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Mango Fest 2025

A Retrospective by Jonah Strassel The fruit was ripe this year at Mango Fest, Winnipeg’s best DIY underground music festival held each year in mid-September and put on by Mango House Manitoba. Mango House is a grassroots group of artists and musicians who love new music, especially what our great city of Winnipeg has to […]

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“Frenetic” Cluster Fest returns for a 17th year

Maggie A. Clark A person steps into a booth. Inside, they see a giant ear. A virtual text prompt invites them to whisper a secret into it. They oblige and their disembodied words are distorted and rebroadcast to a live audience. This isn’t the synopsis of a lost episode of Doctor Who; it’s an interactive […]

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Concert Review: Holy Void

by Sabbir Hossain I had been unaware of the local scene despite being a self-proclaimed “music lover” for much of my youth and adolescence. It wasn’t until I joined Stylus which presented me with a valid excuse to get out of my shell and see what Winnipeg’s vibrant music scene had to offer. There was […]

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Concert Review :: Sam Singer and the Beautiful Movers Orchestra

West End Cultural Centre (November 22, 2024) written by Jonah Strassel Mere moments before accepting the illustrious 47th annual Schmolaris Prize, Winnipeg’s own revered singer/songwriter Sam Singer was busy gracing the stage at the West End Cultural Centre to celebrate the release of his second full-length album, Where the Rivers Do. What made this a […]

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How Strength Creates Tolerance

How Strength Creates Tolerance Lifte Andrew Ritchot — who has been recording under the moniker Lifte over the past number of years — released his ostensibly “final solo album” in mid-August. Catalyzed by the harrowing trek through end-of-life caregiving, How Strength Creates Tolerance is a visceral and honest record of what it feels like to […]

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Visual Audio

by Brad Davis Song Sung Blue (2025), directed by Craig Brewer, starring Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman. As the final credits of Song Sung Blue rolled, I found myself lingering in the shadows of the exit corridor not wanting to leave, humming along, surreptitiously mumbling some lyrics, dancing a step or two. A repetition of […]

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Manitoba Metalfest 2026

reviewed by Sam Doucet Before we go any further in this piece, here’s a fun little guessing game for you. On three different occasions during night one of 2026’s Manitoba Metalfest, a band announced they were going to play a cover — and all three times, the band they cited made me go “huh, wow, […]

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Manitoba Metalfest 2025

by Sam Doucet Some things change, some things don’t. Winnipeg has gained and lost untold bands, venues, and concertgoers over the years, and though a shiny new toy always turns heads, it is heartening to be able to bank on ol’ reliability. To wit, quickly becoming the most reliable event on the Winnipeg cultural calendar […]

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EP Review ::  CEC :: Free Burn

by Bradi Breckman  When summer rolls around, I always find myself leaving behind rock and alternative albums which hold the heaviness of the cold months, and beginning to play lighter pop, folk, and R&B records which feel at home in the hot sun. Local artist CEC’s Free Burn fits into the latter category and is the perfect […]

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