New festival takes over Merritt Mountain grounds

The Merritt Mountain Music Festival had a long successful run, and while there may be no more country music headliners gracing the stages on the beautiful hills in Merritt another festival has laid claim to the area—on the complete opposite end of the genre spectrum.
Electric Mountain Music Festival is the new festival taking over the [...]

“Maya” weird and wonderful

If you’re looking for an album with meaning, quirk and addictive sound, check out the newest release from M.I.A, Maya.
The album already made headlines earlier this year, thanks to a shocking music video to the track “Born Free” directed by Romain Gavras, portraying United States military officials rounding up a bus load of redheads and [...]

Cardona lighthearted and forgettable

There’s a specific sound coming from the Canadian folk rock scene—there must be something in the water here that affects vocal chords and songwriting ability.
That’s not to say that what’s coming out is bad, it’s all just very similar. Take the Windsor, Ont. folk rock band Michou, a quartet of good, soulful Canadian boys.
Michou’s [...]

Krafty Kuts takes Mackdaddy’s by storm

Sun Peaks is really making a name for itself. Thanks to local promoters and Club Mackdaddy’s, the night scene has really picked up, such as in the case of last month’s Krafty Kuts show.
The evening of June 27 was a hit to say the least. Opened by Kamloops DJs Van Tek and Kudos, the night [...]

Old rockers never die

There’s nothing like a little nostalgia to draw a full house at General Motors Place in Vancouver.
Nostalgia is exactly what draws Tom Petty fans to keep returning to his concerts. I know I’m not the only kid raised on Full Moon Fever or the Traveling Wilburys’ Volume I. Tom Petty has released so many great [...]

Get ready for music festival season

Summer is here and with it comes another season of music festival fun. Pack your tents, load the cooler and make your way over to a festival near you.
B.C. is full of music festivals. Depending on your choice of music, atmosphere or activities, there’s a music festival that will meet most of your musical needs. [...]

Rudd adds new members, lightens sound

Singer-songwriter Xavier Rudd takes it up yet another notch with his new album Koonyum Sun, showing he’s a truly progressive artist who knows how to use the best of the old and new.
The new album features new band members Tio Moloantoa on bass and Andile Nqubezelo on percussion, and this funky new combination—completing the new [...]

A real Canadian rock band

Move the furniture out of the way, it’s time to rock out . . . to Old Crows/Young Cardinals.
Released June 2009, Old Crows/Young Cardinals is the fourth release from Canadian post hardcore band Alexisonfire. The five-piece band, including Canadian heartthrob Dallas Green (City and Colour), has a uniquely wonderful way of balancing heavy atmospheric hard [...]

Billy Talent show too tame for fame

Music aside, the Alexisonfire/Billy Talent concert at Interior Savings Centre March 6 left something to be desired.
Maybe it had to do with the fact that it was an all ages audience at a popular punk band show, or something to do with the space of Interior Savings Centre itself. It felt a little awkward in [...]

From the weird to the wonderful

With the Grammy Awards over, new rumours and wacky release announcements begin to make their way across North America.
Three artists I found particularly interesting involved Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of the late Kurt Cobain from Nirvana and Courtney Love from Hole; a new collaboration between Tool guitarist Adam Jones and King Crimson founder and guitarist [...]

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