FOAM LAKE – Force and Matter
Foam Lake takes its name from a Saskatchewan town, population 1,433. Continue Reading »
Archive for January, 2012
Foam Lake takes its name from a Saskatchewan town, population 1,433. Continue Reading »
Tom Waits – Bad As Me
Tom Waits has crafted many an odd album in his extensive career. Continue Reading »
Zs – 33
33 is the deepest thing I’ve heard on headphones lately – I can see the room where it was recorded; I can feel the space and the concrete. Continue Reading »
Jóhann Jóhannsson – Power of Dynamos
By Taylor Burgess
Among the DJ Hedspin and Big Fun craziness which is happening this weekend, The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s New Music Festival is is beginning its forward-thinking series. This year’s festival is featuring Stylus favourites Tim Hecker and Jóhann Jóhannsson, among many other established experimental composers. Continue Reading »
Hillbilly Highway – The Roadside Church of Yoakam
by Sheldon Birnie
Guitars. Cadillacs. Hillbilly Music. Four short words, and Dwight Yoakam lays out the prerogative of every would-be country crooner since the days of Hank Williams. Continue Reading »
Saul Williams – Volcanic Sunlight
I wonder if Saul Williams is trying to be subversive with his latest album, Volcanic Sunlight. Continue Reading »
RatTail – RatTail
With a slightly strange name, and some equally strange surprises in their songs, RatTail, the self-proclaimed “oddballs” of Toronto’s indie pop scene, pump out a debut album that’s slightly experimental, yet catchy and playful. Continue Reading »
Joe Henry – Reverie
Joe Henry — well respected songwriter, performer, and Grammy award winning producer — has described Reverie, his 12th studio solo album since 1986, as a “raucous and fractured and noisy affair,” and that doesn’t fall far from the mark. Continue Reading »
Disintegration Records :: Building a Formidable Indie Community in Winnipeg
Greg MacPherson
By Sheldon Birnie
Winnipeg-based Disintegration Records officially launched this past September, with the release of Greg Macpherson’s Disintegration Blues. The tightly knit label is also home to local acts Nova, Haunter, Slow Dancers, and Cannon Bros, whose full-length Firecracker/Cloudglow is Disintegration’s second release. Continue Reading »
Winnipeg-based Disintegration Records officially launched this past September, with the release of Greg Macpherson’s Disintegration Blues. The tightly knit label is also home to local acts Nova, Haunter, Slow Dancers, and Cannon Bros, whose full-length Firecracker/Cloudglow is Disintegration’s second release. Continue Reading »
Hillbilly Highway – A cold road indeed
by Sheldon Birnie
Boy, it sure is winter now, here in Peggritty. Undeniably so. For anyone who’s checked the listings in our great city lately, while there are certainly shows to be seen, the frequency and breadth of selection has certainly withered considerably since the dog days of summer or the last minute rush of autumn. Continue Reading »
