Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
by Myke Lewis
“I’m not gonna lie, I masturbated quite a bit in that bathroom,” reveals Ryley Devine with the kind of frank openness that would otherwise have you switching seats on the bus. The man in question is the drummer in Winnipeg’s emerging noise-makers, Dead Ranch. His band-mate and front-man, Chad Alsop explains, “Jesse was even, ya know, ‘if you guys are gonna tug off, just keep it in the bathroom.'” Continue reading “Dead Ranch :: Attack of the Noise Creatures”
by Sheldon Birnie
Original review of How to Clean Everything by assistant editor Elizabeth Bridge, from Stylus, vol 5. no. 1, September 1993. The issue also included reviews of Malefaction’s Bruised, Grand Theft Canoe’s Bolivia + Argentina = Paraguay, and NomeansNo’s Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? as well as features on Eric’s Trip, Pond, and the Ramones.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of How To Clean Everything, Fat Wreck Chords is reissuing the “seminal” punk LP from Winnipeg’s Propagandhi on August 20th. The reissue includes all the original tracks, remastered, as well as three tracks cut from the album by Fat Mike, and a “long lost” four song demo. Also available, as a bundle or on its own, is a complete guitar and bass tablature book, compiled by Propagandhi’s Chris Hannah himself. As pre-orders of the reissue are (ostensibly) rolling off the shelves, Stylus sat down with Hannah over local beverages at Cousin’s on a hot July day to discuss the ins and outs of reissuing a piece of work you’d rather forget existed, and what’s up on the Propagandhi front moving forward. Continue reading “Propagandhi :: How to Clean Everything can almost buy itself a beer in the States!”
It’s fitting that the ultimate new school dad-rockers, Clutch, have released their tenth album in time for Father’s Day. Continue reading “Clutch – Earth Rockers”
Honeys is an album for those that prefer Bleach to Nevermind. Continue reading “Pissed Jeans – Honeys”
by Darcy Penner
As independent bands watch music industry executives rapidly drag their boats out of drying revenue-rivers and chop them into a bunch of mini-boats for the multitude of fresh revenue-creeks, crowd-sourcing campaigns to secure project-capital have become the norm. Continue reading “Distances look to fans for help producing debut LP”
Simply put, this album kicks ass. It’s just really good blackened tinged rock. Continue reading “ENSLAVED – Riitiir”
Good god this album is pure shit. How this band exists is beyond me. Continue reading “CRADLE OF FILTH – The Manticore and Other Horrors”
In December, Stylus caught up with drummer and graphic artist for legendary Québec metal band Voivod, Michel Langevin. Their latest album Target Earth, was released January 22nd through Century Media Records. In its 30 year career, Voivod has made a name for themselves with a prog-rock/trash metal sound, thought-provoking lyrics, and an eerie science-fiction vibe. It was a chilling cover of Pink Floyd’s “Astronomy Domine” from 1989’s Nothingface that broke the band, reaching number 114 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Continue reading “Voivod :: Target Earth with new album”