Deborah Remus
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Kick in the PANTS
In the spring of 2013, guitarist/vocalist Bill Perehinec, bassist Ryan McPherson and drummer Nyala Ali settled on the name PANTS. Thankfully, they also decided to take the band’s music a little more seriously.
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Personal punk
Winnipeg technical punk rock band Asado digitally released Equipped to Fail in May 2013, followed by a physical release in December, after spending two years putting the album together.
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Re-Animator
After releasing Animator in 2012 through Paper Bag Records and seeing it long-listed for the Polaris Music Prize the following year, Montreal experimental indie band The Luyas is starting to think about taking its next step.
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The Local Blog
Five years ago, local photographer Bryan Scott decided to move pictures off of his Flickr page and start a photo blog called Winnipeg Love Hate, which is still updated regularly with various shots taken throughout the city.
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The New Restaurant
Winnipeg already has a ton of burger joints scattered throughout the city, but all that competition hasn’t stopped Market Burger from becoming a top contender since it opened up at 645 Corydon back in July.
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The Podcast
It might be labelled as “Winnipeg’s Worst Podcast,” but there still seems to be a few of you that enjoy the 27 episodes of Couch Surfin’ that have been uploaded so far.
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Nutcracker, eh
For the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, nothing is more synonymous with the holidays than a local production of Nutcracker.
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The good news
Local humanitarian Amanda Furst is dabbling in documentary filmmaking to show Winnipeggers just what life in the East African nation of Tanzania is really like.
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Art imitating life, kind of
Set in River Heights, there’s lots of Winnipeg flavour in Social Studies, the new Prairie Theatre Exchange comedy by Trish Cooper, one of seven local female playwrights that’s debuting work this 2013/2014 season.
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Left punch
On March 3, Winnipeg political activist Nick Ternette died at the age of 68. Now, his memoirs have surfaced in an autobiography called Rebel Without a Pause.
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Across the plains
Back in September, blues guitarist and singer/songwriter Little Miss Higgins released Bison Ranch Recording Sessions, an album compiled right here in Manitoba with local roots band The F-Holes.
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Go electro
This month Winnipeg electro dance-pop trio Hana Lulu releases its debut EP Keepsake and embarks on its first tour which includes stops in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.
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On the right path
A little over a year after releasing its debut self-titled EP, local indie-pop duo Mitten Claps is already following it up with a brand new extended play called Tactics.
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Have a lot of help from your friends
After raising over $341,000 through an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign launched in January, Protest the Hero unleashed its fourth full-length record Volition on October 29.
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Southern comfort
North/South, the new live album from roots rock duo Scott Nolan and Joanna Miller, consists of a hometown performance at the Park Theatre and a touring gig in Duluth, Georgia.
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Boytique Exchange
After heading to other cities to shop for streetwear, three 20-something Winnipeggers decided to take matters into their own hands by opening up Ordnry Clothing in the spring of 2012.
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Plains not plain
Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers kicks off its season with Prairie Dance Circuit, Nov. 1–2 at Rachel Browne Theatre.
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Fledgling filmmaker
After having her work screened at film festivals in North America, Europe and Australia over the last two years, local filmmaker Rhayne Vermette is helping Winnipeg to keep its reputation as a hotbed for experimental film.
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Mac is back
Sibling rivalry dominates in The Best Brothers, the latest work by Nova Scotia playwright Daniel MacIvor, opening October 17 at Prairie Theatre Exchange.
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Stitch ‘n bitch
Knitting’s not just for tea-sipping grandmas and that’s something Winnipeggers in their 20s and 30s are proving as they work on sweaters, shawls and blankets - sometimes even while they’re hanging out in bars.