The Beatnuts
March 09 in Edmonton at The Starlite Room
March 10 in Calgary at Republik
March 11 in Winnipeg at The Pyramid
Foundation Concerts presents legendary Queens, New York hip-hop duo, The Beatnuts, this March in Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg. Celebrating their 20th Anniversary, The Beatnuts are touring in support of their 2009 release, Planet of the Crates (Pit Fight).
Hawksley Workman
March 18 in Saskatoon at The Odeon Event Centre
With 12 albums now to his name and a live show that is second to none, Juno Award winner Hawksley Workman has become a beloved Canadian cultural icon, celebrated from coast to coast. 2010 is going to be an exciting year for Hawksley Workman fans, as he adds fresh material from not one but two new albums to his live repertoire for his biggest national Canadian tour to date.
From the compelling opening yodel found on his debut album, For Him and the Girls to this very day, Hawksley Workman has refused to mark just one territory on Canada’s musical landscape. Hawksley roams like a rogue force: unpredictable, dramatic, exuberant, and focused on the pursuit of a sound that is never static, but always highly identifiable. Two new albums, numbering eleven and twelve in the Hawksley Workman catalogue, mark new terrain for this moving musical target. Entitled Meat and Milk respectively, the music traverses in great leaps and bounds the stylistic differences between tracks, while always keeping one foot firmly planted in Hawksley Workman territory.
The albums take you from bright, dance pop extravaganzas to dark, warring times where the battle is long over only the repeated and brutal refrain of heartbreak and defeat remains. Hawksley writes songs that have staying power, and now 12 albums into a career that has taken him from indie to major and back again, he is ready for another round. Meat hits the streets on January 19, 2010, while the songs from Milk will be released via a non-traditional digital strategy which will unleash singles from the album over a five-month period.
Daniel Wesley
March 18 in Saskatoon at Louis'
March 20 in Edmonton at The Pawn Shop
In the winter of 2008, for two night’s running, Daniel Wesley mounted the stage before a sold out crowd at Vancouver’s 1000 capacity Commodore Ballroom. The venerable concert hall has seen its share of local artists, but Wesley’s extraordinary two-night stand was something different; a grass roots event without precedent, based on the cyclonic success of an independently produced, windswept reggae-bomb called “Ooo Ohh”. The most requested song of the year on powerhouse local radio king 99. 3 The Fox, “Ooo Ohh” is and always will be and solid-gold, no-shit, genuine phenomenon - the kind of thing that very, very occasionally cuts through all known conventions based on nothing more than it’s own mojo. Same goes for Sing + Dance, the breezy full-length it came from.
Jay Malinowski (of Bedouin Soundclash)
March 18 in Vancouver at The Biltmore Cabaret
March 21 in Edmonton at The Pawn Shop
Foundation Concerts presents two dates with Jay Malinowski, front man of popular Canadian band, Bedouin Soundclash, this coming March in Edmonton and Vancouver. Promoting his forthcoming solo release, Bright Lights and Bruises, Malinowski will be supported by Vancouver’s Kinnie Starr and Edmonton’s Michael Rault.
Electric Six
March 19 in Edmonton at The Starlite Room
Mixing garage, disco, punk, new wave and metal into cleverly dumb, in-your-face songs, Electric Six have seen considerable underground success worldwide touring throughout five continents. Described by Time magazine as “brilliant idiots,” the Electric Six’s career has been “one long lyrical goof-off session.”
USS
March 23 in Winnipeg at West End Cultural Centre
Fronted by master craftsman Ash Boo-Schultz(vocals, guitar and ehru) and turntablist hype man extraordinaire Human Kebab, this Toronto based duo demonstrate a remarkable proficiency for erupting dance floors and eliciting widespread audience sing a longs.
ZION I
March 27 in Edmonton at The Pawn Shop
March 28 in Calgary at Republik
Zion I’s AmpLive and MC Zumbi joined forces in 1997 and have released six studio albums to-date, including their 2009 release, The Takeover (Gold Dust Media). Known for their futuristic production techniques and socially conscious lyrics, Zion I have collaborated with Talib Kweli, Aesop Rock, Del tha Funky Homosapien and Gift of Gab.
The Devil Makes Three
April 01 in Calgary at The Marquee Room
April 02 in Edmonton at The Pawn Shop
April 03 in Saskatoon at Lydia's
April 05 in Winnipeg at The Park Theatre
Foundation Concerts’ presents California-based Americana trio, The Devil Makes Three, this April in western Canada. The traveling trio will make stops in Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon and Winnipeg over the course of the Easter weekend.
THINK ABOUT LIFE
April 02 in Edmonton at Brixx Bar & Grill
Foundation Concerts presents Montreal’s Think About Life at Edmonton’s Brixx Bar & Grill this-coming April 2nd. Think About Life are touring in support of their 2009 release, Family (Alien8 Recordings).
Pharoahe Monch & Slaughterhouse
April 13 in Winnipeg at The Pyramid
April 14 in Saskatoon at The Pat
Foundation Concerts presents Pharoahe Monch & Slaughterhouse, two of the best names in underground hip hop, this April in Winnipeg and Saskatoon for two amazing nights of beats, rhythms and rhymes.
While a member of the New York City duo Organized Konfusion, Pharoahe Monch developed a reputation as one of underground hip-hop’s pre-eminent lyricists, crafting intricate and intelligent raps with partner Prince Poetry.
When Crooked I, Joell Ortiz, and Royce Da 5’9 joined Joe Budden on his 2008 mixtape Halfway House, the chemistry on their collaborative track meant “Slaughterhouse” the song would quickly become Slaughterhouse the hip-hop supergroup.
Check the Rhyme featuring Pharoahe Monch, Del The Funky Homosapien, Slaughterhouse & more
April 15 in Calgary at The Whiskey
April 16 in Edmonton at Edmonton Event Centre
Foundation Concerts presents CHECK THE RHYME, a meeting of the best in underground hip hop, this April in Edmonton and Calgary.
CHECK THE RHYME brings together Pharoahe Monch, Del The Funky Homosapien, Slaughterhouse, Bukue One, Peter Jackson and DJ Zac Hendrix for an amazing night of beats, rhythms and rhymes.
We Are Wolves
April 18 in Edmonton at The Pawn Shop
Foundation Concerts presents Montreal-based trio We Are Wolves Sunday, April 18th at The Pawn Shop in Edmonton, AB. Crossing Canada on a Pop Montreal-sponsored tour, We Are Wolves are touring in support of their 2009 release, Invisible Violence (Dare To Care Records). Supporting We Are Wolves is Montreal’s, Parlovr.
Del The Funky Homosapien
April 18 in Winnipeg at The Pyramid Cabaret
Foundation Concerts presents Oakland, CA’s, DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN, April 18th, 2010 at Winnipeg’s The Pyramid Cabaret.
Matt Andersen & Wil
April 21 in Edmonton at The Myer Horowitz Theatre
April 22 in Calgary at Knox United Church
Foundation Concerts is very pleased to present two of Canada’s biggest voices together in concert this April. New Brunswick’s Matt Andersen & B.C.’s Wil join forces at Edmonton’s Myer Horowitz Theatre and Calgary’s Knox United Church on April 21st and 22nd, respectively.
Presented by Foundation Concerts & CKUA Radio
The Besnard Lakes
May 01 in Edmonton at The Pawn Shop
May 02 in Calgary at The Broken City
The Besnard Lakes will hit the road this spring and head west for dates in Calgary & Edmonton. This tour celebrates the release of The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Nights on the Outside Music Label. The much anticipated follow-up to 2007’s The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse will be in stores on March 9, 2010.
NOBUNNY
May 09 in Edmonton at The Pawn Shop
May 11 in Saskatoon at Amigo's
May 12 in Winnipeg at Royal Albert Arms
Always clad in a fuzzy (and mildly psychotic-looking) rabbit mask and often wearing little else, Nobunny is a one-man pop-punk onslaught whose simple, infectiously hooky tunes and lusty outlook have earned comparisons to the Ramones, Hasil Adkins, and the Cramps, and whose untamed (and sometimes bottomless) stage shows have led some to call him a cuddly version of G.G. Allin. Nobunny is the alter ego of Justin Champlin, who was born and raised in Tucson, AZ, and relocated to San Francisco, CA.
The Wailin' Jennys
May 11 in Edmonton at McDougall United Church
Foundation Concerts presents Winnipeg’s The Wailin’ Jenny’s, Tuesday, May 11th at Edmonton’s MacDougall United Church. This award-winning trio of ladies has taken the folk music world by storm since the release of their self-titled EP in 2003. The Wailin’ Jennys are touring in support of their 2009 release, Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House (Outside Music).