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Dream-pop of Calgary’s Summer Bruises a soothing sonic salve

Dream-pop of Calgary’s Summer Bruises a soothing sonic salve

A start to a story that doesn’t usually end well. In fact, it’s usually followed by a missing person’s report and possibly a cross-Canada manhunt and standoff in a motel on the outskirts of town.
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Yves Jarvis experiments with his new album The Zug

Yves Jarvis undergoing ch-ch-ch-ch-changes with his jet-setting new album The Zug

Indulge me. One of the first sentences I was paid to write, almost 30 years ago, was one that kicked off a profile and interview with legendary guitarist and vocalist John Hammond, who was coming to town that week.
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Out of Exile: Calgary doom-metal act Mares of Thrace’s

Out of Exile: Calgary doom-metal act Mares of Thrace’s long-awaited return sounds like a seizure

Psst. Wake up. No, really, WAKE UP! If you need a shot of rhythm and blues to get you out of your spring rut, you ain’t finding it on the new Mares of Thrace album, The Exile, but if you want to roll over Beethoven and back up over him again, grinding gears and music into a sweet muddy pulp of wailing vocals riding the crest of walloping jackhammer rhythms, look no further.
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Fake Nice, Real Happy: Calgary artist Samantha Savage Smith

Fake Nice, Real Happy, Super Great: Calgary artist Samantha Savage Smith makes a confident and focussed return with her sensational third album

Don’t call it a sophomore slump. Call it a “turning point.” Samantha Savage Smith does. An important one. And while we’re at it, maybe call her new album, the extraordinarily wonderful, confident and bountiful third release Fake Nice a comeback. A welcome one.
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Block Heater: Five Artists to Start Your Engine

Block Heater: Five Artists to Start Your Engine

The seventh version of the Calgary folk fest’s winter sister, Block Heater, revs up live after last year’s all online event.
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Chinook Blast Warms the Core: Second year Calgary arts festival

Chinook Blast Warms the Core: Second year of downtown Calgary arts festival finds organizers adapting once more

We’re now at the point where we’ve moved on from the f-in’ “P”-word to the “A”-word or the “M”-word. We don’t p*vot, we adapt or we modify.
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Dark Days: Calgary songwriter Reuben Bullock finds himself in some drama

Dark Days: Calgary songwriter Reuben Bullock finds himself in some drama when all he wants to do is get back onstage

It’s an opening you’d be stupid not to take. Reaching Reuben Bullock at his temporary home in Joshua Tree, CA, he sounds a little frazzled, perhaps slightly overwhelmed.  Even the simple query of how’s it going is met with … something.
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