BIG BUSINESS
TAKING CONTROL OF THEIR OWN LIVES As a result of the robust decline of the physical music industry, underground acts are constantly working to find ways to sustain their marginal […]
Monthly Archives: December 2012
SARAH TROY
OFFERS MUSICIANS SOME GOOD ADVICE Sarah Troy is an artist from Bragg Creek who has been recognized as a performer for about nine years, which is quite remarkable given that […]
ENERGETIC ACTION
YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOURSELF TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF YOURSELF Edmonton post-punk mavens Energetic Action take motions and make them into sounds: a simple conversion of energies born out […]
AVATAR
ICELAND INVADES CALGARY FOR THE HIGH PERFORMANCE RODEO Calgary can look forward to a different kind of chinook this January. Starting January 3, the High Performance Rodeo is presenting the […]
SING IT FORWARD
GREAT MUSIC FOR A GREAT CAUSE “For me, music lessons were a big part of growing up,” says David Vertesi, describing the array of singing, piano, and musical theatre lessons […]
SHITTY NEIGHBOURS
DROP THE BOMB You just scored a dream apartment, and on your first night in your new place your sleep is shattered at 4 a.m. thanks to the throbbing speaker […]
BEATROUTE BC FILM EDITOR’S BEST FILMS OF 2012
1) Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino could have easily just rested on his laurels after 2009’s incomparably incredible Inglourious Basterds. However, proving once again why he’s the most exciting working […]
OUR LAST CRUSADE
MATURING MAD MEN Being a member of a functioning band is not an easy thing. Along the sweet glory of playing in front of a crowd and jamming with your […]
METAL CALGARY: JANUARY 2013
LORD NELSON’S BAR & GRILL Alright, I confess. While the following opinion has been completely flipped, early in my Calgary bar exploring days, I disliked Lord Nelson’s Bar & Grill. […]
SUBCULTURE: JANUARY 2013
If you’re reading this, congratulations! You have survived the Mayan calendar end-of-the-world supposed apocalypse. Christ consumer mass and all the bollocks associated with organized religion and the corporate calendar New […]
