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MULLIGRUB: Melancholy and Melody meet in the Heart of West Broadway

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By Andre Cornejo

It’s Sunday afternoon, and the weather is certainly less than favourable. The Winnipeg winter we all love to hate has shown up over the weekend, and I’m glad that I only have to walk one block with my tape deck to get to Mulligrub’s jam space.

I make my way up to the front door and I’m let inside by guitarist and vocalist, Kelly Campbell. The first thing one notices when entering the home is the impressive collection of written and printed material. Information ranging from and beyond indigenous struggles, animal liberation, gender, and health, to socialism, foreign policy, and radical fiction. Continue reading “MULLIGRUB: Melancholy and Melody meet in the Heart of West Broadway”

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Art Angels – Grimes

GRIMES-ART-ANGELS-COVER-ARTBy Laura Friesen

With the release of her fourth full-length, Art Angels, everyone’s favourite urban faerie has catapulted herself into the public pop stratosphere. And when I say catapulted herself, it’s in the truest sense of the phrase – the Vancouver native has built her career on her own terms, uncompromisingly hacking out a sonic and cultural space that celebrates the weird, the feminine, the surreal, the twisted. Continue reading “Art Angels – Grimes”

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Grey Lands :: Right Arm

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Grey Lands is the side project of Cuff The Duke’s frontman, Wayne Petti. I admit I have never paid any attention to Cuff The Duke and I’m happy to hear Wayne Petti with fresh ears for the first time here. The first three of the eight songs on Right Arm, released on September 11 2015, instantly bring to mind a striking resemblance to bands I can recognize. Continue reading “Grey Lands :: Right Arm”

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RasTamils :: It’s a Dream

 

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Reggae music in Canada has been static and ordinary for the last decade or so. Many have come, but few have been chosen. We have not seen much to compare to the likes of Messenjah and Truths and Rights, but today, we have in our midst in Winnipeg up and coming talent that may be able to fit those shoes. RasTamils demonstrate this with their latest and original album, It’s a Dream. Continue reading “RasTamils :: It’s a Dream”