Article by Melanie Macpherson , Photos by Tracy Creighton ( Copperblue Photography ) Presented by Bloom Entertainment in collaboration with Lunar Music The International Women’s Day show at the Roxy Theatre felt like something a little different. Not really a concert. Something closer to a talent show, turned all the way up, or maybe one of those gala award shows. The Roxy helps with that. It’s got that old-world feel, with the faux balconies and window-lined walls that make

Roughsleeper – Everything Is Getting Worse Released: March 3/2026 Lonesome View Records By Scott Roos Our Grade: B+ Regina’s Roughsleeper return with Everything Is Getting Worse , a five-track EP that doubles down on the band’s strengths: punchy melodic punk, big hooks, and tight musicianship. Now operating as a streamlined trio with Rob White (guitar/vocals), Joey Gadica (bass), and Steve McNeil (drums), the group has trimmed the lineup but kept the energy intact. The EP ope

By Scott Roos Photos by Tracy Creighton ( Copperblue Photography and Design ) There are a few different kinds of nights you can have at a live music show on the Prairies. Sometimes you’re sitting politely in a theatre seat watching a jazz quartet play something tasteful. Sometimes you’re at the bar with a country band cranking out a set of songs that everyone somehow already knows. And every once in a while, if you wander into the right room at the right time, you’ll find you

by Scott Roos photos by Tracy Creighton By any reasonable prairie metric, Saskatoon has always had a bit of a split personality. On the surface: bridges, river walks, and just enough indie coffee to keep the vinyl collectors hydrated. Beneath it: a stubborn, grimy undercurrent of extreme music that refuses to stay politely underground. And lately, one of the loudest rumbles coming up through the floorboards belongs to DEAD SHIT EARTH. Attack With Force previously unleashed th

by Scott Roos photos by Tracy Creighton ( Copperblue Photography ) Sunday, March 1st, at SaskTel Centre brought together three bands whose music helped define alternative rock radio in the 1990s and early 2000s. With Econoline Crush, Big Wreck, and Live on the same bill, the night leaned heavily into familiar songs, big guitar moments, and an audience eager to revisit the soundtrack of their younger years. Econoline Crush Econoline Crush opened the evening with a compact seve

by Scott Roos photos by Scott Roos (Scotty the Rooster Photography) Forty years is a long time to be doing anything. Forty years of thrash metal? That’s practically a miracle. Yet here we are. The Bay Area wrecking crew known as Exodus, one of the original architects of thrash metal’s glory days, are gearing up to unleash their latest slab of carnage, Goliath . It lands March 20 through Napalm Records, and if drummer Tom Hunting is any indication, the band didn’t exactly stro

by Scott Roos Hollow Dominion with new vocalist Aurel Dumont Out on the flat prairie where the wind never really stops and the winters still mean business, heavy music finds a way to grow in the strangest places. Regina’s Hollow Dominion are proof of that. The deathcore crew from the city that rhymes with fun are about to drop their new single “Lifesblood” on March 12 - and it carries a little more weight than your average release. This one’s a goodbye. “Literally, yeah,” gui

Article by Melanie Macpherson, pictures by Melanie Macpherson and Saul and Nova Creative Melanie Macpherson and Patti Fedrau - Photo by Saul and Nova Creative I worried all day that I was going to miss the rehearsal.The weather app on my phone had been sending up winter squall warnings since morning... freezing rain, snow, wind, zero visibility. I carried on anyway, making plans for the worst but hoping for the best. I left sub plans on my desk in case the storm kept me from