Articles by Levi Manchak

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  Aloe Blacc

  Interstellar Rodeo, Edmonton AB, July 26

  PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2019

  When Aloe Blacc steps on a stage, he doesn't fail to impress. A polished professional with no jagged edges, Blacc looked and sounded flawle...

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  Kinnie Starr

  Interstellar Rodeo, Edmonton AB, July 26

  PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2019

  There's no possible way that Kinnie Starr's performance could fit into a standard issue live review. In front of a stage being changed over...

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  Sharon Van Etten

  Interstellar Rodeo, Edmonton AB, July 26

  PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2019

  Sharon Van Etten is having a stellar year. Her album, Remind Me Tomorrow, is spectacular and has lead her to appear on daytime and late nig...

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  Iceage / Nadah El Shazly / Rhythm of Cruelty

  Temple, Edmonton, May 2

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2019

  Being good-looking, young, and angry will never go out of style. Iceage have brandished that attitude better than most throughout their exi...

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  Fat White Family

  Serfs Up!

  PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2019

  Either in spite of, or because of, their legendary dysfunction, Fat White Family have an ability like no other group to straddle cynicism a...

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  TEEN

  Good Fruit

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2019

  TEEN's fourth album, Good Fruit, finds the Lieberson sisters — Teeny, Lizzie and Katherine — staring into a foggy mirror, reflecting on fem...

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  The Courtneys

  The Buckingham, Edmonton AB, January 24

  PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2019

  There's no artifice, no posing and no attitude when the Courtneys play — their earnest simplicity and catchy songs are what make them so ch...

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  The Dirty Nil

  Temple, Edmonton AB, November 1

  PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2018

  There's a fine line in rock'n'roll that exists somewhere just before the point of over-the-top where it reaches its purest, unkempt beauty....