Arts
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Young Liars
On the debut LP from Vancouver’s Young Liars, the band delivers a conceptual album of synth creeps that venture into even slower pop tracks.
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Career man
Grant Davidson, now known to Winnipeg folk music fans as Slow Leaves, stopped playing music only as a hobby while working at his newest album Beauty Is So Common.
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All the livelong day
Five years after Bow & Drill the Spark, Saskatoon singer and guitarist Megan Lane is back with Sounding the Animal, a new record with contributions from indie CanRock legend Hawksley Workman and folkie turned dance popper, Rae Spoon.
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Being Human
Robin Williams, like many entertainers including Freddie Prinze and Richard Jeni, battled depression and personal demons - struggles that are not foreign to local comedian Big Daddy Tazz.
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Art beyond the perimeter
The metropolitan nature of the art establishment has always made it difficult for artists outside major cities to showcase their work.
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FemFest a fine start to hectic theatre season at U of W
Tim Babcock, chair of the University of Winnipeg’s theatre and film department, can’t hide his enthusiasm about the upcoming school year.
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This Is Why We Fight
I always find it satisfying when a story can successfully create a world from whole cloth. As a kid, the worlds of Harry Potter and Star Wars were fun labyrinths I loved losing myself in.
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The Trip to Italy
At one point during The Trip to Italy, Rob Brydon (playing himself) impersonates Gore Vidal for his friend, Steve Coogan (also playing himself).
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Resurrection of the RAAH
The Royal Albert Arms Hotel (RAAH) has been locked up tight for almost a year, but the infamous hotel bar is nearly ready to reopen for business as usual, sharing the news with the world via Facebook in mid-August.
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No labels
Growing up in an athletics-oriented family in Stonewall, MB, Rhia Rae was always the kid picking dandelions in the middle of the soccer field. Sensitive to the competition involved in sports, the young artist turned to voice lessons.
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Still Life Still
The ability to become invisible is a highly sought after characteristic for local photographer Chris Friesen.
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The Sturgeons
The second album from Winnipeg-based band The Sturgeons follows up 2012 debut Wood Shop, which we then said was “fresh and unique”.
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The Other Brothers
It's taken five years for The Other Brothers to produce a second album and it was well worth the wait.
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Magic In the Moonlight
The familiar opening credits of a Woody Allen film, the simple black-and-white text backed by Dixieland jazz, always gives me a warm feeling.
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The Zero Theorem
Director Terry Gilliam (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) has always been hit or miss, and I mean that as a compliment.
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For No Good Reason
The creative partnership between gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson and illustrator Ralph Steadman was a rare kind of success; a matching so perfect that you almost don’t notice it, because the image so gracefully complements the text.
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Arsonfest
Back in the late ‘90s Putrescence/Head Hits Concrete vocalist Mike Alexander started Arsonfest to showcase brutally heavy bands, and over a decade later the 39-year-old hasn’t started to slow things down just yet.
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Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition (MEME)
The Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition (MEME) has been going strong since 2010 as multi-venue event that puts the spotlight on local electronic artists in addition to showcasing heavy hitters from around the globe.
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Rainbow Trout Music Festival
The sixth annual Rainbow Trout Music Festival may be the best time you have all summer.
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The Harvest Sun Music Festival
For the last nine years the Harvest Sun Music Festival has been taking over Kelwood each summer, a tiny village in the province that’s not too far away from Riding Mountain National Park.