Virgin Fest: Dance/rap duo brings the thunder
Grahm Zilla believes a good way to gauge his latest project, Thunderheist, is to look at the hierarchy on festival flyers. “You can always tell how big you are by your font size,” says...
Tagged: Alberta
Mount Royal parkade contract awarded
Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund announced Tuesday that is has been awarded a $10-million contract to construct Mount Royal’s roughly $40 million, 1,200 stall parkade. The contract has been given to the organization’s Con-Force division,...
Folk Fest: Queen of the swamp
For the better part of 20 years, Kat Danser worked with people who were dying. Not exactly a cheery profession. Now, much of the heartfelt emotion poured into the 41-year-old’s performances comes directly from...
Governments grant $40M to build MRC Conservatory
The Alberta government has pledged $20 million towards the construction of the $60 million “state-of-the-art” Mount Royal Conservatory of Music and the federal government is willing to kick in the same amount if the...
Sled Island: The Pack A.D. ‘jalapeno cheese poppers good’
Gritty Vancouver garage band duo The Pack A.D. made their Sled Island debut Friday night. While this group may be extremely minimalist (with only drums, a guitar and some raspy vocals) their sound is...
Sled Island: Alberta’s beauty on display
The melodic, folksy harmonies of the Rural Alberta Advantage are born from a simple, basic idea: embracing the beauty of Alberta. According to Nils Edenloff, the band’s guitarist, keyboardist and singer, the concept for...
Sled Island: Woodpigeon soaring to new heights
After tons of time spent touring across Europe, Woodpigeon, led by Mark Andrew Hamilton return to a festival close the group’s heart. Hamilton recently spoke with The Reflector: Reflector: Woodpigeon is quite popular in...
Sled Island: Journey back in time with AMGC
Guitarist and vocalist Bob Keelaghan admits that much of the younger crowd known to grace Sled Island venues will be unfamiliar with the inspiration behind his music. In fact few of the people that...
Sled Island: Daily Guide — Thursday
Hopefully you have shaken off the hangover from Night 1 of Sled Island (or at least gotten re-drunk to rid yourself of that pesky headache) because Thursday night is action-packed to say the least....
Sled Island: Tigers on the prowl
Seamless integration and fluid, catchy melodies are likely the elements that stick out when first listening to Vancouver-based septet Fond of Tigers, however, guitarist and band leader Stephen Lyons admits that a great deal...
