Coming from Winnipeg, these guys seem to have a very specific type of music they enjoy jamming to. Continue reading “Les Jupes – Negative Space”
Les Jupes :: Negative Space
by Shanell Dupras
After the great success of Les Jupes’ Modern Myths, their new EP is bound to be exciting! Stylus sat down with Michael Falk (guitar/vocals) and David Schellenberg (bass) over some hot noodles and chopstick lessons to talk about the upcoming EP, their endless touring, and a brand new member. Continue reading “Les Jupes :: Negative Space”
Les Jupes – Myth-making with the middle man
By Michael Elves
Myths are generally written-on-papyrus old; or passed-down-from-your-ancestors old. The notion of myths being modern seems paradoxical, but for Winnipeg band Les Jupes, and principal songwriter Mike Petkau Falk, myth-making is ever present; “I do feel that sometimes we don’t acknowledge the myths that we do have in our lives right now, the ones that our society has created on the one hand, but then also that we don’t purposefully create myths – that the notion of the parable or the notion of stories that also teach is not something that’s on the forefront of modern society’s consciousness really.”
And while Les Jupes’ debut album is entitled Modern Myths, Petkau Falk admits this stab at allegorical writing is “nothing so bold as ‘I’m going to write the modern myth for the modern age,’ these are stories about people dealing with their lives in this age and some of the things that we get hung up on are the thing that are most present in this time.” Continue reading “Les Jupes – Myth-making with the middle man”