Album Review: Belvedere – The Revenge of the Fifth (Punk)

If you were a fan of punk rock in Calgary in my generation (that would be Generation X, or is it Y?), you grew up with Belvedere. Although perhaps not the most successful band of its genre to come out of cowtown, Belvedere have certainly attained the status of hometown heroes many years ago.

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Album Review: Toke – Wake Up Inna Kingston (Reggae)

When thinking of Germany as a musical landscape, Reggae may not be the first genre that pops to mind, but it’s there, under the surface of the streets, the thump of the drum and pop of the bass reverberating into walls, and spilling out under the doorways from dub clubs and roots bars.

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June 2016 Vandala Magazine – Amon Amarth, Harley Flanagan, Beale Street Music Festival and more

Interview, shows, reviews and more interviews! What a busy month. We caught up with Johan Soderberg of Amon Amarth,  along with Napalm Death, Stella Vander  of Magma, Harley Flanagan, Mac […]

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The Beale Street Music Festival Day 2 Highlights

Meteorology threatened to play a major role in the plans for the Beale Street music festival for a second day in a row at this year’s event. But on the second day it was not the torrential rains like the day before that threatened the ambitious live music schedule, but instead an early morning dramatic windstorm. The wind was so damaging in fact, that the first sets of the day had to be canceled, […]

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May 2016 Vandala Magazine, Lita Ford, Richard Patrick of Filter,Rou Reynolds of Enter Shikari, Mortiis

The sun is out and what better way to enjoy than music from all eras. On the cover we have multi-talented Lita Ford talking about her latest release “Time Capsule”, […]

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