Local Entertainment

Did you know that You Say Party! We Say Die! (YSP! WSD!) front woman Becky Ninkovic has super powers? OK. She really doesn't. But in a recent interview with Dose.

Toronto's FemBots humbly began as the home recording project of songwriters Dave MacKinnon and Brian Poirier, producing their 2000 debut release Mucho Cuidado .

Painting and drawing in Sault Ste. Marie and the Algoma region for most of his life, accomplished local artist Ken MacDougall has had a busy summer.

At an awards gala held last night at Edmonton's Myer Horowitz Theatre, a total of 21 Western Canadian Music Awards (WCMA) were handed out in celebration of the diverse talent from B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Yukon.

"I couldn't come to Sault Ste. Marie and not play this song," said Canadian indie rocker Joel Plaskett as he kicked into Light of the Moon early into his second set at the Great Northern Hotel and Conference Centre Saturday night.

Joel Plaskett says the Sault shouldn't take it personally that he hasn't performed here since 2005. He has definitely enjoyed the the city the few times he has visited.

Recently returning from a tour that took it to China and Tokyo, BC's dance punk band extraordinaire You Say Party! We Say Die! (YSP! WSD!) is eagerly hitting the Canadian dusty trail once again with a new-found appetite for live performance.

Teenage Head's Gord Lewis announced yesterday that the band's lead singer Frank Kerr, AKA Frankie Venom, had passed away of natural causes. Dubbed as Canada's answer to the Ramones, the iconic Canadian punk band formed in Hamilton, ON in 1975.

Not only are brothers Rob and Sandy Campbell (AKA The Mudpipers) an integral part of Toronto's celtic punk band extraordinaire, The Mudmen, they're also wrestlers, exceptional musicians and really, really nice guys.

Two Sault bands will celebrate the release of debut CDs coming this October. On Saturday, October 11, Loplops Gallery-Lounge (651 Queen St. E.) will host Al Wood and the Woodsmen as the band honours the launch of Mood Swingin' Blues .