Calgary

CUFF Review: 'Los Reyes' Tells a True-Life Shaggy Dog Tale That'll Warm Hearts

Directed by Bettina Perut and Iván Osnovikoff

PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2019

In looking at Los Reyes, a story of a couple of strays, it's tough not to think about the lived conditions of capitalism. People keep movin...

The Wonder Years / Tigers Jaw / Tiny Moving Parts

MacEwan Ballroom, Calgary AB, May 28

PUBLISHED May 29, 2018

It's been a couple albums since the Wonder Years last set foot on the Canadian prairies, and with only one stop in Calgary, it's no surpris...

Senses Fail / Sharptooth

Gateway, Calgary AB, May 27

PUBLISHED May 28, 2018

The post-hardcore / emo / screamo boom that put Senses Fail on the map in the mid-2000s might be over, but a small and mostly dedicated cro...

Cancer Bats

Dickens Pub, Calgary AB, May 16

PUBLISHED May 17, 2018

A nearly soldout crowd crammed into Dickens Pub to see one of Canada's most beloved heavy bands celebrate the ten-year anniversary of their...

The Bronx

Dickens Pub, Calgary AB, April 5

PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2018

Excellent punk shows are supposed to be loud, sweaty and intimate, which is exactly what the Bronx delivered to the huge crowd at Dickens P...

Miesha & the Spanks' Seven Favourite Places in Calgary

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2018

Miesha & the Spanks are the Calgary-based guitar-and-drums duo of Miesha Louie and Sean Hamilton. Their latest riff-rock effort, Girls Girl...

Belvedere / Downway

Dickens Pub, Calgary AB, March 10

PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2018

If you went to punk shows between the mid-'90s and early '00s in Calgary, you probably remember Belvedere and Downway, two local skate-punk...

Iron Chic / Off With Their Heads / Mobina Galore / the Allovers

Nite Owl, Calgary AB, November 26

PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2017

When it comes to self-deprecating punk rock, few bands do it better than Iron Chic and Off With Their Heads — so perhaps it was only time b...