Teenage Kicks – Spoils of Youth
Brothers Peter and Jeff van Helvoort, the only constant members in Toronto’s Teenage Kicks, have taken up arms on the...
Lazyhorse – Lazyhorse
This debut disc from Winnipeg rock n roll super-group (of sorts) Lazyhorse is ten tracks of bluesy, fuzzed out rock...
Weekenders 11/22 – 11/25
What is going on in Winnipeg this weekend?!? (more…)
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...
Label Profile: Eat Em Up Records
by Sheldon Birnie “It’s been a bunk summer for venues and shows, this summer,” said Brandon Ackerman over a couple...
Ray Wylie Hubbard – The Grifter’s Hymnal
If you’ve never heard Hubbard’s particular brand of “deep-groove-in-the-blood-masterless-samurai-folk-poet-blues,” then it’s about time you did. (more…)
Lecherous Gaze – Lecherous Gaze
Complete rock ’n’ roll, is that a genre? Even if it doesn’t exist yet it should apply to Lecherous Gaze’s...
Smurfs and 8 Tracks: Microdot.
By: Kyra Leib Microdot is easily the most jovial and fun band that I’ve ever interviewed. I sat down with...
Frank Turner + the Andrew Jackson Jihad + Into It, Over It // WECC, 10.21.11
by Sheldon Birnie Once in a while, a rock n roll show is just perfect. It takes you for a...
Burnt Witch Survivors Group – Support EP
rock and roll. this is dirty, distorted and extremely unslick. i can hear traces of the cows, jon spencer and...