Absent Sound – Turn Them Off EP
The Absent Sound’s fifth release opens with “TV Song,” containing the simple and resounding message; “Talk back to your TV...
Eyes On the 38th Annual Winnipeg Folk Festival
The Monday after Folk Fest always feels strange. Maybe it has something to do with the confinement of clothing.. or...
The Haunted Films of Michael Robinson
Today will be the third installation of Language Formed in Light, a series of experimental film screenings presented by PLATFORM...
Two Women of Mountain Man: Winnipeg Folk Festival Day 4
[caption id="attachment_2053" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Mountain Man photo by Taylor Burgess"][/caption] When I met Alexandra Sauser-Monnig and Amelia Meath behind Little...
No Sleep Make Taylor Something Something: Winnipeg Folk Festival Day 3
Friday marks the first of the full-day experiences, opening up all the other stages than the Main Stage. Unfortunately, due...
M. digs SST?!: Winnipeg Folk Festival Day 2
[caption id="attachment_2027" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="M. Ward photo by Taylor Burgess"][/caption] A handful of songs into M. Ward's surprisingly electric set,...
LOST: The Unicorns – Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone? // Islands – Return To The Sea
Two albums that I keep side by side on my usually-alphabetical and chronological CD shelf are The Unicorns’ Who Will...
Getting Folked: Winnipeg Folk Festival Day 1
[caption id="attachment_2009" align="alignnone" width="540" caption="Jayhawks photo by Taylor Burgess"][/caption] Heading to the Winnipeg Folk Festival on a Wednesday evening sure...
The Weeknd – House of Balloons
I once read an interview with Canadian author and Broken Pencil editor Hal Niedzviecki where he discussed a void in...
Moon Duo – Mazes and Mazes Remixed
Moon Duo’s Mazes mixes elements of all of my late-night driving pleasures (Spacemen 3, Can, Eric’s Trip, V.U.’s “Sister Ray”)...