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Edmonton Events

LIVE! Great Lake Swimmers / Cold Specks (pics) / Remaining Tour Itinerary

May 14, 2012

Photos by Aaron Vanimere / Words by New Music Michael A week ago a number of us made our way down to McDougall United Church on the Sunday night for the Great Lake Swimmers show. Even though they’re from Toronto, they have a massive following here in Edmonton, and for very good reason. Even better, [...]

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LIVE! The Black Keys / Arctic Monkeys

May 14, 2012

Ended up seeing The Black Keys / Arctic Monkeys show at the last minute here in Edmonton on Saturday night. Click here for my thoughts and pics over at Gig City. A couple firsts for me – FIRST time shooting a Grammy award winning act; and FIRST time shooting at Rexall Place. The latter wasn’t quite as [...]

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Joy Formidable – New Material For Summer Gigs

May 9, 2012

Ha. I just happened to mention the Joy Formidable a couple days ago in my interview with Sleepy Sun’s Bret Constantino, and poof, I get some incredible news yesterday about the Welsh band. They confirmed that they have finished recording all the tracks necessary for their sophomore album (and follow up to the incredible “The [...]

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Interview With Sleepy Sun’s Bret Constantino / Remaining Tour Dates (Play Calgary Tuesday)

May 6, 2012

There’s a few bands I talk about repeatedly here on New Music Michael, simply because I absolutely love them that much. Without a doubt one of my two favorite bands over the last couple of years (the other being Joy Formidable of course) is Sleepy Sun, whose last two albums have just completely blown my [...]

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On Tour: Slow Down Molasses – Including Last Minute Gig Here in Edmonton

May 3, 2012

One of our favorite bands from Saskatchewan is heading out on tour this May … and while most of those dates are in Europe, *TWO* are right here in Canada, and include, you guessed it, here in Edmonton. Honestly, what I’m betting is happening is that their flight leaves for Europe out of Edmonton, so [...]

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On Tour: Mount Eerie (Edmonton May 15 At Wunderbar)

April 30, 2012

The coolest concert news from last week was a gig set for May 15 the Wunderbar on Whyte Avenue, by Mount Eerie (aka Phil Elverum). Hailing from Anacortes, Washington, Elverum has collaborated with any number of musicians over his seven years of recordings, most of which fall into some strange sub-category combining lo-fi, indie, folk, [...]

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Record Store & Music Collectors Weekend

April 25, 2012

For the second year in a row, I was embedded in a CMA Strategic Leadership interactive session on Record Store Day last weekend. Crazy, right? Well, the good news is that’ll be the last time that happens, as it was our last interactive session on Saturday, and by this time next year I’ll have my [...]

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Great Lake Swimmers – “New Wild Everywhere” Video / Currently Touring (#yegmusic May 6)

April 20, 2012

If you’re reading this Friday, or even Saturday, I’m in the midst of my sixth and final course trying to attain my accounting designation. I’m also officially “between jobs”, with my last day at Lilydale yesterday (again, if you’re reading this Friday); and I start at Direct Energy on Monday. In the meantime, we have [...]