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21 Jul 2011

Music Notes

Manraygun / Sat, Jul 23 (4 pm) If a band has managed to capture the sounds of Springsteen and the Clash, while infusing them with New York art punk, the group is worth admiring. Read more »

06 Jul 2011

Music Notes

The Consonance / Sat, Jul 9 (8 pm) A soulful and light jazz band kicking off a six-week North American tour, the Consonance will brighten your Saturday night. Read more »

29 Jun 2011 Edmonton International Jazz Festival /

Edmonton International Jazz Festival
Through Jul 3, Various locations

Rounding out this year's EIJF, Edmonton is treated to the bebop stylings of the Don Berner Jazz Sextet at Churchill Square on Canada Day, but if swing is more your thing, Gerry Guthman is helping celebrate Canada's birthday at the Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre. Read more »

29 Jun 2011

Without Mercy
Mon, Jul 4 (8 pm), Filthy McNastys

Death thrash is just another one of those metal sub-genres that almost seem unknowable. Read more »

29 Jun 2011 Alison Krauss & Union Station

Alison Krauss & Union Station
Tue, Jul 5 (7:30 pm), Jubilee Auditorium, $49.50 & $59.50

Having worked with James Taylor, Phish, Dolly Parton, Yo Yo Ma and Bonnie Raitt is one thing. Read more »

Hot Plains Music Festival

Paul Blinov / 15 May 2013
Renny Wilson heats up the Hot Plains

  Aaron Getz hadn't exactly been setting out to make Hot Plains a new music festival in town, though the general idea had been on his mind for…. Read more »

Hip Hop in the Park

Meaghan Baxter / 15 May 2013
Arlo Maverick

  Hip Hop in the Park is back for its sixth installment, with a diverse lineup of aspiring and established local and national talent. Read more »

Gold & Youth

Meaghan Baxter / 15 May 2013

  "We really did tear our band apart and rebuild it from nothing. Read more »

Eddie C

Yuri Wuensch / 15 May 2013

  If you're looking to see sights like the Brandenburg Gate, Red Square or the Statue of Liberty, call a travel agent. Read more »

The xx marks the spot

Indie-pop band expands on intimacy in big spaces

Paul Blinov / 15 May 2013

The xx has a sound that dwells in the spaces between: between lovers, between longings, even between notes—its most potent songs are often among its most sparse, where…. Read more »

Golden West Music Fest Fundraiser Party

Paul Blinov / 08 May 2013

Back in 2007, Fish Griwkowsky got married—"mega married," as he puts it—at his friend Kevin Bowman's land out near Ardmore, AB. Read more »

Putting on a show

Mattie Cuvilier celebrates five years of Clean Up Your Act Productions

Meaghan Baxter / 08 May 2013

Behind the scenes of Edmonton's active live music community are people who work tirelessly to set up and promote shows, ensuring this ever-growing community continues to evolve—and one…. Read more »

Kirby Sewell Band

Meaghan Baxter / 08 May 2013

  "Most people think we're a blues band, but if you get inside the music from a technical standpoint, there wasn't one blues song on the record," says…. Read more »

The Abramson Singers

Paul Blinov / 08 May 2013
A bunch of Late Risers

  The first time Leah Abramson went out to the Banff Centre, it was a solo creative retreat, but mostly a break from her home city, preoccupied as…. Read more »

Starkill

Meaghan Baxter / 08 May 2013

  "Hey, shut up. Read more »

Babysitter

Meaghan Baxter / 08 May 2013
Hashtag-free zone

  You won't find its members posting status updates on Facebook or writing pithy 140-word sentiments to captive Twitter followers—hell, you can barely Google them—but garage-punk trio Babysitter…. Read more »

Scott Cook

Meaghan Baxter / 02 May 2013
Francis A Willey

"If house concerts hadn't come along I probably would have quit music a couple of years ago," says local balladeer Scott Cook during a stop in Smithers, BC…. Read more »

Firsts, Lasts & Favourites

Nuela Charles

 / 01 May 2013

  A little bit of R&B, a little rock and a whole lot of soul are the driving forces behind local songstress Nuela Charles, who is taking her…. Read more »