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Antibalas Up+Dt Festival, Edmonton AB, October 6 Published Oct 07, 2018We've all been at a party starting to wane around 3 or 4 a.m. when some party doctor puts Fela Kuti's "Roforofo Fight" on and injects pure e...
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Thao Up+Dt Festival, Edmonton AB, October 6 Published Oct 07, 2018There's a strange tradeoff to indie rock shows hosted in churches. There's a rarefied atmosphere that makes these shows distinctly more inti...
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Common Holly Up+Dt Festival, Edmonton AB, October 6 Published Oct 07, 2018There are a few things worth contemplating when sitting in a church. Why did the Flintstones celebrate Christmas? When concerts are in churc...
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Destroyer Up+Dt Festival, Edmonton AB, October 5 Published Oct 06, 2018The capacity crowd seemed more determined to enjoy themselves than Destroyer's Dan Bejar as he took the stage for a solo appearance at Up+Dt...
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Jonathan Richman Up+Dt Festival, Edmonton AB, October 5 Published Oct 06, 2018The unvarnished charm that Jonathan Richman exuded during his performance at Up+Dt Festival was enough to vaporize any trace of pretence and...
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Switches Downtown Edmonton Community League (DECL), Edmonton AB, October 9 Published Oct 10, 2016Local Edmonton favourites Switches played a packed, all-ages community league office Sunday night (October 9), getting the audience moving t...
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Tennyson Starlite Room, Edmonton AB, October 9 Published Oct 10, 2016Back home for Thanksgiving after playing Austin City Limits and a date supporting M83, brother-sister duo Tennyson treated Edmonton to a liv...
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White Lung The Needle Vinyl Tavern, Edmonton AB, October 8 Published Oct 09, 2016With the Saturday night (October 8) of Up+Downtown Music Festival providing many options for concertgoers in Edmonton, none would be as loud...
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Tropic Harbour Michael Phair Park, Edmonton AB, October 8 Published Oct 09, 2016"We're called Tropic Harbour, which is appropriately named for this weather." Playing outside when winter starts to threaten in Edmonton...
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Dri Hiev Bohemia, Edmonton AB, October 7 Published Oct 08, 2016Calgary post-punk-noise mainstays Dri Hiev played a late Friday night (October 7) set in support of their third EP, Place to Live. The crowd...
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Basia Bulat / Oh Pep! Winspear Centre, Edmonton AB, October 7 Published Oct 08, 2016"There's something about playing this archaic instrument in one of the most modern buildings I've ever been in," said Basia Bulat, in refere...