April at the HiFi: Sixtoo! Chad Van Gaalen! Duck!

HiFi's April lineup is pretty rad. April 1, Sixtoo. April 8, Chad VanGaalen opens for Herald Nix. April 11, Duck opens for Columbus.

Controller, Controller at the Warehouse March 2

Controller, Controller will be playing the Warehouse on Thursday, March 2. You Say Party! We Say Die! open. Indie pop dance party, yeah!


Tags: Calgary / music / shows

Silent Movie Mondays

The Cantos Music Foundation is host screenings of silent films through January: tomorrow, Love (1927) with Greta Garbo as Anna Karenina, on the 30th, Safety Last! (1923). Accompanied by Dennis James on the organ; movies are shown at the Uptown Stage and Screen.

Sylvie at the HifFi Jan 28

Regina's indie pop outfit Sylvie will play two shows in Calgary next week: Saturday, January 28 at the HiFi, and on Sunday at Weeds Cafe.

The Epoxies at the HiFi on Weds

The Epoxies are playing the HiFi on Wednesday, Jan 18. New wave post-punk electroclash from Portland. Should be fun.

Blixa Bargeld at the Uptown Feb 5

Blixa Bargeld will perform his Rede/Speech at the Uptown on Sunday, February 5. Calgary Scene has the details.

Calvin Johnson at Mutton Busting

Calvin Johnson plays as part of the Mutton Busting festival this Saturday, January 14, at the Old McEwan Hall ballroom.

Serenity Opens Today

Joss Whedon's film Serenity opens today. I know it's the Film Festival and all, but that's going to be a really good movie. And you won't have to put up with the poor organization of the CIFF.

Calgary International Film Festival Online

The 2005 Calgary International Film Festival will take place September 23-October 2. The schedule went online today.

Nice feature: you can mark films and add them to your private schedule. Too bad that noone told me about the early-bird special on festival passes, which ended yesterday.

Aceyalone and The Chicharones at the Point Sept 17

Via Calgary Music Scene: Aceyalone with The Chicharones (Josh Martinez and Sleep), Bukue One, Mr. Newz at the Point on 17th, 10:30pm. Tix available for $15 at Fameless and Sloth.

Alberta Chinese Film Festival

The Alberta Chinese Film Festival starts tomorrow at the Plaza Theatre in Calgary. It's not particularly cutting-edge, but it's still a good opportunity to take in some old favorites on the big screen, such as Wong-kar Wai's In the Mood for Love (2000) and 2046, or Farewell my Concubine (1993). It runs till September 8.

Tim! Justin! Post Something!

Elizabeth and I are gone for much of the summer, so there won't be much posting going on here for a bit, I'm afraid. But maybe Tim and Justin will step up to the plate …

Derek McEwen's got things to do

Calgary Buzz: Get Out Of The House! There's So Much To Do!

Must check out…

"…the newest DJ addition to the Broken City line-up. Friday nights now feature DJs Joe Chan and Marco Pringle, who in the past couple of weeks have managed to mix Nas into Modest Mouse with military precision. OK, I don't know if it was Nas, but there was some serious beat matching going on with the mix into “Float On.” This goes up against Sideshow Sid and Rob Faust's Flashlight Fridays at the HiFi Club. Get your dance on at either place."

90.9 With A Bullet

CJSW is hosting a record release party for a "20 Years of Calgary Music" compilation on June 15 at the Ship. A-Team, Falconhawk, Chris Vail, Andrew Wedderburn, and Pussymonster, and all free!

Electronic Music at the Science Centre

On June 25, the Listening Room takes place at the Calgary Science Centre, er, I mean, the "Telus World of Science." Listening Room has been running since 2002 in Vancouver, this is the first event in Calgary. A planetarium filled with visuals and techno. Could be good...

Tonight at HiFi: Boca 45

Grand Central recording artist Boca 45 vistits Hai Karate at the HiFi Club tonight. Samples here.

It's All Gone Pete Tong screening & party Thursday at the Uptown

The Uptown has a fundraising screening of It's All Gone Pete Tong (By Michael Dowse, of FUBAR fame) tomorrow night. 12 bucks gets you into the movie and a party after, benefits the CSIF.

Summerlad Bakesale Tonight

If you didn't get to see Caribou/Junior Boys/Russian Futurists at the BC last night, you should go today! (Melodiya has tix.) But if you have, you might want to check out The Summerlad Bakesale at the Bamboo Tiki Room tonight. Lorrie Matheson opens.

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.