LITTLE DARKNESS, LANDFALL, & DR.RIFT
When
- August 20, 2025 - Showtime: 7:00pm
'Dr.rift' is a Psychedelic/Progressive Rock act by Kyle Halldorson from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Playing Saskatoon for the first time; on tour in support of the debut album (out now).
Moving / mind altering melodies of psychedelia akin to that of Yes / Tame Impala, weave in tapestries of guitars around Halldorson’s fiery rock vocals reminiscent of Plant / Cornell, amid introspective and poetic word-play like that of Radiohead / Queens of the Stone Age. All atop an unforgettably calculated (but catchy) rhythm section that hits hard.
The debut self-titled LP presents a complexly cathartic bloodletting of grief and anxiety to honor the dead, the living, and self. Songs came to be through the end of a long term partnership, re-establishing what “home” is, and who he (Halldorson) was; all through the first pandemic lockdowns. Devastation loomed during preparations to record the debut LP, after Halldorson’s beloved father - and first musical guiding light - passed away after a long struggle with alcoholism. The recording process, and songs, shifted into a vessel for casting out demons, and tending to wounds.
It’s an emotional blend of Psychedelic and Progressive Rock that pulses with Halldorson’s Indigenous and Celtic roots, keeping his father especially close with his ashes pressed into a signature bolo tie worn during each spellbinding full band performance.
Halldorson’s previous album of all-original music (self-recorded and produced) was ‘Wanderlost’ by heavy prog-rock outfit Dizzy Mystics (WCMA winners in 2020).
Halldorson’s latest musical statement is more assured than ever.
Hometown heros welcoming 'dr.rift' are;
Saskatoon's 'Little Darkness' are the introspective thoughts that crash into your mind at 3am. They came together in a conflagration of musical enthusiasm emerging from the last icy floes of the winter of 2022. The group hails from a small island city floating in the grass seas of the Canadian prairies.
'Landfall' is the combined creative and musical talent of Colby Trimble, Noah Sawyer and William JP Wallace. Formed in 2019 and currently based in Saskatoon, Landfall is a power trio that plays an energetic, groove-driven style of alternative rock that blends elements of jazz, blues, shoegaze, punk, garage, metal, and many more.
