Tag Archives: Calgary

Omarandthebear – Some Songs

Here in the prairies, winter fades but is never gone. Snow clouds hang dark and low over these songs, plump and bruised. Even as the summer breaks hot and dry, Oliver Thiessen does not so much look away from the … Continue reading

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Cold Water – Wolf Willow b/w Buffalo Beans

Kevin Stebner calls the new incarnation of his bedroom gruff-folk project Cold Water “country”, but don’t mistake this for any faux-rural CMT-esque bullshit: Stebner is busy singing about our country. And, unlike the bombast and furor of his Canadiana post-hardcore … Continue reading

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Kris Ellestad – Live at the Engineered Air Theatre

One hell of a live recording, taken almost one year ago in May 2012. He is a transfixing force, a dark timbre with astrong pop sensibility. He is a master of dynamic: the bombastic tide and chirping backup vocals of … Continue reading

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ARGUE JOB’S BEST OF 2012

With great difficulty I limited this list to only 20 Canadian entries, all of which have corresponding arguejob.com posts from sometime this year. It was another brilliant year for Canadian music. Thanks for reading, friends of our radio show, The … Continue reading

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OLD UGLY’s Christmas With Friends

Looking for those eggnog head nod yule log sounds? Let them tap on your drummerboy eardrums by way of OLD UGLY & friends’ 3rd annual xmas comp.

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