Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
By Rachel Narvey
It’s the first snowfall of the year and already Winnipeg drivers seem to have forgotten the rules of the road. I make my way across Main, narrowly avoiding a few ambitious cars. At her apartment, Lizzy Burt (one half of Basic Nature) offers me some tea. While we wait for her counterpart, Claire Bones, to arrive, we talk about staying motivated, how gross the mall is, and holistic healing. Continue reading “Basic Nature”
By Jen Doerksen
I know I can trust Real Love Winnipeg Winnipeg to host a great evening of music; and Thursday Dec. 3 was no different. The variety kept me intrigued from the moment each act set up. Continue reading “Real Love Thursday :: 12/3/2015”
By Talula Schlegel
Jaymie Friesen released Sacred Sights from her solo project Well Sister early this November. Friesen had been tracking and mixing this EP since January, and finished the project four months later. Continue reading “Well Sister: Wistful, Soulful Folk Music”
By Mike Skwark
I meet AudioOpera at a Salisbury House ‘Xpress’ near the University of Manitoba. He is dressed in a white and green coat with patches sewn on that look like they came from an ornate quilt, over a black t-shirt with a purple dragon on it. He posits his purple cotton pants once belonged to a “dead grandmother,” and his taupe New Balance velcro sneakers are the type you might find on an early morning mall walker. Continue reading “AudioOpera :: Constantly Working”
Daniel Romano live at the Good Will Social Club
Photos by Eric Roberts
Dream City is the follow up to Cannon Bros.’ 2011 Polaris Prize nominated Firecracker/Cloudglow, a jangly, riffy tour de force that demanded attention and rightfully received it. Since that album came and went and stuck in our collective brains, Cannon Bros. have largely gone quiet, busy with other projects that have been successful in their own right, so it was one hell of a nice surprise to have this absolute stunner of an album dropped on my lap. Continue reading “Cannon Bros. :: Dream City”
The evolution of Regina indie band Rah Rah continues. On their latest album Vessels, we hear a musical continuation of their 2012 release The Poet’s Dead. But this time around they’ve stepped it up a notch. Continue reading “Rah Rah :: Vessels”
By Kaitlyn Emslie Farrell
Dilly Dally is a name you might want to familiarize yourself with if you’re into that whole grunge, badass thing, and I hope you are. There are four of them in total. Katie Monks and Liz Ball have known each other awhile but Dilly Dally all began about six years ago. Some bassists and drummers came and went but they’re lucky now to have Jimmy Tony and Benjamin Reinhartz solidified within the group for the last year and a half. Continue reading “Dilly Dally :: Doing Anything But Dilly Dallying”
By Ed Durocher
Holy Void is a kind of “supergroup” within the Winnipeg music scene, with Danny Hacking and Kyle Loewen (Surprise Party) making up the rhythm section and Grant Trippel & Michael Henderson-Castle (The Catamounts) handling guitar duties. Their debut self-titled EP is full of spacey psychedelic goodness. They would describe it as ‘nightmare pop.’ I got a chance to talk with bassist Danny Hacking about the album, the recording process, and the band.
Continue reading “Holy Void”