Music
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Another great year ahead
It’s a few days before Mike Petkau Falk’s 32nd birthday, and he’s reflecting on the past 360-ish days.
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LEN BOWEN
Long Story Short is Winnipeg native Len Bowen’s solo debut, full of comfortable beats and micro-dramas of his hip-hop journey.
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MICHAEL HOLT & THE KIDS
From its opening four minutes – Michael Holt’s acapella narrative of his life’s loves from childhood to the present – The Dawn Chorus is clearly a storytelling album.
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YELLOWBIRDDD
Granted the holidays are over, but if you’re looking for tracks to throw on to your holiday mixtape for next year, consider this song.
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DANNY FERNANDES
Danny Fernandes’s sophomore album AutomaticLUV is the perfect soundtrack for the nights you can’t remember.
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EMMA HILL
For her second album, released in 2009, Emma Hill is touring with her new backing band The Gentleman Callers.
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A new horizon
Bedouin Soundclash have been infecting Canadians with their reggae and ska rhythms since their first release in 2001. After going on a year-long hiatus, the group is back with a new album and a new drummer, and is ready to take the world by storm.
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A hootenanny before the hiatus
If you’ve had the opportunity to witness the bristling and twisted bluegrass spectacle the D.Rangers spill on their audiences, you’re probably already on your way to the West End Cultural Centre tonight.
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More music this week
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Six-string poetry
Gentlemen, have your PUA (pick-up artist) techniques been lagging as of late? Has the once solid pick-up line “nice shoes, wanna fuck?” garnered you more testicular injuries and vodka-cran face washes than sweet lovin’ lately?
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Making success look easy
Chic Gamine is definitely not your grandma’s a cappella group. In fact, the band, composed of vocalists Alexa Dirks, Andrina Turenne, Annick Bremault, Ariane Jean and drummer Sacha Daoud, isn’t sure how to classify themselves.
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Hammering out The Details
We’ve all been warned of the dangers of mixing business with pleasure.
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Don Amero’s long road home
Don Amero has to be one of the hardest working musicians on the local scene.
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Henry and the Nightcrawlers do The Fucking
It’s important to make a good first impression on your girlfriend’s mom. Henry Alcock-White’s involved repeated use of the F word.
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Venetian Snares: Bathrobes are the future
Aaron Funk thinks he’s no good at talking about his music, so we talk about pizza, beer, sports, ninja swords and hip hop.
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More music this week.
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Flying into new territory
If all else fails, Mike Bilenki will still be able to say he understands what it feels like to be like Justin Bieber.