Album Review :: Lee Reed :: The Steal City EP
by Scott Price Veteran Hamilton based rapper Lee Reed has released one of the most relevant EP’s of the decade,...
Wares :: Creating Intimacy
By Charlie Fraser Creating intimacy at a live performance can seem like an impossible thing. There is this very distinct...
Festival Review: Up + Downtown 2015 in Edmonton, AB
Considering the length of the drive, we made pretty good time and got into Edmonton early Thursday evening. After sorting...
Adictox, Jessica Moss, JIMH :: UP+DT 2015 in Review
CKUW's Robin Eriksson was at UP+DT in Edmonton this past weekend. Read all about it! (more…)
The Long and Short of It :: Up + Downtown 2015 Festival Highlights
The pizza, the party, and the place. Here are Victoria's UP+DT Highlights: (more…)
The Wet Secrets :: Bring Free Candy to Winnipeg
[caption id="attachment_9064" align="alignnone" width="500"] photo by Fish Griwkowsky[/caption] by Daniel Emberg Most guitar slinging party pigs have, at some...
Fast Romantics – Afterlife Blues
Matthew Angus, who writes all the songs for Fast Romantics, says the songs on their second album are largely about...
Zebra Pulse :: Riffin’ on a Nice Groove and Free Form Chaos
[caption id="attachment_8255" align="alignnone" width="500"] ramshackledayparade.wordpress.com[/caption] by Victoria King It’s July. You’re driving to the sounds of your favorite CD. You...
Amy van Keeken – So Long
Confident vocal work, deft arrangements, and tasteful restraint mark the sparse debut solo EP from Edmonton musician Amy van Keeken....
BROTHER OCTOPUS – Tentacle Trauma
Tentacle Trauma’s sound is not easy to pin down. The second offering from Edmonton duo Brother Octopus is a thoroughly...