Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
When David Simon’s latest foray into television, Treme, began airing on HBO, you can’t fault people for assuming we’d get The Wire Pt 2. On the contrary, what Simon provided was not so much of a plot driven narrative, but a slow, reflective look at New Orleans and its people. In some ways, it was more of a painting than it was a television show. Blunderspublik’s latest cassette Barren Immensity follows a similar suit. Continue reading “Blunderspublik – Barren Immensity”
Winnipeg has this amazing ability to breed musicians and great bands. Continue reading “The Girth – The Girth”
In the framework of Vancouver hip hop – a scene synonymous with names like the Rascalz, Sweatshop Union, and Swollen Members – Cityreal (Remi Huot) is steadily becoming one of the city’s most relevant players. Continue reading “Cityreal & Wes Mackey – Good Morning Blues”
Lee Harvey Osmond is a diverse all-star collective including Hawksley Workman, Oh Susanna, members of Skydiggers, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings and Cowboy Junkies. Continue reading “LeE HARVeY OsMOND – The Folk Sinner”
Jon Mick’s second stand-up record is a disturbing beauty indeed. Continue reading “Jon Mick – Beard Milk”
Left Here Alone is a collection of songs Faunts created between their first and second releases, Feel. Love. Thinking. Of., and M4, but unreleased until now. Continue reading “FAUNTS – Left Here Alone”
Normally bands grow and develop with their sound, constantly improving and maturing but not without few slips along the way. However, usually the band in question will bounce back from that weak album/single and rock the shit out of the next one, understanding where they went wrong. Continue reading “Band of Horses- Mirage Rock”
This little platter is a pure slab of old-timey Americana gold. The product of Sam Doores and Riley Downing & the Tumbleweeds chance encounter in 2010, these 12 tracks are a mix of each songwriter’s style, along with some revamped classics thrown in for good measure. Continue reading “Sam Doores and Riley Downing & the Tumbleweeds – Holy Cross Blues”
North Carolina’s Tift Merritt has a gift for storytelling, a mean band, and a voice that wouldn’t be out of place on the Ryman stage, or a backwoods jukejoint. Continue reading “Tift Merritt – Traveling Alone”