Articles by Jibril Yassin

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  The Velveteins

  A Hot Second With The Velveteins

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2015

  For Edmonton act the Velveteins, naming their record A Hot Second With The Velveteins and heading to Nashville to record it was a bold move...

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  JEFF the Brotherhood / Bully / The Lad Mags

  The Pawn Shop, Edmonton AB, April 6

  PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2015

  Whether it was playing first on a Monday night bill or having sound issues taking time to sort themselves out, Edmonton's Lad Mags took a l...

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  Faith Healer

  Cosmic Troubles

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2015

  Cosmic Troubles, the second solo album to arrive from Jessica Jalbert and first under her new moniker Faith Healer, is an appropriate title...

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  The Go! Team

  The Scene Between

  PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2015

  The Go! Team have long been a band obsessed with making gleeful noise. 2004's debut Thunder, Lightning, Strike set a blueprint for the band...

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  Quarterbacks

  Quarterbacks

  PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2015

  New Jersey band Quarterbacks write songs entirely about girls and play a catchy brand of twee punk. Their self-titled debut album poses a q...

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  The Tragically Hip

  Rexall Place, Edmonton AB, February 12

  PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2015

  How is it that after 30 years, the Tragically Hip are a band still operating on all cylinders, playing to large hockey rinks and holding th...

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  The Rural Alberta Advantage

  Starlite Room, Edmonton AB, October 20

  PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2014

  It was Rural Alberta Advantage frontman Nils Edenloff's birthday. His band had just come off performing to a sold out crowd in Edmonton a f...

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  Sloan

  Dinwoodie Lounge, Edmonton AB, October 16

  PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2014

  There are a lot of interesting things to note about Sloan in 2014. For one, the Toronto-by-way-of-Halifax pop group might be one of the few...