Articles by Levi Manchak

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  Arkells

  Sonic Field Day, Edmonton AB, September 8

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2018

  The Arkells are built for big stages: national awards shows, arenas, festivals. Their straightforward anthem-rock-through-a-Canadian-filter...

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  Future Islands

  Union Hall, Edmonton AB, September 5

  PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2018

  It was no slick trick that Future Islands ascended in the wake of a late night talk show appearance. Front person Samuel T. Herring was rea...

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  Courtney Barnett

  Interstellar Rodeo, Edmonton AB, July 22

  PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2018

  Beware the person who lacks all self doubt. Courtney Barnett met the colossal expectations for the followup to her career-launching Sometim...

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  Margaret Glaspy

  Interstellar Rodeo, Edmonton AB, July 21

  PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2018

  Sometimes guitar, bass and drums, along with a striking voice, can capture a crowd as well as a circus; there's an elegant simplicity to a...

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  July Talk

  Interstellar Rodeo, Edmonton AB, July 21

  PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2018

  Straight-ahead radio-friendly rock requires more than a slick swagger to be a spectacle. July Talk push way past spectacle into a full-on e...

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  A Tribe Called Red

  Interstellar Rodeo, Edmonton AB, July 20

  PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2018

  Interstellar Rodeo in Edmonton got off to a shaky start, delayed by a prairie storm, but even NASA has to take a rain check when it comes t...

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  Feist

  Interstellar Rodeo, Edmonton AB, July 20

  PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2018

  Feist's ability to make her festival appearance feel as intimate as a friend playing guitar in the middle of a party was stunning. Her set...

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  Michael Rault

  The Rec Room, Edmonton AB, June 19

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2018

  No one coming home to Edmonton ever steps on the same parking lot pavement twice; parking lots in the city needs new asphalt every year. Mi...