What’s up in Winnipeg for the first Weekend of 2013? Continue reading “Weekenders 01/03 – 01/06”
HEY PILGRIM – Hey Pilgrim
Hey Pilgrim’s new album is quite simple: simple progressions, simple percussion, simple production, and simple lyrics. But that’s why it’s perfect. Continue reading “HEY PILGRIM – Hey Pilgrim”
JohNNy SiZZle – Home Sweet Home
JohNNy SiZZle’s newest release, his first in over eight years, is a slab of pure outsider, acoustic based punk rock n roll. Continue reading “JohNNy SiZZle – Home Sweet Home”
Manic Shakes – Manic Shakes 7”
The debut, self-titled 7” from No Label Collective’s Manic Shakes is a great little platter of gritty, angsty rock n roll. Continue reading “Manic Shakes – Manic Shakes 7””
JohNNy SiZZle :: Still shaking the tree after 20 years
by Sheldon Birnie
“A funny thing has happened on the way to the stage,” says Winnipeg’s JohNNy SiZZle as we chat in the Stylus office (“It’s not as glamorous as I imagined it,” says SiZZle). “They could still see that I’m very influenced by underground hardcore punk, but I think that underground hardcore punk has seeped so much into the mainstream culture, that it’s not like ten or 20 years ago where I had to make a full explanation of myself, of what I’m doing with an acoustic guitar. They can clearly get it, that ‘Oh, acoustic guitar playing heavy hardcore punk. I get it.’”
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Merch Table Delight – Back to Lo-Fi (2007-2012)
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)”
Profile: No Label Collective
by Sheldon Birnie
What started as a small snowball of an idea bouncing between two friends has built itself into an avalanche of creativity within Winnipeg’s DIY music scene. After a few months of bouncing around, the No Label Collective was rolling and picking up speed. Continue reading “Profile: No Label Collective”