Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
Photo by Andy Sears
by Victoria King
While most will tell you not to judge a book by its cover, the cover of Sharon Van Etten’s latest release is the picture that tells a thousand words. But all banal maxims aside, Are We There is anything but boring, repetitive, or cliché – in fact, she describes this record as her most personal and current release yet (and it shows). Continue reading “Sharon Van Etten :: Gets heavy on “Are We There?””
Daredevil, the latest from quavering crooner Justin Rutledge is about as Canadian as they come: an album made up entirely of Tragically Hip covers. Continue reading “Justin Rutledge – Daredevil”
I picked up this album fully expecting either a late-90s/early-00s post-grunge/alternative band or some sort of alt-country singer/songwriter based on the artwork. Continue reading “Ian Kelly – All These Lines”
Mac Demarco’s third solo release and follow-up to critically acclaimed 2 follows a similar pattern of his previous successes with small easter eggs of maturity buried throughout. Continue reading “Mac Demarco – Salad Days”
by Gil Carroll
With the release of his new, overwhelmingly fresh and catchy LP, Salad Days, Mac DeMarco has been dragged into the indie music spotlight with force. He’s been told to stay there, take countless interviews with every music blog in North America and Europe, sing some songs to sold out crowds all over the world, tell jokes and do funny dances. With so much coverage and a frenzy of hip kids surrounding Mac at this point, what else is left to be said? Continue reading “Mac DeMarco :: No straight talk here…”
A lot of the songs on Fade Out, the fourth full-length from Halifax’s Dog Day, sound similar, which sometimes makes the album feel like one long song. Continue reading “Dog Day – Fade Out”
Hearts are broken, train whistles blow, an old dog is whipped.
Hailing from Toronto, The Strumbellas are deliciously folky, with six vocalists, banjo, trumpet, violin, keys, resulting in a Rural Alberta Advantage feel. Continue reading “The Strumbellas – We Still Move On Dance Floors”
Right from the opening track, “Love’s Return,” it’s quite obvious that the latest release from this new age music icon is something special and extraordinary! Continue reading “David Lanz – Movements of the Heart”
Winnipeg guitarist Tangent Project spent 18 months living in Mexico and returned home with his first album in a decade. Continue reading “Tangent Project – Calm After The Storm”