Todd Snider :: Agnostic stoner folkie takes to the Folk Fest stage
by Sheldon Birnie Todd Snider is an American stoner-folk-songwriting troubadour in every sense of the terms. For the past 20...
The Beauties are a bunch of beauties
by Sheldon Birnie The Beauties are a rock n roll band out of Toronto. Every Sunday night, they tear the...
Weekenders – 06/28 – 07/01
Dominion Day weekend is set to be a hot one with plenty of out and indoor music to check out...
Hillbilly Highway – Ringing in the summer
by Sheldon Birnie I was out in Clear Lake this past weekend, enjoying a beautiful Manitoba wedding. (more…)
GALACTIC – Carnivale Electricos
The carnivals that I remember as a child were filled with a lot of cheap games, sad looking roadies, and...
DODECAHEDRON – Dodecahedron
“Progressive Black Metal” from the Netherlands. (more…)
First Class Riot: Crushing Boners with Aunty Panty
Photo of Aunty Panty by Taylor Burgess in Calgary, Alberta. By Taylor Burgess For their only show of Sled Island,...
FIRST CLASS RIOT: Q’n’A with Nü Sensae
Photo of Nü Sensae by Taylor Burgess in Calgary, Alberta. By Taylor Burgess Bubbling out of Vancouver’s fertile and molting...
MEME Festival
by Victoria King When the stage in Old Market Square was torn down and replaced by the Cube in 2010,...
FIRST CLASS RIOT: Arriving in Style at Sled Island Festival
Photo of Bloodhouse by Taylor Burgess in Calgary, Alberta. By Taylor Burgess After driving to Calgary straight from Winnipeg, what...