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The newest EP from Winnipeg’s best post-punk band Surprise Party, Circle of Death, is a fusion of unlikely genres and effects. Each track boasts a distinct musical signature. The opening song “Come Down” features a very groovy and upbeat sound, with shimmering guitar riffs lodging themselves in your eardrums. Continue reading “Surprise Party :: Circle of Death EP”
Touring on behalf of their album II, Toronto Post-Punks Metz will be stopping by Winnipeg on July 29, performing at the Pyramid Cabaret. Stylus got caught up with the band on the phone. Continue reading “METZ :: On the Phone”
By Kaitlyn Emslie Farrell
If you enjoy your indie music where the vague genre labels stem from breaking the rules and mixing up the typical formulas, then Lady Lamb is probably on your playlist, or at least she should be. Aly Spaltro aka Lady Lamb has been making music since her days working at her hometown’s popular video rental store in southern Maine, USA. Stylus caught up with Aly on the phone to talk about life and music. Continue reading “Lady Lamb :: Clear your head”
By Tim Richardson
Sufjan Stevens is known for high-concept projects. He’s crafted musical anthologies of Illinois and Michigan, made a song for each of the animals of the Chinese Zodiac, and churned out seemingly endless volumes of Christmas music. With his newest album, Carrie & Lowell, we find him at his least thematically ambitious and most biographically and emotionally exposed. As has been extensively publicized and discussed, Carrie & Lowell is very explicitly about one thing: Sufjan’s response to the 2012 death of his mother Carrie to stomach cancer. Each song copes with the reverberations of this event: witnessing it, burying it, or accepting it, sometimes all at the same time. Continue reading “Sufjan Stevens :: Us and those we lose”
Sam Neal has been involved with CKUW for approximately the past 4 years, first doing guest spots on Sellout Sound (now Mercy of Slumber), then co-hosting, and has now graduated to his own show, Knock Between Doors, which is a marathon six-hour set of experimental music from across the spectrum. Stylus emailed Sam to talk about his show. Continue reading “CKUWHO :: Knock Between Doors”
By Natalie Bohrn
There is hardly a line on Carly Dow’s album Ingrained that isn’t worth twisting around in your mind like a skein of yarn to find its true beginning and end. Continue reading “Carly Dow :: Ingrained”
By Selci
Recently I ran into local musicians Raine Hamilton and Rayannah at Thom Bargen and we discussed all the women releasing albums in May. It seemed like a great idea to get everyone together at Munson Park and talk about music and being women in the scene in Winnipeg. Raine, Ray, Carly Dow, Basic Nature, and I spent an afternoon in the sunlight and had a lovely and productive discussion about music and equality. It all began with one question: Continue reading “Retrospectives on May Releases from Manitoba Musicians: Basic Nature, Carly Dow, Raine Hamilton, and Rayannah”
By Victoria King
In light of a lot of really heinous behavior that came to surface nationally and locally a few months ago, our community started to have really great conversations through various media outlets. We spoke openly and passionately about creating safe(r) spaces in the local music scene, and new projects and initiatives started to reflect that. Continue reading “Ideas for Creating Safe(r) Festivals”
By Martyna Turczynowicz
What’s old is new again. Just ask Taylor Burgess, founder of BrainWave Tapes, a cassette label that started in 2014.
By Victoria King
I’m uncertain of the most appropriate word to describe that feeling on a rainy grey Sunday, when there’s nothing to do and nowhere to go, and the whole day is spent in a half state of here and not here. When I first listened to Loyalty, the brand new release by The Weather Station, that was my day – and it became the perfect soundtrack. Continue reading “The Weather Station : Loyalty”