Festival season keeps rolling. The Empty Standards play both Rainbow Trout and Harvest Sun fests this weekend. Continue reading “Weekenders 08/17 – 08/19”
Hillbilly Highway – Three cheers to the Small Time
by Sheldon Birnie
I was witness to some magic Monday night; some pure gold in musical form. I stood along the north wall inside the Times Change(d), sipping Standard lager with my best gal as the place packed itself to the brim and spilled out onto Main Street and the hot night beyond.
The place was a literal who’s-who of Winnipeg’s roots scene, performers and fans alike. Many had seen the night’s performers over the weekend out at Trout Forest, and knew for a fact that the events of the evening would be something special, something to be experienced, no excuses. They weren’t wrong in that. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Three cheers to the Small Time”
LORN – Ask the Dust
A mouth, a jawbone, a grasping hand, an open wound; the cover art for Ask The Dust is just as gray and creepy as the haunting tracks. But it’s the way the images combine that shows the fine craftsmanship Lorn has to offer. Continue reading “LORN – Ask the Dust”
SITDOWNTRACY – Twenty Something Winters
Sitdowntracy’s second album is quite an improvement from their first. The melodies are catchier, the vocals are more tuned up, the production quality is higher Continue reading “SITDOWNTRACY – Twenty Something Winters”
Arsonfest :: Turning outrage into positive change
by Brad Skibinsky
Winnipeg is known for many things. If I were to list the top responses I get from people from elsewhere, they would include murder, child poverty, the city being a frozen shithole, and arson. Continue reading “Arsonfest :: Turning outrage into positive change”
Profile: No Label Collective
by Sheldon Birnie
What started as a small snowball of an idea bouncing between two friends has built itself into an avalanche of creativity within Winnipeg’s DIY music scene. After a few months of bouncing around, the No Label Collective was rolling and picking up speed. Continue reading “Profile: No Label Collective”
Hillbilly Highway – Gordie Tentrees hits the road
by Sheldon Birnie
Gordie Tentrees is a singer-songwriter from Whitehorse, Yukon. For the past ten years, he’s been honing his craft in the land of the midnight sun, and spending months riding the Hillbilly Highway across North America and beyond. He’s currently cranking out dates across Canada to launch his latest album, North Country Heart, which hit the streets this week. Stylus caught up with Gordie at the World Famous Alaska Hotel in Dawson Creek, B.C. (my hometown) at the beginning of his tour that takes him into Winnipeg Thursday, August 9th. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Gordie Tentrees hits the road”
Gordie Tentrees – North Country Heart
Coming straight out of Whitehorse, Yukon, a songwriter named Gordie has been travelling the world since the release of his last disc, Mercy or Sin, in 2009 and he shows no signs of slowing down with North Country Heart. Continue reading “Gordie Tentrees – North Country Heart”
Pennywise – All Or Nothing
They are back! The future of these Cali punks was uncertain for a bit when lead singer Jim Lindberg recently left the band. Continue reading “Pennywise – All Or Nothing”
Weekenders 02/08 – 05/08
August Long Weekend is here! Check out these shows around Manitoba from your Weekenders crew! Continue reading “Weekenders 02/08 – 05/08”