
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 is back for its sixth installment, with a diverse lineup of aspiring and established local and national talent. Read more »
"We really did tear our band apart and rebuild it from nothing. Read more »
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 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 »
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 »
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 »
"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 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 »
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 »
"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 »
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 »