There are few local bands that make us giddier than 36? Especially when they have new music on…
Author: Mike Bell
Sled Island 2022: Getting to know Cardiograms
Another excellent Calgary band will take the stage tonight as part of Sled Island. The fantastic pop quartet…
Sled Island 2022: 5 to see for Thursday
You’re back? Does that mean you actually had a good opening night of Sled, perhaps enjoying some of…
Sled Island 2022: 5 to see on Wednesday
Pretend for a second you have just awoken from a, let’s say, three-year coma. Sure, you'll likely want…
Sled Island 2022: Getting to know Julius Sumner Miller
At the end of 2021 we put the spotlight on the best Calgary albums we heard from the…
Shane Ghostkeeper: Calgary alt-rock artist’s namesake band releases an album that’s true to his culture, search for the truth
It’s a good thing that Calgary songwriter Shane Ghostkeeper’s Northern Alberta uncles love pure country music. If they…
NYC no wave art icon Lydia Lunch keeps finding new ways and new means to challenge the status quo
If you recorded the first song you ever wrote live with your band Teenage Jesus & The Jerks…
5 Questions With Carter Felker: Drinking on the job while guided by his inner critic
Calgary songwriter Carter Felker’s new album, Even the Happy Ones are Sad, is a medley of moments snatched…
Dream-pop of Calgary’s Summer Bruises a soothing sonic salve
A start to a story that doesn’t usually end well. In fact, it’s usually followed by a missing…
Yves Jarvis undergoing ch-ch-ch-ch-changes with his jet-setting new album The Zug
Indulge me. One of the first sentences I was paid to write, almost 30 years ago, was one…