Contest: Enter to win two tickets to The Magnificent 7s' Album Release @ The WECC

Courtesy of our Santa-like pals over at the West End Cultural Centre, I've got a pair of tickets to giveaway for The Magnificent 7s "All Kinds of Mean" album release taking place on Thursday, December 15th.

If you're interested in checking out this treasured, genre-blurring local act, fire me off an email (on the right hand side) by Friday, December 9th @ noon CST with the subject line "Magnificent 7s Ticket Giveaway" and your name in the email's body. Winning name will be drawn randomly sometime that afternoon and contacted shortly thereafter, with the first name and last initial published on my Twitter account.

As always, one entry per person please!

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Album/DVD Review: Sigur Rós - Inni

Rating 4/5

Those lucky enough to have seen Sigur Rós live are known to bandy about some high-priced adjectives while extolling the life-altering virtues of the Sigur Rós concert experience. Words such as surreal, transcendent, and otherworldly tend to populate most live reviews and while the band’s latest release, the DVD/2xCD Inni, doesn’t quite match the visceral intensity of its show, it serves as a fitting substitute. Chronicling the band's 2008 concert in London prior to its  three-year hiatus, Inni is beautifully shot in grainy black-and-white by director Vincent Morisset and judiciously edited, with archival band footage spliced in between songs. Inni ends with the previously unreleased Lúppulagi›, an arresting piano number that serves as a sort of teaser trailer. After all, is it a coincidence that in the same month Inni dropped, the band announced its return to the studio?

Republished with permission from Uptown.

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Evening Headlines: Damo Suzuki to play the WECC; Chad VanGaalen rescheduled

Just a couple of quick notes this evening:

Iconic ex-Can frontman Damo Suzuki will appear at the West End Cultural Centre on March 22nd.

Tonight's Chad VanGaalen gig at the WECC has been cancelled due to inclement weather; however, the show has already been rescheduled for Friday, January 13th.

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Evening Headlines: The Details @ The Park Theatre; Imaginary Cities Nominated for Best New Artist on CBC Radio 3

Winnipeg’s The Details is playing a gig at the Park Theatre on December 22 w/ Goldenboy.

From the I-didn’t-realize-they-still-exist files …German industrial rock act Rammstein is coming to town for a show at the MTS Centre on Thursday, May 10th.  I’m setting the over/under on this at 5000. What say you?

CBC Radio 3 announced its annual Bucky Awards nominations yesterday and our very own indie-pop twosome Imaginary Cities got a “Best New Artist” nom. The competition? Austra, Barr Brothers, Louise Burns, Braids, Little Scream, and Shimmering Stars.

And finally, for a good time, try roots/country/bluegrass melders The Magnificent Sevens’ cd release at the WECC on December 15th.

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Contest: Enter to win two tickets to see Austra/Young Galaxy @ The WECC!

Courtesy of our good pals over at the West End Cultural Centre, I've got a pair of tickets to giveaway for The Austra/Young Galaxy/Tasseomancy super show going down there on Thursday, November 24th.

If you're interested in checking out this fine triple-feature, it's business as usual: fire me off an email (on the right hand side) by Friday, November 18th @ noon CST with the subject line "Austra Ticket Giveaway" and your name in the email's body. Winning name will be drawn randomly sometime that afternoon and contacted shortly thereafter with the first name and last initial published on my Twitter account.

As always, one entry per person please!

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Morning Headlines: Holiday Shows; James Struthers' New Vid

First up some annual holiday show news to pass along:

The JP Hoe Hoe Hoe Holiday show takes place on Friday, December 9th and Saturday, December 10th at the Park Theatre.

Meanwhile...Quinzmas! (Featuring Quinzy, natch) is changing venues and will be held at the Burt this year on December 16th.

Waaaaaaay into the future: George Thorogood and the Destroyers will be at the Centennial Concert Hall on May 28th.

Add Snowblink to the Ohbijou show going down this Saturday night at the WECC.

And finally, resident singer-songwriter James Struthers has both a gig at the FreeP cafe on November 27th w/ Tyler Del Pino and a brand spankin' new video for his song "What Are We Waiting For." See below.

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