Preview of the Alberta Wilderness Association's panel discussion: "Reconsidering the Alberta Energy Regulator" with AWA Conservation Specialist Phillip Meintzer.
PALGARY ALMANAC #176

Playlist:

• Rae Spoon - I Think I Was A Person
• Taylor Bon Smith - Bon2
• The Smile - I Quit
• Lana Winterhalt - Static
• Claud - Crumbs
• Elyze Venne-Deshaies - Libera I
• Little Misty - Dust
• Wyzaker - Scarecrow
• Dana Gavanski - Let Them Row
• Camera Obscura - Big Love
• Mr. Awesome - Where We Died
• Bry Webb - Outbound Only, No Return
• Victrix - Zombie
• Sen Morimoto - Deeper
• Off World - Impulse Controller
• Bill Ryder-Jones - Nothing to be Done
• Hovvdy - Bubba
• Easy Idiot - Mercury
• Marika Hackman - Big Sigh
• Hot Garbage - Look at My Phone
• Phantom Orchid - Pull Up the Roots
• Helena Deland - Bright Green VIbrant Gray
• Plains Apparition & Light Blending In - Visions by Lamplight
• Future Islands - The Fight
• Aesha Minor - 106
• La Securité - K9
• Elisapie - Taimaa Qimatsiniungimat (Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye)
• Nation Of Language - Spare Me the Decision (Cutouts Remix)
• Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - This Is What It Is (To Be Free) [feat. Bobby Gillespie]

PALGARY ALMANAC #176

Playlist:

• Rae Spoon - I Think I Was A Person
• Taylor Bon Smith - Bon2
• The Smile - I Quit
• Lana Winterhalt - Static
• Claud - Crumbs
• Elyze Venne-Deshaies - Libera I
• Little Misty - Dust
• Wyzaker - Scarecrow
• Dana Gavanski - Let Them Row
• Camera Obscura - Big Love
• Mr. Awesome - Where We Died
• Bry Webb - Outbound Only, No Return
• Victrix - Zombie
• Sen Morimoto - Deeper
• Off World - Impulse Controller
• Bill Ryder-Jones - Nothing to be Done
• Hovvdy - Bubba
• Easy Idiot - Mercury
• Marika Hackman - Big Sigh
• Hot Garbage - Look at My Phone
• Phantom Orchid - Pull Up the Roots
• Helena Deland - Bright Green VIbrant Gray
• Plains Apparition & Light Blending In - Visions by Lamplight
• Future Islands - The Fight
• Aesha Minor - 106
• La Securité - K9
• Elisapie - Taimaa Qimatsiniungimat (Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye)
• Nation Of Language - Spare Me the Decision (Cutouts Remix)
• Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - This Is What It Is (To Be Free) [feat. Bobby Gillespie]

Winter 2024 exhibitions are opening Friday, January 18th. We connect with Esker curator Shauna Thompson for a preview on the colourful and lush new shows.
PALGARY ALMANAC #175

Playlist:

• Marika Hackman - Please Don't Be So Kind
• Elyze Venne-Deshaies - Ressacs
• Helena Deland - Strawberry Moon
• Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh - These Days
• Phantom Orchid - Jeepster
• Bry Webb - Thunder Bay
• Mr. Awesome - I'll See You Soon (in Saskatoon)
• Four Tet - Loved
• Plains Apparition & Light Blending In - Escape Vigil
• Helado Negro - Best For You and Me
• The Smile - Wall of Eyes
• Bill Ryder-Jones - I Know That It's Like This (Baby)
• Aesha Minor - Seed (It Might)
• Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - Los Angeles (feat. James Murphy)
• Elisapie - Inuuniaraivt (Born to Be Alive)
• Little Misty - Lost for a While
• Victrix - A New Thing
• Off World - Ludic Loop
• Waxahatchee - Right Back to It (feat. MJ Lenderman)
• La Sécurité - Serpent
• Neil Young - I'm The Ocean
• Future Islands - The Tower
• Robbie Banks - Shelter Belts
• Sunalta - Only
• Suim Tiger - Come Through

Director and Chief of Design at the Whyte Museum in Banff shares a preview of two upcoming photo exhibitions as part of the Exposure Photography Festival launching Friday, January 26th.
PALGARY ALMANAC #175

Playlist:

• Marika Hackman - Please Don't Be So Kind
• Elyze Venne-Deshaies - Ressacs
• Helena Deland - Strawberry Moon
• Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh - These Days
• Phantom Orchid - Jeepster
• Bry Webb - Thunder Bay
• Mr. Awesome - I'll See You Soon (in Saskatoon)
• Four Tet - Loved
• Plains Apparition & Light Blending In - Escape Vigil
• Helado Negro - Best For You and Me
• The Smile - Wall of Eyes
• Bill Ryder-Jones - I Know That It's Like This (Baby)
• Aesha Minor - Seed (It Might)
• Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - Los Angeles (feat. James Murphy)
• Elisapie - Inuuniaraivt (Born to Be Alive)
• Little Misty - Lost for a While
• Victrix - A New Thing
• Off World - Ludic Loop
• Waxahatchee - Right Back to It (feat. MJ Lenderman)
• La Sécurité - Serpent
• Neil Young - I'm The Ocean
• Future Islands - The Tower
• Robbie Banks - Shelter Belts
• Sunalta - Only
• Suim Tiger - Come Through

PALGARY ALMANAC #175

Playlist:

• Marika Hackman - Please Don't Be So Kind
• Elyze Venne-Deshaies - Ressacs
• Helena Deland - Strawberry Moon
• Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh - These Days
• Phantom Orchid - Jeepster
• Bry Webb - Thunder Bay
• Mr. Awesome - I'll See You Soon (in Saskatoon)
• Four Tet - Loved
• Plains Apparition & Light Blending In - Escape Vigil
• Helado Negro - Best For You and Me
• The Smile - Wall of Eyes
• Bill Ryder-Jones - I Know That It's Like This (Baby)
• Aesha Minor - Seed (It Might)
• Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - Los Angeles (feat. James Murphy)
• Elisapie - Inuuniaraivt (Born to Be Alive)
• Little Misty - Lost for a While
• Victrix - A New Thing
• Off World - Ludic Loop
• Waxahatchee - Right Back to It (feat. MJ Lenderman)
• La Sécurité - Serpent
• Neil Young - I'm The Ocean
• Future Islands - The Tower
• Robbie Banks - Shelter Belts
• Sunalta - Only
• Suim Tiger - Come Through

Scan of the January / February 2024 issue of Alberta Views magazine focusing on democracy under threat in Alberta and abroad with editor Evan Osenton.
PALGARY ALMANAC #174

Playlist:

• SUSS - Train
• afternoon bike ride - For the Breakdowns
• Feist - Become The Earth
• Tim Hecker - Anxiety
• MOONRIIVR - Let's Tell Everyone We Know
• Beach House - Holiday House
• Titanic - Anónima (feat. I la Católica & Mabe Fratti)
• Aesha Minor - Ctrl
• GC OConnor - Backdown
• Helado Negro - LFO (Lupe FInds Oliveros)
• Off World - Orientation
• Little Misty - Something Fishy
• Kurt Vile - Cool Water
• Victrix - Dysfunctional
• Pranatricks - Long Way Around
• Cat Clyde - Everywhere I Go
• The Golden Age of Wrestling - Ferrari Rocher
• Jeremy Dutcher - Sakom
• Aysanabee - Here and Now
• Caroline Rose - The Doldrums
• Elisapie - Arnaq
• Rae Spoon - ICU
• Half Waif - Swimmer
• Jonah Yano - concentrate
• Arlo Parks - Impurities
• Sudan Archives - Home Maker
• NASAYA x MARO - I See It Coming
• CHAMPS - Adelaine
• Nation of Language - Stumbling Still

PALGARY ALMANAC #174

Playlist:

• SUSS - Train
• afternoon bike ride - For the Breakdowns
• Feist - Become The Earth
• Tim Hecker - Anxiety
• MOONRIIVR - Let's Tell Everyone We Know
• Beach House - Holiday House
• Titanic - Anónima (feat. I la Católica & Mabe Fratti)
• Aesha Minor - Ctrl
• GC OConnor - Backdown
• Helado Negro - LFO (Lupe FInds Oliveros)
• Off World - Orientation
• Little Misty - Something Fishy
• Kurt Vile - Cool Water
• Victrix - Dysfunctional
• Pranatricks - Long Way Around
• Cat Clyde - Everywhere I Go
• The Golden Age of Wrestling - Ferrari Rocher
• Jeremy Dutcher - Sakom
• Aysanabee - Here and Now
• Caroline Rose - The Doldrums
• Elisapie - Arnaq
• Rae Spoon - ICU
• Half Waif - Swimmer
• Jonah Yano - concentrate
• Arlo Parks - Impurities
• Sudan Archives - Home Maker
• NASAYA x MARO - I See It Coming
• CHAMPS - Adelaine
• Nation of Language - Stumbling Still

PALGARY ALMANAC #173

Playlist:

• MOONRIIVR - Run
• Aesha Minor - Iron Hand
• SUSS - Heat Haze
• Marlaena Moore - Xmas Oranges
• Titanic - Te evite (feat. I la Catolica & Mabe Fratti)
• Helado Negro - I Just Want To Wake Up With You
• GC OConnor - Stay
• Void Comp - Go Slow
• Off World - Impulse Controller
• Sufjan Stevens - That Was the Worst Christmas Ever
• Little Misty - Secrets
• John Prine - Christmas in Jail
• Victrix - Do You Know
• The Golden Age of Wrestling - Labradorite (feat. Future Star)
• Andrew Bird - White Christmas
• Beirut - Suddeutsches Ton-Bild-Studio
• Mitski - The Frost
• J.Alpinist - Electrified
• Dana Gavanski - When It Comes
• Kurt Vile - Cool Water
• Siberian Dancehall Incident - Paralysis Clouds
• Jolie Laide - Why I Drink
• Wilco - Sunlight Ends
• Abigayle Kompst - Second Hand
• Slowdive - Andalucia Plays
• Jeremy Dutcher - Rise in Beauty
• The Golden Age of Wrestling - Almanac

Our annual local news year in review with Livewire Calgary editor Darren Krause.
PALGARY ALMANAC #173

Playlist:

• MOONRIIVR - Run
• Aesha Minor - Iron Hand
• SUSS - Heat Haze
• Marlaena Moore - Xmas Oranges
• Titanic - Te evite (feat. I la Catolica & Mabe Fratti)
• Helado Negro - I Just Want To Wake Up With You
• GC OConnor - Stay
• Void Comp - Go Slow
• Off World - Impulse Controller
• Sufjan Stevens - That Was the Worst Christmas Ever
• Little Misty - Secrets
• John Prine - Christmas in Jail
• Victrix - Do You Know
• The Golden Age of Wrestling - Labradorite (feat. Future Star)
• Andrew Bird - White Christmas
• Beirut - Suddeutsches Ton-Bild-Studio
• Mitski - The Frost
• J.Alpinist - Electrified
• Dana Gavanski - When It Comes
• Kurt Vile - Cool Water
• Siberian Dancehall Incident - Paralysis Clouds
• Jolie Laide - Why I Drink
• Wilco - Sunlight Ends
• Abigayle Kompst - Second Hand
• Slowdive - Andalucia Plays
• Jeremy Dutcher - Rise in Beauty
• The Golden Age of Wrestling - Almanac

PALGARY ALMANAC #172

Playlist:

• Off World - Empasse
• MOONRIIVR - Let's Tell Everyone WE Know
• Beirut - Stokmarknes
• Markus Floats - Death
• Mitski - I Lve Me After You
• Wilco - Pittsburgh
• Night Lunch - Tonight
• Mac DeMarco , Ryan Paris - Simply Paradise
• Kurt Vile - Touched somethng (caught a virus)
• Prince Josh - Glory
• Jolie Laide - Death of Money
• Siberian Dancehall Incident - ...Of Serpents and Stairways
• Elisapie - Isumagijunnaitaungituq
• Dan Mangan - All My People (elsewhere version)
• Ouri - blueprints of us
• Slowdive - kisses
• Aysanabee - Letting Go
• Void Comp - Just Eyes
• Odezenne - Attention (Unplugged)
• Abigayle Kompst - Dinosaur Bones
• Astral Swans & Chad VanGaalen - Same Old Story
• Dana Gavanski - My Thoughts
• Blonde Redhead - Snowman
• Jeremy Dutcher - The Land That Held Them
• Kee Avil - See, My Shadow (Cecile Believe Remix)
• Sufjan Stevens - A Running Start
• Braids - Apple