Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
By Talula Schlegel
Jaymie Friesen released Sacred Sights from her solo project Well Sister early this November. Friesen had been tracking and mixing this EP since January, and finished the project four months later. Continue reading “Well Sister: Wistful, Soulful Folk Music”
By Mike Skwark
I meet AudioOpera at a Salisbury House ‘Xpress’ near the University of Manitoba. He is dressed in a white and green coat with patches sewn on that look like they came from an ornate quilt, over a black t-shirt with a purple dragon on it. He posits his purple cotton pants once belonged to a “dead grandmother,” and his taupe New Balance velcro sneakers are the type you might find on an early morning mall walker. Continue reading “AudioOpera :: Constantly Working”
Daniel Romano live at the Good Will Social Club
Photos by Eric Roberts
The evolution of Regina indie band Rah Rah continues. On their latest album Vessels, we hear a musical continuation of their 2012 release The Poet’s Dead. But this time around they’ve stepped it up a notch. Continue reading “Rah Rah :: Vessels”
CKUW’s Robin Eriksson was at UP+DT in Edmonton this past weekend. Read all about it! Continue reading “Adictox, Jessica Moss, JIMH :: UP+DT 2015 in Review”
By Laura Geraldine
Located directly across from the West End Cultural Centre, Eat Em Up Records opened on May 1 of this year. Owner Brandon Ackerman saw definite niches no longer being filled when Kustom Kulture boutique in Osborne Village closed. This isn’t his first rodeo with record selling either; he was an instrumental part of the War on Music co-op for five years before parting ways. Following WOM, he worked at the Kustom Kulture warehouse for another for five years. Those experiences granted him all the insight he needed to startup his latest endeavor. Continue reading “Eat Em Up Records”
By Mike Skwark
The goth scene is one of the most tight-knit scenes in the Winnipeg music community. Goth shows are always well attended by fellow goths (and goth fans). One of the most prominent acts from this scene is Ghost Twin, a dark synthpop duo comprised of partners Jaimz and Karen Asmundson. Continue reading “Ghost Twin”
by Kaitlyn Emslie Farrell
Winnipeg’s own the Unbelievable Bargains are no laughing matter. Well, feel free to laugh with them, as their lyrics portray the everyday crap that most people endure – but don’t get confused, the band is a serious project. The group consists of three members: Marshall Birch on guitar, Steve Basham on bass, and JP Perron on drums. They’re all on vocals, of course. Continue reading “The Unbelievable Bargains: Exuberance Abounds. ‘Nuff Said”
If you close your eyes before you listen to the first note of the album, you can almost smell the incense of the coolest yoga class you’ve ever been to. Continue reading “Black Cloud :: Black Cloud EP”
