...
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Gigs: Viet Cong, Single Mothers, Jesse Cook
* Viet Cong — featuring the former members of Calgary’s Women — will celebrate the release of their self-titled post-punk debut on Friday, Feb. 27 at The ARTery. Fist City and Burnt Shrines will open....
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Schooled: Bill 10 and a brief history of minority rights
If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge? We shouldn’t marginalise people for this. They must be integrated into society. Pope Francis The year 1885 was a...
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Gigs: The Elwins, The Gaslight Anthem, Kodaline, Charley Pride
The Elwins with Two Bears North: Friday, Feb. 20 at the Mercury Room. Tickets: $14 plus service charges at yeglive. The Gaslight Anthem with Northcote and Sammy Kay: Monday, March 16 at Union Hall....
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Rachel? Jennifer? A Frozen Christmas Quest
Last week, I received a big fat package from the Zazzle mail order company. This was not a total surprise. I had, after all, ordered a couple of gifts from Zazzle for my daughter. (Sorry, kiddo....
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2o14.12.o5 ~ inner city hall
pics, words – fish Starting Friday, twelve inner-city Edmonton artists had their first-ever exhibitions up under the power pyramid of City Hall. Art in the heART of the City runs through Thursday. Its...
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2o14.12.11 ~ 50 years of a+d at fab
pics, words – fish Since 1965, the University of Alberta has been sending forth into the world diploma-bearing professional artists, spreading our weird, wonderfully nature-informed and ever-political...
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Jennifers and Rachels, Sisters Forever: A Frozen Fairy-tale Ending
Jennifer and Rachel – found you at last! Earlier this week, I told you the story of how the good folks at Zazzle Inc. accidentally sent me a Frozen hoodie, featuring an image of the two newest Disney...
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Recently announced gigs: Steve Aoki, Mickey Gilley, In Flames, Caribou, Chad...
Need some very last minute post-Christmas gifts? Try concert tickets. Here are a few options: Marcus Schossow with Sebjak: Friday, Jan. 9 at Encore. Free entry before 11 p.m. if you RSVP. Steve Aoki...
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A cold Sunday afternoon is perfect for …
… attending an online concert headlined by Edmonton’s YouTube star Daniela Andrade. You don’t have to leave the comfort of your home … just head to StageIt.com and pay what you can to watch her...
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A first hand look at Edmonton’s Pogo CarShare
When the Pogo car share program launched in Edmonton, I was intrigued. I live downtown and, because I used to be a reporter in rural Alberta, where driving is mandatory, I still have a car kicking...
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Eric Church’s The Outsiders World Tour comes to Edmonton
Country music fans will get to go to church at Rexall Place. Eric Church, that is. The North Carolina native will perform Sunday, April 12 as part of The Outsiders World Tour. Brothers Osborne,...
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Emergency at Union Hall … of the Joel Plaskett kind
Joel Plaskett Emergency will raise the rock ‘n’ roll alarm on Saturday, May 9 at Union Hall. Tickets are $26 plus service charges at Ticketfly.com. On sale: Friday. The Halifax icon and his band will...
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Friends of Foes bring Winter (and other tunes) to Edmonton
Whether you’re a friend or foe of winter, you’ll find yourself entranced by Friends of Foes and their single, Winter. The Saskatoon foursome offer an antidote to the January blues with Celeste...
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Upcoming gigs: “Weird Al” Yankovic, Danko Jones, Limblifter
* “Weird Al” Yankovic is making a few Mandatory World Tour stops in Canada. The musical satirist will perform Friday, Sept. 11 at River Cree Resort & Casino. Tickets start at $59.50 plus service...
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Mastodon + Clutch
= The Missing Link Tour. The heavy rockers will perform Sunday, April 19 at the Expo Centre. Tickets are $45 plus service charges. On sale: Friday at Ticketmaster. Big Business will open. …
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Watch: Kyle Armstrong’s video for Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s Blindlessness
Dark, eerie, and slightly disturbing. Edmonton director Kyle Armstrong‘s music video for Bonnie “Prince” Billy‘s hymn-like number, Blindlessness, is full of visual trickery — including ghost dogs,...
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Linkin Park cancels remaining Hunting Party dates
Sorry Edmonton, Linkin Park can’t be your Valentine. The rockers are cancelling the remaining 16 dates on their Hunting Party tour — including Feb. 14 at Rexall Place — because of a “leg injury”...
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