
The unvarnished charm that Jonathan Richman exuded during his performance at Up+Dt Festival was enough to vaporize any trace of pretence and...
The unvarnished charm that Jonathan Richman exuded during his performance at Up+Dt Festival was enough to vaporize any trace of pretence and...
Sir Paul McCartney was born 38 years, to the day, before I was. In 2018, I found myself singing "Hey Jude" to lull my infant daughter on her...
The Arkells are built for big stages: national awards shows, arenas, festivals. Their straightforward anthem-rock-through-a-Canadian-filter...
Jimmy Eat World carved out their own centre in pop culture. They're not quite a nostalgia act, since they're still releasing albums and song...
Bands cursed with playing in the harsh late afternoon sunlight of a festival or outdoor show have a deep hole to crawl up from. That hole fe...
It was no slick trick that Future Islands ascended in the wake of a late night talk show appearance. Front person Samuel T. Herring was read...
Beware the person who lacks all self doubt. Courtney Barnett met the colossal expectations for the followup to her career-launching Sometime...
Straight-ahead radio-friendly rock requires more than a slick swagger to be a spectacle. July Talk push way past spectacle into a full-on ex...
Sometimes guitar, bass and drums, along with a striking voice, can capture a crowd as well as a circus; there's an elegant simplicity to a p...
Feist's ability to make her festival appearance feel as intimate as a friend playing guitar in the middle of a party was stunning. Her set b...
Interstellar Rodeo in Edmonton got off to a shaky start, delayed by a prairie storm, but even NASA has to take a rain check when it comes to...
No one coming home to Edmonton ever steps on the same parking lot pavement twice; parking lots in the city needs new asphalt every year. Mic...
Some of the political issues Propagandhi exposed through their music in the early '90s now appear regularly in prime time or as headlines. I...