Thursday, Friday, Saturday Continue reading “Weekenders 03/14 – 03/17”
Hillbilly Highway – White Horse Tavern at SXSW
by Sheldon Birnie
Well, friends, I’ve been in Austin for less than two days, and I’ve been to the White Horse Tavern twice.
The bar is a classic roadhouse, serving up cans of Lone Star on the cheap and pumping out foot stompin’, honky tonkin’ tunes. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – White Horse Tavern at SXSW”
SXSW :: Stylus has arrived
Well, we made it to Austin.
After a 26 hour drive through ice covered highways and a blizzard that spanned three states and left over 50 cars lying in the ditch, we rolled into town yesterday afternoon. We established our Austin Bureau near the University of Texas and got into some Miller High Life. Continue reading “SXSW :: Stylus has arrived”
Jimbo Mathus & The Tri-State Coalition – White Buffalo
The latest from Americana-jack-of-all-trades Jimbo Mathus is an entertaining ten tracks of country and gospel tinged tunes. Continue reading “Jimbo Mathus & The Tri-State Coalition – White Buffalo”
MARTHA WAINWRIGHT – Come Home to Mama
Recorded in Sean Lennon’s home studio and produced by Cibo Matto keyboardist/sampler Yuka Hondo, Come Home To Mama is Martha Wainwright’s third full length effort, and her most accessible to date. Continue reading “MARTHA WAINWRIGHT – Come Home to Mama”
Boys Noize – Out of the Black
Alex Ridha’s first album as Boys Noize gave us 2007’s Oi Oi Oi. Continue reading “Boys Noize – Out of the Black”
SXSW: Local bands hit the road to Austin, TX
by Sheldon Birnie
Every year, for six days in March, unwashed masses of musicians, music journalists and industry types (not to mention music fans) from across the world descend on Austin, Texas, for South By Southwest. The largest music conference and festival of its kind in the world, SXSW represents a great opportunity for emerging Manitoba artists to share their music with the world. Continue reading “SXSW: Local bands hit the road to Austin, TX”
Weekenders 03/08 – 03/11
Dig yourselves out from under the snow and get ye to a music venue this Weekend! Continue reading “Weekenders 03/08 – 03/11”
Hillbilly Highway – The Reverend Rambler prepares to drop debut
by Sheldon Birnie
Winnipeg’s Matt Colpitts (aka The Reverend Rambler) has been slowly building himself a reputation around the Heart of the Continent as a dynamic performer and an authentic songwriter — not to mention the city’s best one-man-band. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – The Reverend Rambler prepares to drop debut”
MOBINA GALORE – Skeletons EP
Skeletons EP, Mobina Galore’s second offering, is a five song nineteen minute blast of raw rock n roll, chock full of hooks and crashes. Continue reading “MOBINA GALORE – Skeletons EP”