Articles by Levi Manchak

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  Common Holly

  Up+Dt Festival, Edmonton AB, October 6

  PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2018

  There are a few things worth contemplating when sitting in a church. Why did the Flintstones celebrate Christmas? When concerts are in chur...

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  Thao

  Up+Dt Festival, Edmonton AB, October 6

  PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2018

  There's a strange tradeoff to indie rock shows hosted in churches. There's a rarefied atmosphere that makes these shows distinctly more int...

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  Antibalas

  Up+Dt Festival, Edmonton AB, October 6

  PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2018

  We've all been at a party starting to wane around 3 or 4 a.m. when some party doctor puts Fela Kuti's "Roforofo Fight" on and injects pure...

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  Jonathan Richman

  Up+Dt Festival, Edmonton AB, October 5

  PUBLISHED Oct 6, 2018

  The unvarnished charm that Jonathan Richman exuded during his performance at Up+Dt Festival was enough to vaporize any trace of pretence an...

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  Destroyer

  Up+Dt Festival, Edmonton AB, October 5

  PUBLISHED Oct 6, 2018

  The capacity crowd seemed more determined to enjoy themselves than Destroyer's Dan Bejar as he took the stage for a solo appearance at Up+D...

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  Paul McCartney

  Rogers Place, Edmonton AB, September 30

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2018

  Sir Paul McCartney was born 38 years, to the day, before I was. In 2018, I found myself singing "Hey Jude" to lull my infant daughter on he...

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  Cold War Kids

  Sonic Field Day, Edmonton AB, September 8

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2018

  Bands cursed with playing in the harsh late afternoon sunlight of a festival or outdoor show have a deep hole to crawl up from. That hole f...

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  Jimmy Eat World

  Sonic Field Day, Edmonton AB, September 8

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2018

  Jimmy Eat World carved out their own centre in pop culture. They're not quite a nostalgia act, since they're still releasing albums and son...