photos & review by Ginaya Jesmer
Headaches was the first opening act at the WECC stage on September 13th and amused the audience as he politely asked for the lighting to be dimmed as he liked it to “feel like a cave.” Cocoon-like lights were draped over the stage, giving a strobe light effect. Following up was Evian Christ… Continue reading “Purity Ring / Evian Christ / Headaches LIVE @ WECC 09/13”
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”
By Andrew Mazurak
Buck 65 made his way through town an enlisted Winnipeg’s Rob Crooks and Edmonton’s Colleen Brown who helped Buck with their endearing cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Who By Fire”. Here’s some photos and we’ll have a review to follow in our upcoming August/September issue out August 9th, which is also the same day as our second Stylus Launch Party at the LO PUB featuring pretty much everyone from NO LABEL COLLECTIVE!!
Continue reading “Buck 65 + Rob Crooks // 07-14-12 // LIVE @ Pyramid Cabaret”
Feist kicks off the festival by rocking out pretty damn late into the night!
By Andrew Mazurak
Well well well.. another year and another blistering hot weekend+ at Birds Hill Park for the 39th annual Winnipeg Folk Fest. A lethal consumption of alcohol was consumed, glorious costumes became tattered strips of nothing, and Stylus was there to slam ’em back, crash, puke, dance, interview, force food into guts, force coffee into brain, buy many and many dollar watermelon slices, wander through the trees in the dark, hug the shrug guy and shrug at the hug guy with the rest of you. I for one had a great time documenting what bands I could and hereeeee weee gooo: Continue reading “Winnipeg Folk Fest 2012 Photos”
Photo of Aunty Panty by Taylor Burgess in Calgary, Alberta.
By Taylor Burgess
For their only show of Sled Island, thru-and-thru riotgrrrls Aunty Panty sauntered onto the stage and they started pulling their white dresses over their heads. They exposed themselves to the crowd in nude-coloured bras and merkins over their pantyhose. There was a space of metres between them and the crowd, which was maintained while Aunty Panty burst out their alarmingly stripped-down blend of post-punk and riotgrrrl. To get into the heads of one of the more political bands at the festival, I sat down with them in the parking lot of the Palamino. Continue reading “First Class Riot: Crushing Boners with Aunty Panty”
Photo of Nü Sensae by Taylor Burgess in Calgary, Alberta.
By Taylor Burgess
Bubbling out of Vancouver’s fertile and molting noise/punk/hardcore/etc. scene, Nü Sensae are one of loudest onslaughts which reaffirm doom and gloom exists in these optimistic times. Core duo Daniel Pitout and Andrea Lukic were joined late last year by guitarist Brody McKnight, former Mutator, and they all joined forces to make their new record, Sundowning, which is looming to drop on Suicide Squeeze records for August 7. (“I know,” Brody McKnight says, “it’s a big deal.”) Here’s a track from that album, and then after the jump there’s an interview from the back alley of the Ship and Anchor after their last show of Sled Island Festival.
Nü Sensae – Swim
Continue reading “FIRST CLASS RIOT: Q’n’A with Nü Sensae”
Photo of Bloodhouse by Taylor Burgess in Calgary, Alberta.
By Taylor Burgess
After driving to Calgary straight from Winnipeg, what better way to acclimatize myself to the Sled Island festival than head the Royal Canadian Legion #1? It served as two venues in one, had the Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet reunion show, and offered the nobility and decency of a legion so many of us have ironically or unironically come to know.
Continue reading “FIRST CLASS RIOT: Arriving in Style at Sled Island Festival”
Photo by Andrew Mazurak at the Pyramid Cabaret in Winnipeg.
By Andrew Mazurak
Neon Indian got a little more than they expected from a frenzied Winnipeg crowd back in Spring.
Playing catch-up but here are a couple photos of the group as they were literally/apparently slapped by the face by madness.
Continue reading “Neon Indian // 05-03-12 // LIVE @ Pyramid Cabaret”
TRANSISTOR 66 WEEKENDER w/ Miesha & the Spanks, This Hisses, Les Sexy, and Microdot
By Shanell Dupras
Photo by Andrew Mazurak at the WECC in Winnipeg.
By Andrew Mazurak
Toronto’s Austra came to town in late November expecting colder weather than that which welcomed them. Despite our less than wintery wonderland of a city being unseasonably warm, the WECC warmed up damn quick as the sold out crowd danced their asses off for opener Young Galaxy who just came through town a few months earlier with Junior Boys:
Continue reading “Austra + Young Galaxy + Tasseomancy // 11-24-11 // LIVE @ WECC”
