Stylus contributors on their favourite songs, albums, and shows of 2024
Daniel Kussy
Albums
- Remi Wolf — Big Ideas
- Willow — Empathogen
- Magdalena Bay — Imaginal Disk
- Mourn — The Avoider
- Jean Dawson — Glimmer of God
- Fontaines D.C. — Romance
- Hinds — VIVA HINDS
- Queen of Jeans — All Again
- OMBIIGIZI — SHAME
- Charli xcx — brat
Shows
- Feist @ Burton Cummings Theatre (February 6, 2024)
- Medicine Singers @ Winnipeg Folk Festival (July 13, 2024)
- haha Laughing @ Real Love Summer Fest (July 26, 2024)
- Mount Eerie @ West End Cultural Centre (June 26, 2024)
- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band @ Canada Life Centre (November 13, 2024)
Mykhailo Vil’yamson
Here is one song from each of the local bands whose albums I reviewed in Stylus this year:
- “Samsa” by Prairie
- “Waltz for Fallen Lovers” by Guilty Sleep
- “Come Down Awkward” by Fold Paper
- “Inside Out” by Long Fall
- “Rubber Ducks” by Jamboree
As for my actual favourite album of the year — by the amount I’ve listened to it — it’s unfortunately not Manitoban (or Canadian), but, for interest’s sake, it was Lust for Gold by Starflyer 59.
Paige Drobot
The best concert I saw in Winnipeg this year was right near the end: Cantor Dust at the Handsome Daughter on November 1st. I have been a Cantor Dust fan since I first saw Mark Klassen perform solo over a decade ago. (I think it was at the Filipino Senior Citizens Hall in North Point Douglas for a fundraiser event.)
I was thrilled when Natanielle Felicitas was added to the group. I was also thrilled when Dan Moroz was added to the group, but this final development of adding Scott Ellenberger on drums elevated it more than I even thought was possible. Having the canvas of the drums freed up Mark to somehow take the already gut wrenching emotional performance even further.
We are truly lucky in this city to have these four world-class artists collaborate on something so important.