Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
Local act Viridians release their debut full-length album at the Lo Pub on April 12th. We sat down with Neil Exell and Joseph Péloquin-Hopfner of Viridians at Carlos & Murphy’s and ended up with a hankering for their sweet new music. And nachos. Continue reading “Your Ears Gotta Eat Too :: Food for Thought with Viridians”
by Sheldon Birnie
With the news a couple weeks back that Neil Young & Crazy Horse will be releasing a new album, titled Americana, a wave of excitement began to build inside of me. While I’m a big fan of much of Neil’s overall oeuvre, for me his work with Crazy Horse stands above and beyond his other collaborations, and beside or beyond his best solo work. This is real exciting news out here on the Hillbilly Highway, friends. Big time. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Overnight to Albuquerque”
After only a few short years of writing, touring and performing, the slightly bizarre but incredibly creative Toronto trio RatTail continue their path of injecting contagious, raw, experimental pop into the Canadian indie music industry. Continue reading “RatTail :: Self-Proclaimed Weirdos”
by Sheldon Birnie
“Up in Brandon, Manitoba, I left 13 empty jugs / Canadian Women, lord, Canadian Club.” – Tom T. Hall, “Canadian Women” Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Visiting the Wheat City”
Electropop pixie Grimes (a.k.a. Claire Boucher)’s angelic voice has captivated millions of pairs of ears in the past two years with her dark and sugary witch house beats. Less than a year after her latest release, the split LP Darkbloom (with d’Eon), the Montreal songstress is back with her most complex and lush sounding album yet, Visions. Stylus got in touch with her via e-mail, and this is what she had to say. Continue reading “The Visions of Grimes”
by Sheldon Birnie
Like The Boss said, “Summer’s here and the time is right for racing in the streets.” Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Back on the Road”
After a disturbingly friendly-weathered day, John K. Samson welcomes the subzero chill that we Winnipeggers are so familiar with. “I’m kind of relieved it’s getting a little colder. It was freaking me out yesterday. It was kind of unsettling… We need the real winter,” he explains over the phone. Continue reading “Citing Sources :: John K. Samson’s “Provincial””
by Sheldon Birnie
Ray Wylie Hubbard is a goddamn beauty, bottom line. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Take heed of the Grifter’s Hymnal”