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”
The Visions of Grimes
By Adrienne Yeung
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”
Kontroller – Deus Ex: Human Revolution
by: Kabir Kaler
Hello gamers. Today we will be meeting with the multimillion dollar man (literally), Adam Jensen, in the newly released game Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a prequel to the critically acclaimed game, Deus Ex for PC, released in 2000. It was called the best PC game of all time in PC Gamers’ Top 100 PC games. Continue reading “Kontroller – Deus Ex: Human Revolution”
Hillbilly Highway – Back on the Road
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”
Citing Sources :: John K. Samson’s “Provincial”
By Victoria King
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””
Hillbilly Highway – Take heed of the Grifter’s Hymnal
by Sheldon Birnie
Ray Wylie Hubbard is a goddamn beauty, bottom line. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Take heed of the Grifter’s Hymnal”
.RU :: Underground tweenoise masters in the post-USSR
By Kristel Jax
In mid 2010, I started billing myself as a DJ who played Solntsetsvety. Solntsetsvety – or Солнцецветы, a Russian word that translates to Sun Flowers (abbreviated СЦ in Cyrillic) – is an artist network which has been spawning lo-fi tracks and albums ranging from harsh noise and pure experimental to transcendental kraut jams and lo-fi reggaes since the late ’90s. Solntsetsvety is based – sort of – in cities Minsk, Belarus and Moscow, Russia, and sort of on their website, lesom.ru. The groups belonging to Solntsetsvety were hard to penetrate, even armed with digital translation and English articles on David MacFadyen’s Far From Moscow blog. Solntsetsvety was magic – and a mystery too intense to shrug off. Continue reading “.RU :: Underground tweenoise masters in the post-USSR”
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”
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 “Memoryhouse – The Slideshow Effect”
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 “Memoryhouse – The Slideshow Effect”
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”