More Caribou tix at Melodiya

Sloth and Megatunes sold out of Caribou tix for tonight's show, but Melodiya still got some. Melodiya is the best record store in town anyway, so more people sould go there more often and buy stuff. CJSW card gets you 10% off. Plus, it's in the same space as Phoenix Comics, so you can get some action figures, too, while you're there.

Ghetto Eats: Caribbean

The Taster reviews What's Up Café, a West Indian restaurant on 17th Ave.

Saved by Radio

First installment in what might become a series: Calgary record labels. Saved by Radio puts out local faves Falconhawk, Summerlad, and Vailhailen, among others. They also have a blog, which is worthwhile to check out for parties and show announcements.

Tortoise, Frisell, Weakerthans at Calgary Folk Fest

It sounds granola-y, but the lineup includes Buck 65, Tortoise (!), Bill Frisell, and The Weakerthans. It goes down July 21-24.

Venus and Fergus, Polmo Polpo this Friday

This Friday, Venus and Fergus opens and Polmo Polpo headline at Broken City. Check out V&F samples here, and Polmo Polpo here. This should be good.

Oldboy ends run on Thursday

Oldboy ends its run at the Uptown on Thursday. So go see it now if you haven't.

Zayne's trip to Calgary (and the fine art of mix tapes)

Not exactly on what's happening in Calgary, although it does contain an enthusiastic endorsement of a local dining establishment. The magazine is from Toronto, the writer from Alabama, USA. http://www.beingtheremag.com/content/0505/zayne.html

Art from Beyond

Art from Beyond magazine is on show at Uppercase gallery at Art Central till the end of the month.



(from the Beyond blog)

Exclaim! Summer Festival Guide

Exclaim! magazine publishes a summer music festival guide. Here's the guide to the prairies.

Broken City this Week

Broken City posted this:

Tuesday the 17th is the FREE CJSW night! Come support your local heros. for you we supply Pilsner Supercans for $3.75, Cheap BIG ROCK with yr CJSW card AND DJ Adam Gomorra! To top it off, we also have mother effin' LIVE BANDS. Ryan McMahon & Phil Withers (another new and local fav, featuring members of Bent Spoon Ensemble, Gunther and the Brass Tacks).

Thursday night is a BAR FAVORITE. we bring to you the VERTICAL STRUTS the hottest Duo from edmonton, and with them is the FAKE COPS! yay! Put yr panties back on! seriously. AND if that wasn't enough also playing is Pressure Kill Common Style AND a special performance by Darling, who feature members of not only despistado but the ever so loveable filmmaker.

Caribou/Manitoba plays Broken City May 31 & June 1

Caribou, the artist formerly known as Manitoba, of Start Breaking My Heart and Up in Flames fame, will play two shows at Broken City on Tuesday, May 31, and Wednesday, June 1. Junior Boys and Russian Futurists open. Check out the MP3 samples of under 'Discography' on Caribou's site and 'Songs/Lyrics' on the Russian Futurists site. The Junior Boys will serenade you automagically when you go to their site. Here are a couple Caribous tunes: Skunk | Jacknuggeted | Barnowl

Tigerbeat 6 Back in August

Just saw that Kid 606 and other Tigerbeat 6 acts will be at the Warehouse on August 11. I won't be in town, but you should go. Tix at Megatunes for 18.75.

Fairy Tales

The seventh annual Fairy Tales International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is on at the Uptown Stage & Screen May 27-June 2. Films from Spain, Canada, France, Germany, USA, UK, and Thailand. Programme and other info here.

Calgary Asian Film Festival

Next weekend (May 20-23) the 1st Annual Calgary Asian Film Festival will take place at the Science Centre. They don't seem to have a website, but the program's up at CalgaryMovies and should be avaliable on Cue Magazine as well.

Izzum Blogs Calgary

That cute little magazine with the CJSW program, Izzum, has a bunch of blogs running: The Listener has music recommendations, The Taster has stuff on restaurants in Calgary, and The Materialist is about other fun things to buy.

The Vibrators @ Brew Brothers tonight

UK 70's punks The Vibrators play at Brew Brothers tonight.