Up + Downtown Festival

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  Moon King

  Starlite Room, Edmonton AB, October 10

  PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2015

  Moon King got off on the right note as they started off with the sounds of "Apocalypse," a slow build-up of soft guitar that exploded into...

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  Sóley

  DECL Office, Edmonton AB, October 9

  PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2015

  After a mix-up with the festival schedule that left Sóley Stefánsdóttir without a solo set, the former member of Icelandic supergroup Seabe...

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  D.O.A.

  Brixx Bar and Grill, Edmonton AB, October 9

  PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2015

  For weeks, it had been billed as "D.O.A. Performing Hardcore '81" but it ended up being a bit of a misnomer. Rather than playing that landm...

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  Pétur Ben

  DECL Office, Edmonton AB, October 9

  PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2015

  "These songs... they're all depressing but in Iceland, that's really hot" joked Pétur Ben at the beginning of his set. With only an acousti...

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  Jom Comyn

  DECL Office, Edmonton AB, October 9

  PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2015

  While being the sole artist on the bill not to hail from Iceland, Edmonton's Jom Comyn (aka Jim Cuming) has built up a well of goodwill tha...

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  Snorri Helgason

  DECL Office, Edmonton AB, October 9

  PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2015

  Earlier this year, several Edmonton musicians travelled over to Iceland as part of a cultural exchange, collaborating with musicians and pe...

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  Ryan Hemsworth

  Huntridge Stage, Las Vegas NV, October 26

  PUBLISHED Oct 27, 2014

  Anyone looking for a sense of what Ryan Hemsworth's forthcoming album might sound like was likely left scratching their head after the Hali...

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  Arctic Monkeys

  Downtown Stage, Las Vegas NV, October 26

  PUBLISHED Oct 27, 2014

  Ten years ago it was hard to imagine Arctic Monkeys breaking in America. So British was their worldview and the wave of hype behind them, t...