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Festivals

Sled Island Adds More Acts

April 4, 2012

Back in late February Calgary’s Sled Island music festival announced their headliners. Earlier this week they announced some more acts: Antlers Doldrums Duchess Says Finn, Craig (from The Hold Steady) Hecker, Tim How To Dress Well Reigning Sound Sadies They also announced the comedy component of the festival will now run four nights (doubled from [...]

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SXSW 2012: First Round Of Band Announcements

November 2, 2011

I’m not quite as excited as last year about the SXSW artist announcements, as I don’t think I’ll be heading down for the 2012 version … but if any of you haven’t been to a South by Southwest yet, and you have the opportunity to do so, it’s an amazing experience, and I highly recommend [...]

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Sonic Boom 2011 – Set Times

September 2, 2011

There’s been a lot of wondering about when we’d get confirmed set times for Sunday’s Sonic Boom 2011 modern rock music festival … the wondering is now over, my friends. Just in time for you to schedule your day, here they are … don’t forget to say hi if you see me at the show! 11:00 [...]

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Sonic Boom 2011 – Cee-Lo Out; Autistics In

September 2, 2011

We’re just getting word now that Cee-Lo Green has a herniated disc, and will be unable to make his scheduled appearance at the Sonic Boom 2011 modern rock music festival on Sunday, September 4. Replacing him will be local band (but not for much longer) made good Christian Hansen and the Autistics. The lineup will [...]

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Jane’s Addiction Played Koko in London Last Night; Apparently In Fine Form

August 31, 2011

So it looks like all that worrying was for naught; after canceling their two sets at Reading and Leeds on the weekend, Jane’s Addiction show last night – at Koko in London – went off without a hitch. I honestly was thinking we wouldn’t get to see Jane’s Addiction at Sonic Boom 2011, but it [...]

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Sonic Boom – Perry Farrell Loses Voice / What Happens If Jane’s Addiction Can’t Go On?

August 30, 2011

I was reading with interest tweets and articles from yesterday that noted Jane’s Addiction – set to headline this weekend’s Sonic Boom festival here in Edmonton – were forced to cancel their Reading and Leeds sets on the weekend. Apparently lead singer Perry Farrell was feeling under the weather and prescribed some medication and told [...]

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Folk Fest Bluescreens

June 1, 2011

Tickets for Edmonton’s biggest music festival of the year – the Edmonton Folk Music Festival – went on sale this morning, and within two hours weekend passes were sold out, setting a new record for the event – but not without some hiccups.

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Coachella Double Shot In 2012

May 31, 2011

Today’s other big music news is that Coachella will be held over two weekends starting in 2012. The same lineup (or damned close, there’s likely to be some differences due to scheduling) will be featured each weekend, and in fact, Coachella wants “to produce two identical festival weekends”. I can see the logic, as they sold [...]