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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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LIVE! (With Pics) – The Wooden Sky / Sunparlour Players at Pawn Shop / Remaining Itinerary

April 16, 2012

First off, my apologies to the opening band Van Funk & the Lebarons. It took a lot longer to get parking than I had figured, so I missed their first couple of songs, and thus the window of opportunity for taking photos of them. They probably wouldn’t have minded anyways, but rules are rules after [...]

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LIVE! John K. Samson (with Pictures!) / Remaining Tour Dates

April 2, 2012

You know what it’s like to be in a theatre that’s completely silent except for one musician on stage. Yeh, that. I hadn’t been to a show for a while until last night, so I was pretty excited to get to see John K. Samson after hearing his new record, and I wasn’t disappointed. Nobody [...]

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LIVE! Library Voices / Doug Hoyer / The Fight at Pawnshop (PICS!)

January 30, 2012

Photos by Aaron Vanimere / Words by New Music Michael Last weekend Library Voices were in town. I mean, you obviously knew that if you’re a regular reader, or follow me on twitter – or hell, just about any local music fanatics you follow on twitter. But yeh, it’s true. And, lucky for us, photographer [...]

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2011’s Five Most Magical Moments In Live Music

December 5, 2011

It has been an insane year for live concerts. I bitch and moan about bands not travelling to Edmonton as much as I’d like, and yet I still got to see more than my share of shows – in fact, as of today, I’ve seen 168 different live bands perform in 2011, with a total [...]

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LIVE! Slow Down Molasses / Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra / Doug Hoyer at Haven Social Club (Pics!)

November 29, 2011

It was a very long weekend. And not in the good way. I was in an all day workshop Friday AND Saturday, working towards my accounting designation, so by the time that finished on Saturday afternoon, even with a beer and a half after its conclusion, I was still pretty exhausted. But there was no [...]

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LIVE! Elliott Brood at Starlite Room (Pics & Dates)

November 18, 2011

The other day (the tour announcement for In Medias Res, in fact) was the 1,000th post on New Music Michael. In those 1,000 posts I’ve talked about a lot of bands. I’ve streamed a lot of music. And videos. And done photo posts for any number of bands. In any number of genres. And I’ve [...]