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August 23, 2012

Warsaw :: Patience can be Heavy

by Darcy Penner

On Saturday, August 25^th, 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 25^th. Continue reading “Warsaw :: Patience can be Heavy”

July 6, 2012

Slates: Petro-state rock n’ roll hits the Lo

By Darcy Penner

I was sitting in the Stylus office a few weeks back when Adrienne Yeung tossed Slates’ album Prairie Fires into the CD player. My excitement for the band quickly turned to annoyance when I found out how long I had not known about this fantastic quartet, and their post-punk, Americana influenced rock n’ roll. Leading up to their cross-Canada tour in support of Prairie Fires, Dallas Thompson took the time to send some emails my way and answer a few questions. They play Winnipeg on Saturday, July 7 at the Lo Pub.

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April 12, 2012

Your Ears Gotta Eat Too :: Food for Thought with Viridians

by Victoria King

Local act Viridians release their debut full-length album at the Lo Pub on April 12th. We sat down with Neil Exell and Joseph Péloquin-Hopfner of Viridians at Carlos & Murphy’s and ended up with a hankering for their sweet new music. And nachos. Continue reading “Your Ears Gotta Eat Too :: Food for Thought with Viridians”

December 13, 2011

Samantha Savage Smith – Tough Cookie

Samantha Savage Smith chronicles a tale of wrecked love on Tough Cookie, and despite it obviously being the result of a painful and poisonous relationship, I couldn’t be happier to have this album in my collection. Continue reading

October 3, 2011

Braids // 09-27-11 // Lo Pub

Photo by Mike Chiasson for Stylus Magazine.

Among the fury of touring band activity this Fall, Braids were one of the first groups to quickly change venues due to the Albert’s ongoing issues. Luckily the Lo Pub picked up this washed out Montréal based band before they went the way of Japandroids (I’m in that video right thurr!) who had to cancel their much-anticipated show. Continue reading “Braids // 09-27-11 // Lo Pub”