INTERVIEW: Above the Law is a new documentary airing this Saturday on CBC looking at systemic racism and brutality with the Calgary Police. We speak with co-director Marc Serpa Francoeur and Godfred Addai a survivor of police violence in Calgary featured in the film.
PALGARY ALMANAC #105: Bringing coal back in Alberta, accountability and systemic problems in the Calgary Police, and Dear Glenbow project.

Playlist:

• Sufjan Stevens - America
• Brenna Lowrie - Skin
• Hermitess - Spell
• BOYO - Forget It (feat. Sam Valdez)
• Le fruit vert et Delphine Dora - V
• Flock of Dimes - Like So Much Desire
• Vanden Cool - The View From Here
• Kennedy One - Ocean of Mine
• Klô Pelgag - Rémora
• Dan Drohan - We Like to See (Earth)
• J. Laser - Sunshine
• Becca Mancari - Stay with Me
• Nick Zubeck - Hollow Thoughts
• Chris Bell - Empty Row Boat
• Dirty Projectors - Lose Your Love
• Phoebe Bridgers - Halloween
• Juliana Barwick - In Light (feat. Jonsi)
• Braids - Just Let Me
• Jonah Yano - Delicate
• Arca - Afterwards (feat. Bjork)
• bdrmm - Momo
• Bottler - When I Don't Think of You
• Jonah Yano - Stones (Tokyo)

PALGARY ALMANAC #105: Bringing coal back in Alberta, accountability and systemic problems in the Calgary Police, and Dear Glenbow project.

Playlist:

• Sufjan Stevens - America
• Brenna Lowrie - Skin
• Hermitess - Spell
• BOYO - Forget It (feat. Sam Valdez)
• Le fruit vert et Delphine Dora - V
• Flock of Dimes - Like So Much Desire
• Vanden Cool - The View From Here
• Kennedy One - Ocean of Mine
• Klô Pelgag - Rémora
• Dan Drohan - We Like to See (Earth)
• J. Laser - Sunshine
• Becca Mancari - Stay with Me
• Nick Zubeck - Hollow Thoughts
• Chris Bell - Empty Row Boat
• Dirty Projectors - Lose Your Love
• Phoebe Bridgers - Halloween
• Juliana Barwick - In Light (feat. Jonsi)
• Braids - Just Let Me
• Jonah Yano - Delicate
• Arca - Afterwards (feat. Bjork)
• bdrmm - Momo
• Bottler - When I Don't Think of You
• Jonah Yano - Stones (Tokyo)

INTERVIEW: CBC reporter Drew Anderson on the investigative report into Alberta's abrupt decision to close parks and cancel environmental protections in the rockies and foothills in an effort to encourage open pit coal mines.
PALGARY ALMANAC #105: Bringing coal back in Alberta, accountability and systemic problems in the Calgary Police, and Dear Glenbow project.

Playlist:

• Sufjan Stevens - America
• Brenna Lowrie - Skin
• Hermitess - Spell
• BOYO - Forget It (feat. Sam Valdez)
• Le fruit vert et Delphine Dora - V
• Flock of Dimes - Like So Much Desire
• Vanden Cool - The View From Here
• Kennedy One - Ocean of Mine
• Klô Pelgag - Rémora
• Dan Drohan - We Like to See (Earth)
• J. Laser - Sunshine
• Becca Mancari - Stay with Me
• Nick Zubeck - Hollow Thoughts
• Chris Bell - Empty Row Boat
• Dirty Projectors - Lose Your Love
• Phoebe Bridgers - Halloween
• Juliana Barwick - In Light (feat. Jonsi)
• Braids - Just Let Me
• Jonah Yano - Delicate
• Arca - Afterwards (feat. Bjork)
• bdrmm - Momo
• Bottler - When I Don't Think of You
• Jonah Yano - Stones (Tokyo)

INTERVIEW: Jenny Conway Fisher from the Glenbow shares about their project, Dear Glenbow, to capture this moment in time during the covid-19 pandemic.
PALGARY ALMANAC #105: Bringing coal back in Alberta, accountability and systemic problems in the Calgary Police, and Dear Glenbow project.

Playlist:

• Sufjan Stevens - America
• Brenna Lowrie - Skin
• Hermitess - Spell
• BOYO - Forget It (feat. Sam Valdez)
• Le fruit vert et Delphine Dora - V
• Flock of Dimes - Like So Much Desire
• Vanden Cool - The View From Here
• Kennedy One - Ocean of Mine
• Klô Pelgag - Rémora
• Dan Drohan - We Like to See (Earth)
• J. Laser - Sunshine
• Becca Mancari - Stay with Me
• Nick Zubeck - Hollow Thoughts
• Chris Bell - Empty Row Boat
• Dirty Projectors - Lose Your Love
• Phoebe Bridgers - Halloween
• Juliana Barwick - In Light (feat. Jonsi)
• Braids - Just Let Me
• Jonah Yano - Delicate
• Arca - Afterwards (feat. Bjork)
• bdrmm - Momo
• Bottler - When I Don't Think of You
• Jonah Yano - Stones (Tokyo)

Rambler's Almanac Ep 33: Commemorating the Stonewall Riots with a taste of queer country, ongoing protests, and the Safeway strike vote.
Rambler's Almanac Ep 33: Commemorating the Stonewall Riots with a taste of queer country, ongoing protests, and the Safeway strike vote.

Playlist:

• Dave Monks - Everything is Free
• My Gay Banjo - Country Boys In The City
• The Growlers - Gay Thoughts
• Mav Karlo - Shakedown
• Chris Bell - Central Nervous System
• Elvis Depressedly - Who Can Be Loved In This World?
• teal amour - Colours In The Sun
• Cartoon Lizard - Bus Stop World
• The Grunions - The Dark Comet Suite
• The Ramblin' Ambassadors - Lonesome Rambler
• Pottery - What's In Fashion?
• Geoff Berner - Daloy Polizei
• Khruangbin - So We Won't Forget
• Jerry Paper - Quicksand
• Cayley Thomas - Sunshine
• TOPS - Direct Sunlight
• Sargeant x Comrade - Take Me Higher (Who Let the Devil In)
• Bottler - Day Sleeper Peace Keeper
• Klô Pelgag - Umami
• Dirty Projectors - Self Design
• Nick Leng - Music to Clean the House to
• Becca Mancari - Hunter
• Sahara - Warped Mirror
• Austra, featuring Cecile Believe - Mountain Baby
• Absolutely Free - The Office / The Community
• Hermitess - Still City
• Arca - Time
• Ohmme - Ghost
• Temples - Hot Motion
• Plants and Animals - Sacrifice
• Various Artists - Interesting Times

INTERVIEW: Safeway employees in Alberta have voted 79% in favour of strike action. Thomas Hesse joins to discuss the conditions leading up to the vote and the bargaining process workers have been involved in since 2017. Hesse is president of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 401, which represents these workers.
Rambler's Almanac Ep 33: Commemorating the Stonewall Riots with a taste of queer country, ongoing protests, and the Safeway strike vote.

Playlist:

• Dave Monks - Everything is Free
• My Gay Banjo - Country Boys In The City
• The Growlers - Gay Thoughts
• Mav Karlo - Shakedown
• Chris Bell - Central Nervous System
• Elvis Depressedly - Who Can Be Loved In This World?
• teal amour - Colours In The Sun
• Cartoon Lizard - Bus Stop World
• The Grunions - The Dark Comet Suite
• The Ramblin' Ambassadors - Lonesome Rambler
• Pottery - What's In Fashion?
• Geoff Berner - Daloy Polizei
• Khruangbin - So We Won't Forget
• Jerry Paper - Quicksand
• Cayley Thomas - Sunshine
• TOPS - Direct Sunlight
• Sargeant x Comrade - Take Me Higher (Who Let the Devil In)
• Bottler - Day Sleeper Peace Keeper
• Klô Pelgag - Umami
• Dirty Projectors - Self Design
• Nick Leng - Music to Clean the House to
• Becca Mancari - Hunter
• Sahara - Warped Mirror
• Austra, featuring Cecile Believe - Mountain Baby
• Absolutely Free - The Office / The Community
• Hermitess - Still City
• Arca - Time
• Ohmme - Ghost
• Temples - Hot Motion
• Plants and Animals - Sacrifice
• Various Artists - Interesting Times

INTERVIEW: Sovereign Soil, we speak with David Curtis, director of this film that follows a group of unlikely farmers living off grid up north on the outskirts of Dawson City.
PALGARY ALMANAC #104: A look at those living off the land in the subarctic Yukon plus distracting ourselves w/ a referendum on equalization

Playlist:

• Juliana Barwick - Inspirit
• Ian William Craig - Weight
• Dana Gavanski - I Talk to the Wind
• Dana Gavanski - One by One
• Braids - Ocean
• Bon Iver - PDLF
• Various Artists, Thomas Thomas - Interesting Times
• Various Artists, Killah Khills - No One
• Various Artists, Netrvnner - Cliffside
• Bob Dylan - I Contain Multitudes
• Various Artists - I Hate It
• Various Artists, Window Lamp - Under Fire
• Phoebe Bridgers - Garden Song
• Zoon - Bleached Wavves
• Various Artists - Siren
• e4444e - Rum Mountain
• Tenci - No Wings
• Jack Colwell - Don't Cry Those Tears
• Camille Delean - Afraid of People
• Angel Olsen - New Love Cassette (Mark Ronson Remix)
• Angel Olsen - All Mirrors (Johnny Jewel remix)
• Various Artists - For You
• Various Artists, Lyrique - Quarantine Flow
• Elusive - Lost In A Dream
• Jonah Yano - Strawberry
• Flume - The Difference (feat. Toro y Mori) [Jon Hopkins Remix]

INTERVIEW: Associate professor of economics at the U of C, Trevor Tombe on Alberta's economic decline and the political distraction of a provincial referendum on equalization.
PALGARY ALMANAC #104: A look at those living off the land in the subarctic Yukon plus distracting ourselves w/ a referendum on equalization

Playlist:

• Juliana Barwick - Inspirit
• Ian William Craig - Weight
• Dana Gavanski - I Talk to the Wind
• Dana Gavanski - One by One
• Braids - Ocean
• Bon Iver - PDLF
• Various Artists, Thomas Thomas - Interesting Times
• Various Artists, Killah Khills - No One
• Various Artists, Netrvnner - Cliffside
• Bob Dylan - I Contain Multitudes
• Various Artists - I Hate It
• Various Artists, Window Lamp - Under Fire
• Phoebe Bridgers - Garden Song
• Zoon - Bleached Wavves
• Various Artists - Siren
• e4444e - Rum Mountain
• Tenci - No Wings
• Jack Colwell - Don't Cry Those Tears
• Camille Delean - Afraid of People
• Angel Olsen - New Love Cassette (Mark Ronson Remix)
• Angel Olsen - All Mirrors (Johnny Jewel remix)
• Various Artists - For You
• Various Artists, Lyrique - Quarantine Flow
• Elusive - Lost In A Dream
• Jonah Yano - Strawberry
• Flume - The Difference (feat. Toro y Mori) [Jon Hopkins Remix]

PALGARY ALMANAC #104: A look at those living off the land in the subarctic Yukon plus distracting ourselves w/ a referendum on equalization

Playlist:

• Juliana Barwick - Inspirit
• Ian William Craig - Weight
• Dana Gavanski - I Talk to the Wind
• Dana Gavanski - One by One
• Braids - Ocean
• Bon Iver - PDLF
• Various Artists, Thomas Thomas - Interesting Times
• Various Artists, Killah Khills - No One
• Various Artists, Netrvnner - Cliffside
• Bob Dylan - I Contain Multitudes
• Various Artists - I Hate It
• Various Artists, Window Lamp - Under Fire
• Phoebe Bridgers - Garden Song
• Zoon - Bleached Wavves
• Various Artists - Siren
• e4444e - Rum Mountain
• Tenci - No Wings
• Jack Colwell - Don't Cry Those Tears
• Camille Delean - Afraid of People
• Angel Olsen - New Love Cassette (Mark Ronson Remix)
• Angel Olsen - All Mirrors (Johnny Jewel remix)
• Various Artists - For You
• Various Artists, Lyrique - Quarantine Flow
• Elusive - Lost In A Dream
• Jonah Yano - Strawberry
• Flume - The Difference (feat. Toro y Mori) [Jon Hopkins Remix]

INTERVIEW: Journalist Hadeel Abdel-Nabi discusses the movement to defund the police, what that looks like, and some of the specifics of defunding the police in Calgary. Hadeel's feature article The Case for Defunding the Calgary Police was published as part of The Sprawl's Racism Edition.

www.sprawlcalgary.com/defunding-calgary-police
Rambler's Almanac Ep 32: CUFF previews (Climate of the Hunter and House of Cardin) and a conversation about defunding the Calgary police.

Playlist:

• Mary Lattimore, Paul Sukeena - Dreaming of the Kelly Pool
• Joe Nora, Arbour - Ultramarine
• Rosie Carney, Charli Adams - Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl
• Soccer Mommy, Jay Som - I Think You're Alright
• Half Moon Run - All at Once
• Ken Yates - Grey County Blues
• Willie Dunn - Ballad of Crowfood
• Joel Plaskett - Frontlines of the Hard Times
• Jordan Klassen - Ministry of Doubt
• The Acorn - Crooked Legs
• The Verbrilli Sound - Ocean Intellect
• Mirabelle - Magic Spell
• Lorn - Acid Rain
• Eine Kleine China - Devil's Club
• Melted Mirror - Young Fear
• MoFaux - Heart Don't Want to Know
• Sweet Dave - Beautiful Nightmares
• Holy Fuck, featuring Palms Trax - Deleters - Palms Trax Remix
• Elusive - Intrepid Dream
• Marie Laforêt - Et si je t'aime
• Jacqueline Taïeb - 7 heures du matin
• Of Montreal - Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games
• Rebel Diaz, featuring Dead Prez - Which Side Are you On
• The Wet Secrets - Burn It All and Start Again