by Sheldon Birnie
The Hillbilly Highway from Winnipeg to Austin and back was a long, winding, and often ice covered one. But we made it. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Looking back at SXSW”
Мох – 5
Мох (pronounced Mokh) is a project of Moscow’s Anton Krivulya, founder of the Solntsetsvety collective (whom Stylus profiled last year). Continue reading “Мох – 5”
ENSLAVED – Riitiir
Simply put, this album kicks ass. It’s just really good blackened tinged rock. Continue reading “ENSLAVED – Riitiir”
TOM FUN ORCHESTRA – Earthworm Heart
The Tom Fun Orchestra is like a shepherd’s pie containing generous portions of Great Big Sea and Pogues with a few dashes of The Decemberists. Continue reading “TOM FUN ORCHESTRA – Earthworm Heart”
SXSW :: Manitoba bands just killing it in Austin
by Sheldon Birnie
It’s been a hot few days down in Austin, but as the old song says, “the road goes on forever and the party never ends.” Continue reading “SXSW :: Manitoba bands just killing it in Austin”
Butterclock prepares for First Prom
by Kristel Jax
Berlin via Paris artist Laura Clock has built Butterclock into an underground phenomenon slowly and mysteriously, fitting her foggy sound. Though Clock finds many fans through her live and recorded collaborations with Tri Angle oOoOO (NoWayBack, Try), Clock is committed to her own sound and vision: a dizzy blend of hip hop aesthetics, pastel-tinted fantasies, mirrored reflections of top 40 pop icons, and cold New German Cinema heroines. If this sounds like a visual artist you’d love to check out or at least follow on Tumblr, you’ll be glad to learn Clock’s new EP is due later this winter.
Continue reading “Butterclock prepares for First Prom”
Continue reading “Butterclock prepares for First Prom”
Weekenders 03/14 – 03/17
Thursday, Friday, Saturday Continue reading “Weekenders 03/14 – 03/17”
Hillbilly Highway – White Horse Tavern at SXSW
by Sheldon Birnie
Well, friends, I’ve been in Austin for less than two days, and I’ve been to the White Horse Tavern twice.
The bar is a classic roadhouse, serving up cans of Lone Star on the cheap and pumping out foot stompin’, honky tonkin’ tunes. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – White Horse Tavern at SXSW”
SXSW :: Stylus has arrived
Well, we made it to Austin.
After a 26 hour drive through ice covered highways and a blizzard that spanned three states and left over 50 cars lying in the ditch, we rolled into town yesterday afternoon. We established our Austin Bureau near the University of Texas and got into some Miller High Life. Continue reading “SXSW :: Stylus has arrived”
Jimbo Mathus & The Tri-State Coalition – White Buffalo
The latest from Americana-jack-of-all-trades Jimbo Mathus is an entertaining ten tracks of country and gospel tinged tunes. Continue reading “Jimbo Mathus & The Tri-State Coalition – White Buffalo”