The Dudes highlight Alberta Culture Days
Samantha Savage Smith also provides a spark Simon Tottrup Contributor It has become increasingly apparent that the only people who assume Calgary has no culture are the ones who aren’t living here...
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Sled Island: Bend Sinister, The Dudes, Sloth Records poster show
Sled Island kicked off on June 19 with a poster show at Sloth Records, while Bend Sinister and The Dudes rocked the Commonwealth Bar & Stage. Photos: Nathan Ross
Sledding for the first time
A Sled Island survival guide for beginners Samara Hawkins Staff Writer Way back in 2007, a little festival began in Calgary. Six years later, Sled Island has grown to host 200 bands...
Noise 101: CD Reviews for Mar. 8
BA Johnston Hi Dudes! Just Friends Records Hamilton songwriter BA Johnston, famous for his wild onstage antics including performing in the girls’ bathroom, dancing atop the bar, and blasting snot-rockets all over the...
Play this: Jack’s Road
by Lynne Hogan The Reflector Influenced by the writings of the 1950’s Beat generation, alcoholism, and Calgary band The Dudes, songwriter Conrad Marion wrote “Jack’s Road,” his first original song. Written when surfacing from...
I went to the Legion, you should too
More than just ‘old people, dart boards and draft beer’ By Kelsey Hipkin I had heard of Calgary’s Legion No.1, friends had told me about various music shows they had been to there but I...
Sled Island: Monotonix goes absolutely ballistic
Monotonix, a band of three sweaty, barely clothed and extremely hairy Israeli dudes can be summarized in one word: insane. Don’t believe it? First, check out these photos taken by Reflector photographers Erin Lough...
Sled Island: Dude going it alone
Being in the band that rules the Calgary indie-rock scene isn’t enough for Bob Quaschnick, the Dudes’ guitarist — he wants to prove he can go it alone, too. Quaschnick, one of the creative...
