Aaron Epp
-
More music this week
More music this week
-
Winnipeg Folk Festival hopes little changes will make a lot of difference
Less than two weeks before the Winnipeg Folk Festival, executive director Tamara Kater describes the mood in the office as one of excitement.
-
The summer music round up
The summer music round up
-
Hope Atlantic: Mercy Street choirboys
The members of Hope Atlantic are representing their hometown of Selkirk, Man.
-
Prolific musician enters studio to begin work on sophomore release
The short bio on Michael Lewis’s blog says it all: “I eat, breathe and occasionally shit music,” it begins. “I write music constantly, whether I want to or not.”
-
New gallery and live music venue showcases outsider art
When you’re in the Exchange for this year’s Winnipeg Fringe Festival, be sure to walk south down Albert Street at some point, past the Royal Albert to Winnipeg’s newest art gallery and live music venue, Freud’s Bathhouse and Diner.
-
Inspired by New York City
It’s four days before the opening of his latest exhibit and local artist Jeff Funnell has no idea which pieces he’ll include.
-
The June music round up
The June music round up
-
He and her and she and him
Casual observers can be forgiven for mixing up Imaginary Cities and Courier News.
On paper, the two new Winnipeg bands are strikingly similar. In both cases, two people from separate, successful musical projects – a dark-haired female with a knockout voice and a prolific male indie rocker – have come together to create songs that are catchy as hell. -
Campus News Briefs
Men’s basketball coach named; Alumni association to hold AGM June 15; Faith leaders scheduled to gather at the U of W; Basketball tournament and street festival announced
-
Tool lending library empowers community residents
If it weren’t for the Spence Neighbourhood Association (SNA), Linda Bird might not be able to cut her grass.
-
Trains, trucks, cars and more
I drive my car too much. I need more exercise and I need to stop contributing to the environmental problems that cars cause.
-
Under the railway’s influence
In the 1800s and early 1900s, the railway was the most important method of moving goods and people across Canada. In honour of The Uniter’s annual urban issue, we decided to look at five ways the railway shaped Manitoba.
-
Local musician starts off all over again with fifth release
Although Greg MacPherson has released four albums, to him his new CD feels like a debut.
-
Inevitable hip-hop experimentation
Ask the guys in local hip-hop trio Magnum K.I. where they’re from and they’ll tell you they’re products of the battles.
-
TOM KEENAN - Romantic Fitness
Patrick and Tom are brothers, both officially releasing their new albums on the same day, at the same CD release show - Saturday, March 27 at the West End Cultural Centre.
-
GATHERING OF FLIES - Menow’s Gathering of Flies
With its bloozy hard rock riffing, wah-drenched guitar wankery and songs about girls and liquor, this Manitoba-based power trio desperately wants to be Guns N Roses.
-
HAWKSLEY WORKMAN - Meat
With something like 10 releases in the last 11 years, the prolific pace at which Toronto rocker Hawksley Workman releases music is akin to Neil Young.
-
THE PAPERBACKS - Lit From Within
Even though he’s just 34, I think we should already give singer-guitarist Doug McLean some sort of lifetime achievement award for writing well-crafted, literate, urgent indie rock songs that stick with you for days.
-
Navigating Web 2.0
What did I do before YouTube?