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 | C-JAZZ AND THE CALGARY JAZZ FESTIVALAndrew R. MottIn order to get to know a bit more about the Calgary Jazz Festival (CJF), BeatRoute took a trip out of its office in the basement of the corner of 11 Ave and 4 St SW and went... Read MoreContinue reading C-JAZZ AND THE CALGARY JAZZ FESTIVAL |
 | CALGARY JAZZ FEST BANDSAndrew R. MottWith over 200 musicians playing in more than 70 distinct sets — and that's not counting impromptu, improvised sessions after hours in venues and houses — the C... Read MoreContinue reading CALGARY JAZZ FEST BANDS |
 | DRIP AUDIO NIGHTSWhitney OtaDrip Audio is a record label that was started in 2005 and is based just north of Vancouver featuring new music described by founder Jesse Zubot as “a home for recordings... Read MoreContinue reading DRIP AUDIO NIGHTS |
 | HARD DRUGSClinton HallahanIf Hard Drugs (the band) were a hard drug (a substance), which would they be? Based on their eponymous alt. country rock opera, it would likely be a cocktail – the... Read MoreContinue reading HARD DRUGS |
 | SLED ISLAND: BOX ELDERSPaul LawtonSometimes all it takes is one really, really good single to get the ball rolling. Way back in the summer of 2008, Omaha, Nebraska brothers Jeremiah and Clayton McIntyre... Read MoreContinue reading SLED ISLAND: BOX ELDERS |
 | SLED ISLAND: EL MARIACHI DEL BRONXVanessa GillardWhen one thinks about a band like L.A. hardcore punks the Bronx, sombreros, hefty mustaches, little coats and Mexican culture don’t exactly spring to mind. After all,... Read MoreContinue reading SLED ISLAND: EL MARIACHI DEL BRONX |
 | SLED ISLAND: LES SAVY FAVSebastian BuzzalinoDrawing equally from two of the city's music traditions, New York's Les Savy Fav straddle the tough-guy swagger of New York hardcore punk and boundary-busting art rock. Led by... Read MoreContinue reading SLED ISLAND: LES SAVY FAV |
 | SLED ISLAND: NICE NICEDevin FriesenA two-piece from Portland, Oregon, Nice Nice have been conjuring bizarrely infectious music since 1999. Jason Buehler and Mark Shirazi, the two men who make up Nice Nice,... Read MoreContinue reading SLED ISLAND: NICE NICE |
 | SLED ISLAND: NOMEANSNOSpencer Brown
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 | SLED ISLAND: NORTH OF AMERICASpencer Brown
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 | SLED ISLAND: PAST LIVESVanessa GillardPicking up pieces of sounds and scenes from a previous Seattle sextet, Blood Brothers, four members of the band brought experimental leanings and both raw and melodic guitar... Read MoreContinue reading SLED ISLAND: PAST LIVES |
 | SLED ISLAND: RAH RAHVeronica LawrenceWhen Regina band Rah Rah hits Calgary for Sled Island this summer, come prepared with Skittles and Fun Dip… or else. “Bring candy and confetti and... Read MoreContinue reading SLED ISLAND: RAH RAH |
 | SLED ISLAND: SO COWDevin FriesenSo Cow is the musical project of Brian Kelly, a young man from Tuam, Ireland. Kelly has spent the last several years writing punchy indie rock songs across the globe, from... Read MoreContinue reading SLED ISLAND: SO COW |
 | SLED ISLAND: TYVEKPaul LawtonTyvek are one of the key bands in the current lo-fi garage-punk movement. Their multiple CD-R releases, slew of classic 7” singles and multiple LPs released over the last... Read MoreContinue reading SLED ISLAND: TYVEK |
 | SLED ISLAND: WHY?Sebastian BuzzalinoThe anticon. collective, clustered around the Oakland, CA, label of the same name, shares, amongst other things, a drive to do for hip-hop what post-rock did for rock ‘n'... Read MoreContinue reading SLED ISLAND: WHY? |
 | SUMMER FESTIVAL GUIDETeam BeatRouteMusic Waste Vancouver, BC June 2-5 Boasting a list of over 100 innovative and avant-garde bands, Music Waste is... Read MoreContinue reading SUMMER FESTIVAL GUIDE |
 | ZAKARY PASHAKSebastian BuzzalinoToo often, it seems like the only people who willingly stay in Calgary during their adult years are those who are in it for the money: those who work in the oil and gas... Read MoreContinue reading ZAKARY PASHAK |