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March 14, 2012

Hillbilly Highway – Checking in to New Country Rehab

by Sheldon Birnie

If you missed New Country Rehab at last year’s Winnipeg Folk Fest, now’s your chance to make up for that grievous error in judgment or scheduling on your part when NCR hit the Park Theatre on March 15. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Checking in to New Country Rehab”

March 13, 2012

MILK MUSIC – Beyond living

Milk Music self-released this album a year ago and it was on many top 10 lists of 2010. It quickly sold out. Continue reading

March 13, 2012

Delhi 2 Dublin – Planet: Electrified Remixes

Delhi 2 Dublin is an incredible act. They are most acclaimed for their energetic live performances since the group’s birth in 2006, and less recognized for their recorded releases. Continue reading

March 13, 2012

The Cats’ Orchestra – Coffee Killer

Coffee Killer collects a dozen songs by Nicholay Syrov, experimental musician and poet based in Moscow. Continue reading “The Cats’ Orchestra – Coffee Killer”

March 9, 2012

Memoryhouse – The Slideshow Effect

by Adrienne Yeung

Forget the map. A pair of headphones and Memoryhouse’s debut LP, The Slideshow Effect, are all you need to find a little oasis of sepia-toned zen anytime, anyplace. (It also helps if you have the muscle tone to not drop your backpack on a stranger’s foot like I did when I was chilling/dozing to this during my commute.) The duo behind this ambient, invigorating pop consist of Guelph natives Evan Abeele and Denise Nouvion, who took the time to play Q&A with Stylus. Continue reading

March 7, 2012

Hillbilly Highway – Zachary Lucky’s Saskatchewan

by Sheldon Birnie

Zachary Lucky is a soft-spoken, hard-working troubadour from Saskatoon, SK. No stranger to the Hillbilly Highway, Lucky has criss-crossed the country time and time again since the release Come & Gone in 2010. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Zachary Lucky’s Saskatchewan”

March 6, 2012

CRYSTAL STILTS – Radiant Door EP

It’s another release from the Brooklyn psych-pop quintet, Crystal Stilts! Continue reading

March 6, 2012

Alkaline Trio – Damnesia

Initially I was a little confused and skeptical as to what semi-acoustic means/would bring to a punk band. Continue reading

March 6, 2012

Shelley O’Brien – Vivarium

Although the album cover was shot in Iceland, the YouTuber-turned-traveling-musician Shelley O’Brien has released an album full of Canadiana. Continue reading

March 2, 2012

The Hidden Words explore the Bahá’í faith in song

By Sheldon Birnie

The Hidden Words is a Montréal-based acoustic folk-pop project celebrating the scriptural tradition of the Bahá’í faith. Initiated by Alden Penner (ex-Unicorns, Clues), the project has grown to include Penner’s old friend and collaborator Jamie Thompson (ex-Unicorns, ex-Islands), as well as Marie-Claire Saindon, Neah Bahji Kelly, James Farr, and Ben Howden. Continue reading “The Hidden Words explore the Bahá’í faith in song”