Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
This little split from Saskatoon’s Shooting Guns and Edmonton’s Krang is fucking tasty. Purveyors both of heady instrumental intensity, I’ve been digging on their respective recent releases to the point of mania lately, so to have them both on one slab of vinyl is a goddamn treat. Continue reading “Shooting Guns / Krang – split 7””
Do you remember the first time you heard Vancouver’s Delhi 2 Dublin? After realizing it was futile to resist dancing, was your first thought “What’s that sound”? Followed by: “Where can I download this?” Continue reading “DELHI 2 DUBLIN – Turn Up the Stereo”
Those Guys are an a cappella group that have been together since 2009. Eight guys, eight voices, that’s it. Their live show always turns into a party where people dance and sing along, each show eclipsing the last in terms of quality and spectacle. And they’re only getting better! Recently, Those Guys celebrated the release of their debut, That Album, over the course of two nights at the Park Theatre. Stylus sat down with Bernie “Ring Leader” Pastorin, Mike “The Heartthrob” Engstrom, and James “The Human Bassline” Campbell during a rare instance of downtime. Continue reading “Those Guys Bring the a capella party to Winnipeg”
Today I will be telling you about a game which has scared many mothers. I’m not joking! That game is Dead Space 2. Continue reading “Kollection – Dead Space 2”
by Sheldon Birnie
photo: Alexandra Valenti
Alberta’s honky-tonk hero Corb Lund released his sixth solo album last week, Cabin Fever, and the beauty of a disc has already topped the charts here in Canada, in “overall sales,” “digital overall sales,” and “country sales.” I’ve had the disc on repeat for most of the past week, only taking it out to spin the new Propagandhi barn-burner, and there’s good reason it’s dominating sales this week. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Corb Lund pours ’em kinda strong on new release”
Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Husky’s debut album Forever So is a precisely crafted pop album, filled with songs beautifully arranged around fingerpicked guitar with a continual sense of drive gently pushing the listener through the album. Continue reading “HUSKY – Forever So”
Homegrown noise rock by way of Meatrack, Stagmummer and more recently KEN Mode. Digging a little deeper by way of their Manitoba Music page it turns out that they are alumni from both Meatrack and Stagmummer. Continue reading “THE STRAP – Another Point Of View/Another Point Of You”
Review by Ryan Reyes
Photos by Khammy Phanthavong
Somehow, someway I find myself climbing the winding staircase of the Greenroom. Ah yes a rap show. An Action Bronson rap show. This mountain of a man with the best rap handle this side of Snoop Lion has been generating much buzz in the rap world as of late. Yes, he may often sound like that MC whose name rhymes with Fishface Trilla and yes, he was a respected gourmet chef before he became a rapper. Continue reading “Action Bronson // Live @ Greenroom 08/15”
On April 19, 2012, all that could be seen above 42 Albert Street was a plume of smoke and fire. A fenced in hole in the ground was all that War on Music customers found the following day. It is assumed to be an electrical fire. The building was torn down within 24 hours. Continue reading “War on Music :: Rising from the ashes”
Welcome to Prototype 2, the sequel to the game that was once held as the ultimate badass game. Let’s see how this stacks up to it.
In this game, you are James Heller, an ex-military man who finished his tour to find his wife and daughter dead due to an outbreak of what they are calling the “Mercer virus.” Distraught and outright pissed off, you re-enlist to find and kill the man who is responsible: Alex Mercer. During a routine pickup and protect detail your convoy gets attacked leaving everybody but you dead. You call in the attack on your radio when you see Alex Mercer. You are ordered to stay but you ignore it and slit Mercer’s throat instead. Which does nothing. Continue reading “Kontroller – Prototype 2”