MARK MILLS
KICK OUT THE DANCE PARTY As soon as we sit down for an afternoon interview at 510, Mark Mills pulls out a bag of misshapen treats. “Raw treats with coconut […]
Category Archives: AB MUSIC
THE BOXER REBELLION
KEEPING IT DIY TO THE END British indie rock heavyweights The Boxer Rebellion are a band best known for their epic but melancholic song catalogue, which relies substantially upon post-rock […]
CPO’S MASTERWORKS: THE PLANETS
IN SPACE, NO ONE CAN HEAR YOUR HYPER-ACCORDION The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra has never shied away from playing popular contemporary music, but the ensemble’s recent performances have given Calgarians proof […]
GHOST THROATS
CELEBRATING POST-HARDCORE AND DIY ETHICS ACROSS CANADA Cultivating and nurturing a genre such as post-hardcore isn’t necessarily a walk in the park. “Ghost Throats is a festival for music we […]
HIGHKICKS
THEIR BAND, OUR JUICE The HighKicks haven’t had much of an opportunity to be underdogs in town. They came blasting out of the gates in the fall of 2011, steadily […]
KYLESA
A KICK IN THE MOUTH FROM THE SOUTH Two years may not seem like a long time, but for Savannah, Georgia-based psychedelic sludge titans Kylesa, the nearly two-year gap since […]
SHRED KELLY
“STOKE-FOLK” CHOREOGRAPHS A MISTY MOUNTAIN HOP FOR THE KOOTENAYS As the legendary surf philosopher Jeff Spicoli once expounded, “All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I’m […]
HOT PLAINS MUSIC FEST
A BUDDING NEW FESTIVAL After a hiatus of organizing and promoting shows, Aaron Getz began planning a little gig for the band The Wet Secrets. He approached Wunderbar and discovered […]
RALEIGH
INDIE FOLK TRIO TURNS UP THE COMPLEXITY ON THEIR SONGS Raleigh exists as key elements in the current fabric of Calgary’s music community. I was first introduced to the musical […]
PSYCHIC ALLIANCE
TERRORIZING THEIR AUDIENCES “At that point, I began to fear for my life. The Psychic Alliance were clearly an insane religious cult and had probably spiked everyone’s drink with MDMA […]
