Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
By Chris Bryson
Slow Dancers recently returned to Winnipeg to release their newest mini album, Philadelphus. The new album returns to Slow Dancers’ expansively emotive folk – slow and dreamy, sparse and serene, vocals atop a whisper, with stories to make the mind wander. Continue reading “Slow Dancers”
By Patrick Harney
Vancouver’s Jo Passed is playing in Winnipeg at the Handsome Daughter on October 26. Stylus caught up with the prolific musician to talk about life on the road and what keeps them going. Continue reading “Jo Passed : Keep Going”
By Phil Enns
Bill Frisell. Perhaps you’ve heard the name before. And yet there’s just as good a chance that you haven’t. For the past 35 years or so, Frisell has been quietly building a legendary career for himself. He has collaborated with an increasingly diverse roster of artists, including Norah Jones, Emmylou Harris, and Paul Simon (to name but a few). In recent years, his music has been described as hearkening back to classic Americana. And while it is true that he has dived headlong, at times, into folk and country music, he is still a jazz guitarist at heart. Continue reading “Bill Frisell”
By Charlie Fraser
Creating intimacy at a live performance can seem like an impossible thing. There is this very distinct separation between the musician(s) on the stage and everyone else on the ground below them. The space where the audience members are is very dark so the musician(s) can’t see them; meanwhile, the musician(s) are lit up with intense fluorescent lights illuminating every single one of their features and even, flaws. Continue reading “Wares :: Creating Intimacy”
By Chris Bryson
Over the years and to the present Animal Teeth have been honing and refining their craft through dedication to an established and flexible sound.
Animal Teeth have always accompanied an underlay of haunted aesthetic with their ever-expanding form of dreamy sadcore indie pop-rock. Like the echoed and churning, bristling and fuzzy cavernous expanse of their cover of Grizzly Bear’s “Deep Sea Diver” from Teefe, or the slow progression and smoked-out haze of “Deep Sea Diver” follow-up track, “Sleep/Dream”. Continue reading “Premiere :: Animal Teeth : A List of Things to Say”
By Chris Bryson
On Friday, September 22 Solhounds headlined a show at the Good Will to an eager group of rockin’ fans, and Stylus was there to check it out. Continue reading “Solhounds Live at the Good Will Social Club”
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Winnipeg’s Urban Vacation have gifted the world with a beautiful new song. “After the Flood” is perfect for this new fall weather and is a promising first taste of what this band is capable of… Floating, nostalgic, lo-fi pop that makes you feel warm inside.
Check them out at the Handsome Daughter on October 19 opening up for Vancouver’s Peach Pit.
“Is this an ad for a summer beverage,” I ask myself before the 25-second mark of the first track, “Maria La Baja”. It’s hard not to crack open a cold one once you get a sense of Roberto López’s seductive blend of South American and Caribbean stylings on this 2017 release. Continue reading “Album Review :: Roberto Lopez :: Criollo Electrik”
By Rachel Adrushuk
Much like a good music video, it’s hard to separate Beth from the image of the band’s lead singer, Stefan Braun’s sultry dance on stage. Released in May 2017, the album is very moody, sometimes reminding me of a grown-up version of the emo music I used to listen to in high school. My mind was filled with images of séances, darkness, blood, and a broody sadness mixed with confidence; I guess you would call that madness? It’s like you’re mad but you’ve accepted it. You have embraced the madness, and are now dancing with it. Continue reading “Album Review – BETH”
By Max Hamilton
Synonym started in West Broadway, and since its foundation, the neighbourhood has developed at an incredible rate. It’s an art consultation group, driven by the desire to see employment opportunities for local and international artists, well-known for the many murals it has been a part of creating in our city. Since its beginning, the area that its headquarters are situated in has become more defined visually, and a central part of Winnipeg. There seems to be a relationship between the boom in population and in public art, something which their annual Wall to Wall Mural and Cultural festival will be further developing this year. Continue reading “Synonym Art Consultation : Wall to Wall”