Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
by Darcy Penner
As independent bands watch music industry executives rapidly drag their boats out of drying revenue-rivers and chop them into a bunch of mini-boats for the multitude of fresh revenue-creeks, crowd-sourcing campaigns to secure project-capital have become the norm. Continue reading “Distances look to fans for help producing debut LP”
by Harrison Samphir
Will the real emcees please stand up? Continue reading “Swollen Members :: Finding Balance After the Bad Dreams”
by Kabir Kaler
Hello and welcome to another issue of Kollection. Today I will take you through a game I actually waited for years to play on my PC called Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition. Continue reading “Kollection :: Devil May Cry 3 – Special Edition”
by Sheldon Birnie
“I’ve been finding these songs for the last 20 years, hearing songs by peers that I wanted to sing,” Corin Raymond explains over the phone from Edmonton. Having just completed a string of shows in Alberta, Raymond is about to jump on a plane to Kamloops for a short tour of southern British Columbia in support of his “million dollar Canadian folk record,” Paper Nickels. Continue reading “Corin Raymond’s “Million dollar” folk record Paper Nickels”
by Scott Wolfe
Fans of heavy music here in Winnipeg are undoubtedly all over the KEN mode train. But the rest of the world is catching up. In case you weren’t at the station when last it pulled out, Stylus caught up with Jesse Matthewson to see how the band is doing on the road and talk their new record Entrench, which is out now on Season of Mist. Continue reading “Bring the Noise and set your dials to KEN mode.”
by Kabir Kaler
Hello and welcome to Kontroller. Today I will be talking about a game that brings something new, yet is a little nostalgic, called DMC: Devil May Cry.
Before I go on I need to say that this DMC is a new game with its own timeline that is completely separate from previous Devil May Cry entries. Continue reading “Kontroller :: Dmc – Devil May Cry”
by Sheldon Birnie
One of the hardest working bands in rock n roll is hitting Winnipeg this week, and I for one could not be happier.
Lucero are a long-running, hard-touring band out of Memphis, Tennessee. Having been out on the road for well over a decade, playing up to or over 200 shows a year, the band are far from slowing down, even as they edge into their 40s. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Hard touring Memphis act Lucero roll into town”
by Fabian Suárez-Amaya
Keeping the same touring and recording line-up together for over a decade, Stars is something of an anomaly among modern musicians. They recently strode through Winnipeg as an opening act for Metric at the MTS Centre. I spoke to Evan Cranley as Stars is preparing to embark on their next tour, promoting their new album The North. Continue reading “Stars :: Conquer the North”
by Sheldon Birnie
The Hillbilly Highway from Winnipeg to Austin and back was a long, winding, and often ice covered one. But we made it. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Looking back at SXSW”