The Beatnuts
March 09 in Edmonton at The Starlite Room
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).
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.”
Daniel Wesley
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 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.
ZION I
March 27 in Edmonton at The Pawn Shop
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 02 in Edmonton at The Pawn Shop
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).
Check the Rhyme featuring Pharoahe Monch, Del The Funky Homosapien, Slaughterhouse & more
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.
Matt Andersen & Wil
April 21 in Edmonton at The Myer Horowitz Theatre
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
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
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).