Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
by Sheldon Birnie
End of the year is here, which means it’s time Best of 2013 List Season. Stylus will be posting our contributors’ Best Ofs here in the coming weeks, but I figured I’d get a jump and share with you some of my favourite tunes from the Hillbilly Highway this past year. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – 5 Beauty Tunes I Come Across on the Highway in 2013”
Sometime in October, Winnipeg-based electro-shoegazer Glass Random quietly released a collection of songs called Tell Them About The Moon. Continue reading “Glass Random – Tell Them About the Moon”
Vancouverite Jordan Klassen’s latest album Repentance, is his first full length. Continue reading “Jordan Klassen – Repentance”
I’ve been a fan of The Creepshow for some time now. I’ve seen them live a bunch at the Pyramid and the Albert and they never disappointed. Continue reading “The Creepshow – Life After Death”
by Jenna Priestner
Imagine you are from anywhere in Canada but here. What comes to mind when you think of Winnipeg? Would you want to live here? Chances are your answers would be “It’s cold” and “No.” It is sad but true; I can vouch for it. That was me two years ago while residing in BC. I never for a second imagined myself living here, but ask me today how it has been and I will tell you I have never been happier. Continue reading “Celebrating Winnipeg’s diverse scene”
It’s worth telling the story of how this Slow Leaves EP came to exist, because it’s a lesson in what good can happen if you just ask the right question to the right person. Continue reading “Slow Leaves – Second Chances”
by Broose Tulloch
Best known as the host of Up To Speed on CBC Radio Manitoba, Ismaila Alfa is also pioneer in the Winnipeg hip hop scene, where he continues to be major music force. Born in Zaria, Nigeria to Nigerian and Manitoban parents, Ismaila and his younger sister Aisha, grew up in a culturally diverse home. One that moved from Nigeria to Australia and finally to Winnipeg to stay in 1984. Continue reading “Ismaila Alfa :: Alfa Dog”
by Sheldon Birnie
Just when you think you’ve got all the new releases you can handle on your plate, the powers that be load up a bunch for ya. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – New releases, North/South of the line”
It’s fitting that the leadoff track from Califone’s 12th album, Stitches, is titled “Movie Music Kills a Kiss.” Continue reading “Califone – Stitches”
As the cold weather approaches, I feel very masochistic reviewing a summer CD, especially because the title directly refers to the beach. Continue reading “Real Love Winnipeg Presents – Beach Station Blues II”