Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
By Kaitlyn Emslie-Farrell
The classy way to do an interview on a Sunday evening is to meet in a local punk venue, the King’s Hotel, have a few beers and laugh around a table for a couple hours. Oh yeah, we also talked about music. I met with Zip R Head of Trouser Mouth and we decided to go raw with the interview. Beer first, work second. Laughs everywhere in between. Let’s have a good time with this. Continue reading “Trouser Mouth”
Okay, this is a great record. Let’s just start with that. Top drawer material. It feels like slipping into a dreamworld. As a starting point of reference think The Cure, Radiohead, etc. – basically shoegaze but also indie rock. Continue reading “Animal Teeth :: Happy To See You”
By Andre Cornejo
It’s the day before the deadline, and only now do I realize how pathetically far behind
I am on all of this writing I was supposed to do over the last 30 days. No reviews,
no editorials, and I haven’t transcribed the interview. The last month and a half have
been a complete write off for me. A haze of amber ale, cheap cigarettes, and very little
sleep. Continue reading “Out From the Watering Hole: Seasons in the Abyss and the Need for Reconditioning”
“I don’t mind . . . should I mind?” Lev Snowe muses on “Daydream I,” the second track on his EP, Drifting Off. In this instance, the tug-of-war between caring and not caring seems to have a clear victor, but through his music Snowe makes apathy part of a joyful state of mind. Continue reading “Lev Snowe :: Drifting Off”
Nap Eyes (from Nova Scotia) are about to release a very thought-provoking album. It is composed of cool melodic blues-folk with lyrics that make you think: think about yourself, how others see you, your life choices, and all of the meanings behind your decisions. It’s a cool mellow way to reassess and self-reflect. To set the mood, the band recorded all seven tracks live on a porch beside the beautiful coast of Pictou, NS. Continue reading “Nap Eyes: Lyrics that make you think”
By Kaitlyn Emslie-Farrell
The Real McKenzies aren’t a new topic of conversation for Canadian punk lovers. They’ve been written about, talked about, and danced to. But if you’re really experiencing The Real McKenzies, you’re drinking to them. Vancouver based Celtic punk rockers aren’t strangers to Winnipeg either. I spoke with front man Paul McKenzie and he told me many stories including one about our own wind spot on Portage and Main. Continue reading “The Real McKenzies”
As a follow up to his April 2015 album release of ok, night, Micah Visser’s new single “I Will Not Return As A Tourist” came out in November of last year. The 19-year old will be embarking on his second tour, headed East on March 17th. The last night of the tour is a homecoming show on March 30th at The Good Will Social Club; Visser hopes that, for his city, this homecoming performance will be his best yet. Continue reading “Micah Visser :: Eastern Canada Tour”
By Chris Bryson
On March 4, Winnipeg experimental pop-rock outfit Boats will be playing their last show at the Good Will. “Probably the last show,” says Mat Klachefsky, Boats’ frontman and songwriter. Continue reading “Boats: One Last Hurrah Before Setting Sail”
By Victoria King
From her home in Saint John’s Newfoundland, and me from the CKUW production booth in downtown Winnipeg, Amelia Curran and I make small talk: How’s the weather there? Did you see the news about Bowie? Yes, it got to -30 here this weekend. Don’t these sorts of things always happen around time of year. Continue reading “The Feast and Famine of Amelia Curran”
By Rachel Narvey
Frazey Ford joins me on the phone a week into the new year. When I ask how 2016 is going, she confesses that for the past few days she’s been in bed with a cold. “I’m just coming out of it,” she says. “I feel a bit like a newborn.”
Hearing her voice, you’d never know she’d been sick. Ford speaks with a warmth that instantly suggests her signature musical blend of folk and soul. You only have to play the first minute of a Frazey Ford song before someone in the room turns to you, a little bit in awe, and asks “who is this?” Continue reading “Frazey Ford”