Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
The Lonely End of the Rink: Confessions of a Reluctant Goalie is an emjoyable read all around, but it’s a great piece of writing for those of us who are hopelessly obsessed with both the arts and the best game you can name. Continue reading “Grant Lawrence – The Lonely End of the Rink”
Last year, Frankie Rose broke into a solo career with an excellent record called Interstellar. Continue reading “Frankie Rose – Herein Wild”
“Forceful” would be a compelling choice of word to describe Tim Hecker’s Virgins. Continue reading “Tim Hecker – Virgins”
Federal Lights second release and first LP, We Were Found in The Fog, came out in late August. Continue reading “Federal Lights – We Were Found in the Fog”
CHILLIWACK – Dreams, Dreams, Dreams 1977
CHILLIWACK – Lights From The Valley 1978
CHILLIWACK – Breakdown In Paradise 1979
DOUCETTE – Mama Let Him Play 1977
DOUCETTE – The Douce Is Loose 1979
In early 2013, Linus Entertainment acquired the the rights to the defunct Mushroom Records catalogue, updated and re-mastered, and is now re-issuing out-of-print albums, starting with Chilliwack and Doucette. All five Mushroom releases have stood the test of time, with singles from each album still in rotation on classic rock radio. Continue reading “MUSHROOM RECORDS – 2013 Reissues from Linus Entertainment”
Toronto based band DIANA recently released an eight track EP spanning a brief 35 minutes that offers a gentle and well produced approach to a pop music. Continue reading “DIANA – Perpetual Surrender”
The Argument, ex-Hüsker Dü drummer Grant Hart’s eighth solo disc is a concept album based on a pair of books, Paradise Lost by Milton and Lost Paradise by William S. Burroughs; two sides of the same coin – fallen angels and the rise of Satan vs Adam & Eve and the rise of humanity. Continue reading “Grant Hart – The Argument”
Since his Juno-nominated Dope Sick rose Madchild from debilitating drug addiction to sobriety and widespread solo success, the Swollen Members frontman has been busy concocting a slew of new material. Continue reading “Madchild – Lawn Mower Man”
This album is the score and soundtrack to a documentary musical film that is not yet released. Continue reading “Rae Spoon – My Prairie Home”
I wish that Health were the album that it wants to be. Continue reading “The Heavy Blinkers – Health”