Music
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Waster’s Thunder Pit: A soundtrack for bad decisions
If listening to their new album Thunder Pit inspires you to seek and destroy, then local groove-metal meisters Waster have done their job.
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Howard Redekopp visits Winnipeg
As one of our country’s finest record producers, Vancouver’s Howard Redekopp was brought in Sept. 22-24 as Manitoba Music’s producer-in-residence to lead a weekend workshop for local producers and musicians.
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Made in Manitoba
Think of your favourite local musicians. The odds are that at some point, many of them have taken advantage of provincial grants to make their music. For some, it may have even been the only way they could do it.
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Straight outta Stanford
Jeff Chang remembers the first time he heard hip hop.
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Where grandiose meets outsider, there lives Ex Modern Teen
Trying to give some meaningful description of Ex Modern Teen is a treacherous and long-winded endeavour. Basically you need to know this: it’s not like any band you’ve seen before
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A heart on one sleeve and a Jets logo on the other
It isn’t often that Winnipeg makes a name for itself among bands from out of town, especially those from across the border.
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Karkwa’s award-winning attitude and drive pays off
When Karkwa received the 2010 Polaris Music Prize for Les Chemins de Verre, most of Canada had yet to hear of the Quebec band.
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Our recording studio in the middle of our street
Capturing sound is an art, and one of Winnipeg’s best new artists in the field of sound recording is Jeff Patteson.
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Fan appreciation? Try fan consultation
After nearly 10 years in the business, three studio albums and a slew of production and collaboration credits, Toronto singer-songwriter Royal Wood is glad to have the respect of his fans and the industry – but don’t even mention slowing down
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Drawn Ship debut with a breakup album while keeping a sense of humour
Vancouver duo Drawn Ship just released its debut disc, the intimately huge Low Domestic.
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I toured the States, won a Juno and all I got was this awesome documentary?
Vancouver band Said The Whale has had a busy year.
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Art MacIntyre’s modern family
It’s amazing what can happen when the right situation meets the right attitude by accident.
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Greg MacPherson: Disintegration solutions
Disintegration Blues, Greg MacPherson’s sixth LP, takes a turn from previous albums and focuses on MacPherson’s ability to perform solo.
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Samantha Savage Smith: From Bandcamp to Arts & Crafts in a few easy steps
Samantha Savage Smith is quite possibly one of the most humble and down-to-earth singer-songwriters you are likely to meet.
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The boys are back in town – maybe for the last time
In June, Hamilton, Ont. dance poppers Junior Boys released their fourth LP in a decade, the soulful It’s All True. With the release of an EP pegged for later this year, the duo of Jeremy Greenspan and Matt Didemus will fulfill its obligation to Domino Records.
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The evolution of Orientation Week
I don’t remember much from my Orientation Week at U of W; my first day of school was September 10, 2001, so things got a little heavy on day two.