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High Performance Rodeo 2015: Chelsea Hotel: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen
By Sarah Kitteringham Steve Charles and Lauren Bowler in Chelsea Hotel.Photo: David Cooper Trapped in a magical sideshow CALGARY — “It’s written on the walls of this hotel. You go to heaven once you’ve...
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High Performance Rodeo 2015: The Walrus Talks Vice
By Sebastian Buzzalino CALGARY — Chuck Klosterman once wrote an essay about the ridiculousness of “guilty pleasures.” People usually use the term “guilty pleasure” to categorize their consumption of...
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High Performance Rodeo 2015: The Keith Richards One Woman Show
By Jennie Orton Deanna Jones in The Keith Richards One Woman Show. Becoming the pirate junkie CALGARY — When I was 11 years old I put on my parents’ vinyl copy of The Beatles’ Abbey Road, and while the...
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High Performance Rodeo 2015: Mump & Smoot
By Lisa Wilton Photo: Gary Mulcahey The Clowns of Horror return CALGARY — John Turner has made a pretty decent career out of something he originally thought was a ‘stupid idea.’ “I didn’t want to be a...
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High Performance Rodeo 2015: Untitled Feminist Show
By Pamela Haskell Powerful and comfortable in their skins CALGARY — Was it only a year ago that the title Untitled Feminist Show would have seemed uncontroversial? Provocative and humourous perhaps,...
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High Performance Rodeo 2015: Tanya Tagaq
By Sebastian Buzzalino Tanya Tagaq will perform a live soundtrack to Nanook of the North at the Boyce Theatre Jan. 17 as part of this year’s High Performance Rodeo.Photo: Ivan Otis Reclaiming the north...
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Death From Above 1979: Back into the physical world
By Sebastian Buzzalino Toronto’s loudest duo Death From Above 1979 return from the ashes with a new record every bit as vicious and vital as their first. VANCOUVER — Death From Above 1979 is, by all...
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High Performance Rodeo 2015: Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story
By Sara Elizabeth Taylor Beau Dixon stars in one-man show Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story.Photo: Clifford Skarstedt Exploring one man’s heroic act of courage and bravery CALGARY — On...
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Viet Cong: Allies advance, the future unknown
By Nick Laugher Photo: Ryan Walter Wagner CALGARY — There are times when achieving any amount of recognition or notoriety in the wild and disparate landscape of music is so arduous and slow-going, it’s...
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Illinois comedian Hannibal Buress hates tango dancers
By Maya-Roisin Slater When BeatRoute joked with comedian Hannibal Buress, coming to Vancouver Feb. 18, about the proposed headline planned for him during the interview, he replied, “Then I’ll be...
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Humans: The next step in evolution
By Kaelan Unrau Vancouver dance floor favourites Humans ditch the guitars and go full blown electronic on new album Noontide.Photo: Lauren D. Zbarsky VANCOUVER — It’s a Thursday night at American...
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Epic art exhibition Oh, Canada is a gripping experience
By Jodi Egan CALGARY — Calgarians are finally getting the chance to see some real Canadian art in an honest-to-god museum that doesn’t include fur trappers and pioneer travellers traversing the...
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Vancouver hometown heroes the Isotopes set their sights on the big leagues
By Spencer Brown Baseball punks the Isotopes knock one outta the park.Photo: SHIMON VANCOUVER — Surprisingly, the world’s best baseball punk band, Vancouver’s the Isotopes, has found a great reception...
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A bold new star is born: Kiesza’s viral roar of success
By Colin Gallant “It’s funny how you work your whole life for an overnight success.” – Kiesza CALGARY — Braids. Viet Cong. Kiesza? When Calgarian artists break out internationally, they don’t usually...
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Levitation Vancouver performers The Black Angels deliver a new music festival...
By Sebastian Buzzalino VANCOUVER — As the North American landscape for festivals becomes ever more cluttered, a tension between monolithic, corporate-festooned mega-events and tightly curated,...
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The HiFi Club turns 10: A chat with Smalltown DJs’ Pete Emes
By B. Simm CALGARY — Smalltown DJs Mike Grimes and Pete Emes’ origins date back to 1999 when Hai Karate had a weekly residence at the infamous night gallery. Since then they’ve taken the show on the...
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In Music We Trust: The HiFi Club turns 10
By B. Simm Sarmad Rizvi CALGARY — Anyone who has wandered through the pages of Last Night A DJ Saved My Life and Altered State: The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House, certainly has an enlightened...
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Vancouver punks BRASS bring a bright side to violence
By Alex Molten Forget the punk aesthetic, BRASS are having too much fun being jovial shitheads.Photo: Ellyse Anderson VANCOUVER — “I’ve been taking way too many head wounds at shows lately,” muses...
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BeatRoute Presents: The 2015 Swimsuit Issue
Photos: Ellyse Anderson Styling: Candice Ho-Lem Hair and Makeup: Win Liu of Lizbell Agency using MAC Cosmetics June edition cover darlings BRASS. They’ll be playing the Astoria June 12.Photo: Ellyse...
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Your sonic Sherpa awaits: In conversation with Sled Island executive director...
By Christine Leonard Sled Island executive director Maud Salvi.Photo: Courtesy of Sled Island CALGARY — Ol’ Rosebud couldn’t hold a candle to the thrill and wonder Calgary’s annual Sled Island bestows...
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