Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
Remember the times when you’d hang out in your friend’s basement for hours fiddling around with guitars and recording your ideas on a cheap computer mic – then add sound bites from your favorite movies or tv shows and share it with your friends? No? Then Back to Lo-Fi (2007-2012) isn’t going to give you the nostalgic experience it gave me. Continue reading “Merch Table Delight – Back to Lo-Fi (2007-2012)”
If you think not giving a damn and relentless self-expression can only come in the shape of a rowdy four-piece punk band, how shattered you will be when Alana Mercer takes the stage by her lonesome as The Gunness. Continue reading “THE GUNNESS :: Wavers in the Beat”
It’s tough to write an unbiased review about an album that you’ve been eagerly anticipating for years; harder even still when the album lives up to and surpasses the expectations you’ve built up in your brain over that time. So fuck it. Propagandhi’s sixth full-length studio release, Failed States, is a goddamn barn-burner that hits all the right spots. Continue reading “Propagandhi – Failed States”
On September 4th, Epitaph Records will release Propagandhi’s sixth studio album, giving heavy hitting music fans a few months to enjoy headbanging along with it before constricting economic and geo-political realities propel our society into its final phase or, alternately, “Nibiru comes flying out of the Oort cloud and annihilates Earth in late December.” Over a couple beers on a blistering hot July afternoon, Chris Hannah sat down with Stylus to chat about rec hockey, the state of the world, and the new record. Continue reading “Propagandhi :: Rec hockey and Failed States”
Those Guys are an a cappella group that have been together since 2009. Eight guys, eight voices, that’s it. Their live show always turns into a party where people dance and sing along, each show eclipsing the last in terms of quality and spectacle. And they’re only getting better! Recently, Those Guys celebrated the release of their debut, That Album, over the course of two nights at the Park Theatre. Stylus sat down with Bernie “Ring Leader” Pastorin, Mike “The Heartthrob” Engstrom, and James “The Human Bassline” Campbell during a rare instance of downtime. Continue reading “Those Guys Bring the a capella party to Winnipeg”
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”
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”
