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Edmonton’s Mark Davis makes Polaris Prize long list
Where was Edmonton’s Mark Davis when he found out his 2011 effort, Eliminate the Toxins, made the Polaris Music Prize’s long list of 40 albums? At home. In his blue-and-green tartan house coat....
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Edmonton’s Cadence Weapon makes Polaris shortlist
Edmonton’s former poet laureate Cadence Weapon is one of 10 artists to make this year’s Polaris Music Prize shortlist for best Canadian album. His electro/hip-hop effort, Hope In Dirt City, is up...
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Gigs: A.C. Newman, Cadence Weapon, Cuff The Duke/Jenn Grant,...
* Head Pornographer A.C. Newman is releasing his third solo album … and embarking on a tour of North America. We’re not yet sure of the title or release date, but he’ll play Monday, Nov. 5 at The...
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No. 1 for Corb Lund
Corb Lund might be the first Edmonton artist to hit No. 1 on the Nielsen Soundscan sales charts in Canada. The urban cowboy sold more than 5,000 CDs and digital copies of Cabin Fever during the week...
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Ex-capades: Peace, Cadence Weapon, Purity Ring, Mac DeMarco, Shuyler Jansen
Here’s a rundown of what some of Edmonton’s former musical residents are up to: * Vancouver’s Peace, featuring expats Dan Geddes and Connor Mayer, are releasing their second post-punk album, The World...
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Ex-capades: Mac DeMarco makes his mark as the Dali of lo-fi rock
“I’m just paying for an oil change,” says Mac DeMarco, as he answers his cellphone from a Montreal garage. The rocker is getting his “soccer mom-style” Volvo station wagon ready for a trek across...
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Lund, Purity Ring, Cadence Weapon nominated for Indies
Edmonton cowboy Corb Lund and northern Alberta’s High Valley are up for Country Artist or Group of the Year at the 2013 SiriusXM Indie Awards. Two expat acts, electro-pop duo Purity Ring and Cadence...
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One Way State releases video, heads to CMW — along with a good chunk of...
One Way State – Riot (Midnight War) *Official Video* from One Way State on Vimeo. One Way State might not exactly incite an uprising with their latest video, Riot (Midnight War) — unless the images of...
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Collect records, Clean Up Your Act, Cadence and Shout Out on a bus
Edmonton Music Collectors Show: SUNDAY Saturday, April 21, at the Central Lions Seniors Recreation Centre, 11113 113 St. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $10 for the first hour, $5 from 11 a.m....
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Double the Shout Out
Want to perform a new song with Shout Out Out Out Out? Edmonton’s electro heroes are shooting a video for the yet-to-be-titled track at a secret location on Thursday, May 16. The venture is part of...
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Ex-capades: Getting real with Cadence Weapon
Edmonton’s former poet laureate Cadence Weapon has just fired off a new track, When It’s Real, with extra ammunition provided by soul singer Jarrell Perry. These days, the expat rapper spends much of...
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Sixteen years of Top 10s: 1999 – 2014
As a potentially embarrassing exercise, I thought I’d go through all my best-of album lists since I started working at the Journal. (Jan. 4, 1999, to be precise.) They’re not as bad as I thought —...
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Sweet '16: Kanye, RiRi, G N' R and Minstrels on Speed top our look at the...
Who’s releasing new albums in 2016? Who’s reuniting? What musical trends/songs/hoaxes can we expect to consume our days? Here’s our look at the year ahead — complete with five predictions that are...
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Rollie Pemberton narrates harrowing portrait of young workforce for Vice TV
Hip-hop artists to rig pigs, webcam girls to young funeral directors. Some Millennials barely scrape by; others thrive, grabbing for Likes, tossed Loonies and serious paper. Rollie Pemberton is...
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Q&A with Cadence Weapon: Song title Oliver Square now tastes sour
It’s been a few years since rapper Cadence Weapon (aka Rollie Pemberton) has called Edmonton his home, but he still keeps up on matters in the city of his birth. Like the debate that began in late...
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Ex-capades: Peace, Cadence Weapon, Purity Ring, Mac DeMarco, Shuyler Jansen
Here’s a rundown of what some of Edmonton’s former musical residents are up to: * Vancouver’s Peace, featuring expats Dan Geddes and Connor Mayer, are releasing their second post-punk album, The World...
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Sixteen years of Top 10s: 1999 – 2014
As a potentially embarrassing exercise, I thought I’d go through all my best-of album lists since I started working at the Journal. (Jan. 4, 1999, to be precise.) They’re not as bad as I thought —...
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