The Best of Foo
Grohl and co. burn up ‘Dome Blaine Meller Contributor It was, quite simply, the best, the best, the best, the best of Foo. Foo Fighters, that is. Opening their 160-minute...
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Noise 101: CD Reviews for Oct.20
Lady Antebellum Own The Night Capitol Records Two summers ago my car stereo was dedicated to Lady Antebellum. So when Lady A’s new album Own The Night was released in September 2011, I was...
Noise 101: CD Reviews for Oct. 6
Raleigh New Times in Black and White Independent Local Calgary band Raleigh released their full-length debut album New Times in Black and White this past spring. The trio have all been (or currently...
Synapse can’t make real connection
Live show is energetic, but there’s room to grow by Vanessa Gillard Arts Editor To get the feeling of a live show from a review it is sometimes helpful to have the...
Frankie McQueen, Bedouin Soundclash at U Fest
Vanessa Gillard Arts Editor The first year of our alma mater’s inception went well all things considered. It kicked off last September with the appropriately named U Fest, which featured the oddly paired Canadian...
Queens are kings at the Jubilee
By Vinciane de Pape All too often, Calgary music fans are given the great disservice of experiencing a band’s half-hearted, lackluster performance. Unfortunately, sitting between the east and west coasts means that we’re usually...
Wild Nothing take you to church
By Therese Schultz One would not generally equate a church atmosphere with words like dreamy or hazy, but with Wild Nothing in the house at Central United on Wednesday for the opening day of...
Buzzcocks on the line: preview one of Sled Island’s featured bands
A conversation with guitarist/songwriter Steve Diggle of The Buzzcocks By Aysim Parkan The Buzzcocks are one of the original punk rock bands of the early ‘70s having spawned from the same circles...
Fleet Foxes new album organic and romantic
Released: May 3, 2011. Sub Pop Records The Fleet Foxes’ newest album Helplessness Blues seems appropriately named, as the group have made their lyrical endeavours more intimately personal, and their music more haunting. Robin...
An appreciation of The White Stripes
By Sean-Paul Boynton Nearly four years ago, The White Stripes played their very first concert in Calgary, and it was more than worth the pain of being continually passed over during the previous seven-or-so...
