Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
Today I will be telling you about a game which has scared many mothers. I’m not joking! That game is Dead Space 2. Continue reading “Kollection – Dead Space 2”
by Darcy Penner
On Saturday, August 25th, Warsaw will be making its debut appearance at the Lo Pub. Comprised of Curran Faris (Hide Your Daughters, Husk), Josh Bedry (Electro Quarterstaff, El Diablo), Ethan Osland (burnthe8track), and Darren Achorn (Projektor, Meat Rack), the four-piece takes melodic riffs on top of pop-influenced structures and kicks it all in the ass with their pasts in hardcore and metal. Stylus had the opportunity to sit down for a cup of coffee with Faris, Osland, and Faris’ impossibly cute daughter ahead of their show to chat about the bands inception, influences, and goals. The following is an edited transcript of the interview. Be sure to check out Warsaw at the Lo Pub, with Pop Crimes and Still Lights, on August 25th. Continue reading “Warsaw :: Patience can be Heavy”
by Sheldon Birnie
photo: Alexandra Valenti
Alberta’s honky-tonk hero Corb Lund released his sixth solo album last week, Cabin Fever, and the beauty of a disc has already topped the charts here in Canada, in “overall sales,” “digital overall sales,” and “country sales.” I’ve had the disc on repeat for most of the past week, only taking it out to spin the new Propagandhi barn-burner, and there’s good reason it’s dominating sales this week. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Corb Lund pours ’em kinda strong on new release”
Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Husky’s debut album Forever So is a precisely crafted pop album, filled with songs beautifully arranged around fingerpicked guitar with a continual sense of drive gently pushing the listener through the album. Continue reading “HUSKY – Forever So”
Homegrown noise rock by way of Meatrack, Stagmummer and more recently KEN Mode. Digging a little deeper by way of their Manitoba Music page it turns out that they are alumni from both Meatrack and Stagmummer. Continue reading “THE STRAP – Another Point Of View/Another Point Of You”
Review by Ryan Reyes
Photos by Khammy Phanthavong
Somehow, someway I find myself climbing the winding staircase of the Greenroom. Ah yes a rap show. An Action Bronson rap show. This mountain of a man with the best rap handle this side of Snoop Lion has been generating much buzz in the rap world as of late. Yes, he may often sound like that MC whose name rhymes with Fishface Trilla and yes, he was a respected gourmet chef before he became a rapper. Continue reading “Action Bronson // Live @ Greenroom 08/15”
On April 19, 2012, all that could be seen above 42 Albert Street was a plume of smoke and fire. A fenced in hole in the ground was all that War on Music customers found the following day. It is assumed to be an electrical fire. The building was torn down within 24 hours. Continue reading “War on Music :: Rising from the ashes”
Welcome to Prototype 2, the sequel to the game that was once held as the ultimate badass game. Let’s see how this stacks up to it.
In this game, you are James Heller, an ex-military man who finished his tour to find his wife and daughter dead due to an outbreak of what they are calling the “Mercer virus.” Distraught and outright pissed off, you re-enlist to find and kill the man who is responsible: Alex Mercer. During a routine pickup and protect detail your convoy gets attacked leaving everybody but you dead. You call in the attack on your radio when you see Alex Mercer. You are ordered to stay but you ignore it and slit Mercer’s throat instead. Which does nothing. Continue reading “Kontroller – Prototype 2”
Festival season keeps rolling. The Empty Standards play both Rainbow Trout and Harvest Sun fests this weekend. Continue reading “Weekenders 08/17 – 08/19”
by Sheldon Birnie
I was witness to some magic Monday night; some pure gold in musical form. I stood along the north wall inside the Times Change(d), sipping Standard lager with my best gal as the place packed itself to the brim and spilled out onto Main Street and the hot night beyond.
The place was a literal who’s-who of Winnipeg’s roots scene, performers and fans alike. Many had seen the night’s performers over the weekend out at Trout Forest, and knew for a fact that the events of the evening would be something special, something to be experienced, no excuses. They weren’t wrong in that. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Three cheers to the Small Time”