The Palgary Almanac

A rundown of the June issue of Alberta Views magazine with a look back at Alberta's Recallapalooza and Shakedown Federalism.PALGARY ALMANAC #222Playlist: Boards of Canada - Hydrogen Helium Lithium LeviathanScott Fisher - La MaldonneSpencer Krug - Get To LiveBuildings and Food - 4:00 AMAlaska Blue - HealingAldous Harding - Train On The IslandGeordie Gordon - River HouseJolene Marie - LoverGently Tender - City Of The BeastLennie Rayen - Show Me Your FeelingsChinese American Bear - All the PeoplePyrenees Love Triangle - Slithering FluxusHammock - Chemicals Make You Small (feat. The Flaming Lips)charles tilden - another wayBonne nuit, chérie - Les avionsSean Solomon - RememberBroken Social Scene - The Briefest KissHoly Fuck - ElevateNew Constellations - Hot Blooded

A look at the 2026 Spring / Summer exhibitions at the Esker Foundation with Director / Curator Naomi Potter.PALGARY ALMANAC #222Playlist: Boards of Canada - Hydrogen Helium Lithium LeviathanScott Fisher - La MaldonneSpencer Krug - Get To LiveBuildings and Food - 4:00 AMAlaska Blue - HealingAldous Harding - Train On The IslandGeordie Gordon - River HouseJolene Marie - LoverGently Tender - City Of The BeastLennie Rayen - Show Me Your FeelingsChinese American Bear - All the PeoplePyrenees Love Triangle - Slithering FluxusHammock - Chemicals Make You Small (feat. The Flaming Lips)charles tilden - another wayBonne nuit, chérie - Les avionsSean Solomon - RememberBroken Social Scene - The Briefest KissHoly Fuck - ElevateNew Constellations - Hot Blooded

Chair in Environment, Societies & Law at the U of C Faculty shares insights on the Carney Government's generational rollback of environmental protections in Canada or "Grey New Deal". Federal engagement runs until June 7 here: https://www.canada.ca/en/one-canadian-economy/services/simplifying-canada-process/engagement-supporting-timely-decision-making.html Other recent commentary: https://theconversation.com/canadas-major-projects-should-not-come-at-the-cost-of-the-environment-284174 https://corporateknights.com/climate-crisis/carneys-grand-infrastructure-push-neglects-climate-risks-leaders-warn/ https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-major-projects-economic-zones-proposal/PALGARY ALMANAC #222Playlist: Boards of Canada - Hydrogen Helium Lithium LeviathanScott Fisher - La MaldonneSpencer Krug - Get To LiveBuildings and Food - 4:00 AMAlaska Blue - HealingAldous Harding - Train On The IslandGeordie Gordon - River HouseJolene Marie - LoverGently Tender - City Of The BeastLennie Rayen - Show Me Your FeelingsChinese American Bear - All the PeoplePyrenees Love Triangle - Slithering FluxusHammock - Chemicals Make You Small (feat. The Flaming Lips)charles tilden - another wayBonne nuit, chérie - Les avionsSean Solomon - RememberBroken Social Scene - The Briefest KissHoly Fuck - ElevateNew Constellations - Hot Blooded

PALGARY ALMANAC #222Playlist: Boards of Canada - Hydrogen Helium Lithium LeviathanScott Fisher - La MaldonneSpencer Krug - Get To LiveBuildings and Food - 4:00 AMAlaska Blue - HealingAldous Harding - Train On The IslandGeordie Gordon - River HouseJolene Marie - LoverGently Tender - City Of The BeastLennie Rayen - Show Me Your FeelingsChinese American Bear - All the PeoplePyrenees Love Triangle - Slithering FluxusHammock - Chemicals Make You Small (feat. The Flaming Lips)charles tilden - another wayBonne nuit, chérie - Les avionsSean Solomon - RememberBroken Social Scene - The Briefest KissHoly Fuck - ElevateNew Constellations - Hot Blooded

Who pays? Ranchers in Alberta have been receiving massive amounts of public dollars for grazing cattle on public land. Prairies investigative reporter for the Narwhal Drew Anderson unpacks the story.PALGARY ALMANAC #221Playlist: Meredith Bates - Book I - 3rd Incantation (Love)Astral Swans - NO HOME LEFT IN THE HEARTPhillippe B - La jeunesse est un autre paysFleur de Peau - Les oiseauxPastel Blank - Big ManAngelo De Augustine - The CurePopulation II - Journée Gratistofusmell - Dreams I've HadJanel Leppin - ZonkIntermontane Superterrane - Back in the Direction HomeSea Of Lettuce - UnclearCalvin Love - My GodAtsuko Chiba - RetentionMetric - AntigravityHelado Negro - Sender ReceiverJosé González - A Perfect StormLala Lala - ScammerSunglaciers - Eye to Eye

Professor and former member of the Board of Governors at Mount Royal University on how the UCP is undermining post-secondary education in Alberta.PALGARY ALMANAC #221Playlist: Meredith Bates - Book I - 3rd Incantation (Love)Astral Swans - NO HOME LEFT IN THE HEARTPhillippe B - La jeunesse est un autre paysFleur de Peau - Les oiseauxPastel Blank - Big ManAngelo De Augustine - The CurePopulation II - Journée Gratistofusmell - Dreams I've HadJanel Leppin - ZonkIntermontane Superterrane - Back in the Direction HomeSea Of Lettuce - UnclearCalvin Love - My GodAtsuko Chiba - RetentionMetric - AntigravityHelado Negro - Sender ReceiverJosé González - A Perfect StormLala Lala - ScammerSunglaciers - Eye to Eye

PALGARY ALMANAC #221Playlist: Meredith Bates - Book I - 3rd Incantation (Love)Astral Swans - NO HOME LEFT IN THE HEARTPhillippe B - La jeunesse est un autre paysFleur de Peau - Les oiseauxPastel Blank - Big ManAngelo De Augustine - The CurePopulation II - Journée Gratistofusmell - Dreams I've HadJanel Leppin - ZonkIntermontane Superterrane - Back in the Direction HomeSea Of Lettuce - UnclearCalvin Love - My GodAtsuko Chiba - RetentionMetric - AntigravityHelado Negro - Sender ReceiverJosé González - A Perfect StormLala Lala - ScammerSunglaciers - Eye to Eye

Alberta Views editor on the May issue of the magazine, looking at post secondary education in Alberta, and more!PALGARY ALMANAC #221Playlist: Meredith Bates - Book I - 3rd Incantation (Love)Astral Swans - NO HOME LEFT IN THE HEARTPhillippe B - La jeunesse est un autre paysFleur de Peau - Les oiseauxPastel Blank - Big ManAngelo De Augustine - The CurePopulation II - Journée Gratistofusmell - Dreams I've HadJanel Leppin - ZonkIntermontane Superterrane - Back in the Direction HomeSea Of Lettuce - UnclearCalvin Love - My GodAtsuko Chiba - RetentionMetric - AntigravityHelado Negro - Sender ReceiverJosé González - A Perfect StormLala Lala - ScammerSunglaciers - Eye to Eye

A look at the documentary film SANTACON that tells the story of the perhaps one of the most hated global events on the planet and how it took on a life of its own from its creators.PALGARY ALMANAC #220Playlist: Janel Leppin - The Brink Is HomeLa Scie - Cache-soleilmoonhasteeth - In Bocca Al LupoEggs on Mars - Good Morning (I Love You)José González - For Every DuskRae Spoon - Country Music Breaks My HeartMiina - Live My Life on HolidayPopulation II - AngélismePranatricks - Islands of the Sunfeldmark - Climbing GalaxiesBill Callahan - EmpathyZIG MENTALITY - SPRING OF ENDLESS GLORYBuzzy Lee - Shoulder To ShoulderCryptozoologists - Jumper CablesAysanabee - Home (Timelines Acoustic)Arlo Parks - JettaStatus/Non-Status - Good Enough (feat. Julie Doiron)Avro - InsomaniacKim Gordon - GIRL WITH A LOOKLala Lala - Car AnymoreCourtney Barnett - Another Beautiful DaySunglaciers - Starting to Come BackTommy Douglas Keenan - Wehn I Leave the MountainsYael Naim - SolaireMitski - Charon's ObolThe Last Sound On Earth EP, Helado Negro - Protector

Preview of two new exhibitions opening May 1st at The Whyte gallery in Banff: Thick As Thieves and When Our Eyes Touch.PALGARY ALMANAC #220Playlist: Janel Leppin - The Brink Is HomeLa Scie - Cache-soleilmoonhasteeth - In Bocca Al LupoEggs on Mars - Good Morning (I Love You)José González - For Every DuskRae Spoon - Country Music Breaks My HeartMiina - Live My Life on HolidayPopulation II - AngélismePranatricks - Islands of the Sunfeldmark - Climbing GalaxiesBill Callahan - EmpathyZIG MENTALITY - SPRING OF ENDLESS GLORYBuzzy Lee - Shoulder To ShoulderCryptozoologists - Jumper CablesAysanabee - Home (Timelines Acoustic)Arlo Parks - JettaStatus/Non-Status - Good Enough (feat. Julie Doiron)Avro - InsomaniacKim Gordon - GIRL WITH A LOOKLala Lala - Car AnymoreCourtney Barnett - Another Beautiful DaySunglaciers - Starting to Come BackTommy Douglas Keenan - Wehn I Leave the MountainsYael Naim - SolaireMitski - Charon's ObolThe Last Sound On Earth EP, Helado Negro - Protector

PALGARY ALMANAC #220Playlist: Janel Leppin - The Brink Is HomeLa Scie - Cache-soleilmoonhasteeth - In Bocca Al LupoEggs on Mars - Good Morning (I Love You)José González - For Every DuskRae Spoon - Country Music Breaks My HeartMiina - Live My Life on HolidayPopulation II - AngélismePranatricks - Islands of the Sunfeldmark - Climbing GalaxiesBill Callahan - EmpathyZIG MENTALITY - SPRING OF ENDLESS GLORYBuzzy Lee - Shoulder To ShoulderCryptozoologists - Jumper CablesAysanabee - Home (Timelines Acoustic)Arlo Parks - JettaStatus/Non-Status - Good Enough (feat. Julie Doiron)Avro - InsomaniacKim Gordon - GIRL WITH A LOOKLala Lala - Car AnymoreCourtney Barnett - Another Beautiful DaySunglaciers - Starting to Come BackTommy Douglas Keenan - Wehn I Leave the MountainsYael Naim - SolaireMitski - Charon's ObolThe Last Sound On Earth EP, Helado Negro - Protector

Katelyn Showfill for peter this fine april morning and play a little bit of everything under the sun and rambles too. It a vibey mix of bit of everything.Playlist: Pavement - Harness your hopes - B sidesThe Killers - Read my mindViagra Boys - Best in showPeaches - Fuck the pain awayFaure & Ravel: String Quartets - Ravel: String Quartet, M.35: II. Assez vif - Tres rythmeTV Girl - Blue HairMen I Trust - TailwhipLande Hekt - Kitchen IIThe Surfrajettes - ToxicHot Hot Heat - BanadagesU.S Girls - 4 American DollarsLowell - The BellsSaya Gray - ...Thus is why (I don't Spring 4 love)Holy Fuck - Tom Tomplants and animals - House on fireBraids - Young BuckGeorge Enescu, Valentin, Radutiu, Per Rundberg - Cello Sonata in F Minor, Op. 26, No. 1:II. Allegretto ScherzandoSUUNS - 2020Nico - These DaysCootie Catcher - Friend of a FriendFEAST - Glass CowboyThe Calrizians - Card player, gamblerWingnut Dishwashers Union - Jesus Does the DishesTouch girl Apple Blossom - The Springtime reminds me of you...Asher White - Night FacesNight Chill - 7 WitchesBig Milk, Carina, Jordan Way - Shake it off - Cover LightBrain Bent - PanicJulius Sumner Miller - This Town SucksThe Kaputnicks - Beach Blanket Ringo504 Plan - A song for neurodivergent peopleDanger!! Death Ray - I Married a covert Fink!Jack Stauber - Oh KlahomaThe Last Dinner Party - Caesar on the TV ScreenFEET - Chalet 47MF DOOM - One Beer

A glimpse into the precarious lives of undocumented Albertans with writer MarcelloPALGARY ALMANAC #219Playlist: True Green - Hail DisasterMichael Granzow - Mountain View CemeteryBitter Fictions - SapphireBig Thief - IncomprehensibleTommy Douglas Keenan - Oh MelodyPuma Blue - (Fool)Yael Naim - Everthing's GoneHelado Negro - MoreCharlotte Cornfield - Lost LeaderBill Callahan - ComputerPaolo Di Carlo - CurvesCryptozoologists - I Hate MusicGraham Janz - i want to smash every car that i seeRibbon Skirt - BraidsBeauts - CaveEm Spel - The TideCasanova Frankenstein Jr. - Canadian BabeTōth - Ageless MoonL'Eclair - Space SongOra Cogan - DivisionPsst Shh - Wild Internet ChurchYa Tseen - Ixwsiteen (I See You)Alexis Taylor - Your Only LifeThe Golden Age of Wrestling - Stanley Park RaversCass McCombs - PeaceMitski - Dead WomenFruit Bats - Let You People DownAltin Gün - Neredesin Sen