Music Notes: Feb 26 – March 4
Face First / Fri, Feb 27 (9 pm) Local rock band Face First is releasing its new album, Righteous, with fellow Edmonton band Heaviside. Face First has been around for a decade now—go check ‘em o...
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Jesse Roper brings the monster chops and fuzzy vests
So, is it going to be the poncho, the furry vest or something completely different? Jesse Roper, a red-hot blues player from the tiny Vancouver Island town of Metchosin, is thinking he might go with ...
Stepmothers is the sound of balls-out confidence
The guys in Stepmothers are only in their early 20s but they’re already battle-tested veterans of Edmonton’s music scene: guitarist and singer Troy Snaterse, drummer Matthew Punyi and bas...
Illy: Aussie hip hop in the Great White North
Illy has been checking the weather forecasts hourly. The Australian rapper is at home in Melbourne, soaking up all the glorious sun and warmth before he starts his first Canadian tour—in the dead of ...
Hey Rosetta! shatters to create something new
Tim Baker is sitting in a Toronto hotel room with a big bowl of vegetables. The singer/songwriter for Newfoundland seven-piece Hey Rosetta! hasn’t seen healthy food in a long time, and he’...
Ben Disaster bleeds for the music
Ben Disaster already has a lifetime of memories and a wonky hand thanks to his music career. The Edmonton-based musician has played with anarchist heroes Chumbawamba, shared a veggie sandwich backsta...
James Vincent McMorrow looking post-Post Tropical
James Vincent McMorrow is not here to mess around. “There’s a lot of half-ass music in the world right now, people who see what’s going on around them and try and jump on it,”...
Dueling bands, yo!
Warfare. Carnage. Rhythm sections. Expect it all and more when local bands square off in a bare-knuckle showdown presented by the Bermuda Festival. Six bands will square off, but who will survive? Im...
Pedway dungeon crawl
Edmonton’s pedway system is an ’80s dungeon. I don’t want to make light of actual dungeons, where warriors and wizards navigate grimy-walled passageways by torchlight battling orcs ...
Uber versus the world
Uber is not the kind of company that knocks first and politely wipes off its feet before coming into your house. Nah—the huge multinational venture, valued in the tens of billions of dollars, has bee...