The Manitoban has once again decided to take on the task of selecting a handful of the many bands in Winnipeg we are most excited for. This year we have recruited a few UMFM...

The seventh annual Big Fun Festival ran from Jan. 24 to 28. The winter music festival showcased local and national talent from multiple genres and put on a total of 14 concerts at multiple...

Toronto-based punk thrashers METZ played a packed show at The Good Will Social Club Jan. 18. The band’s most recent album, Strange Peace, reached number one on CJUM’s Loud charts the week of Jan. 8,...

A social art performance by University of Manitoba graduate, and current member of AceArtInc.’s Cartae Open School, Elise Dawson blurs the line between audience and artist. Dawson is taking the first steps for her project...

Heavy Bell has crafted a full and evocative narrative in their new album, By Grand Central Station, which was released Jan.12, one day before the first show of their tour in Winnipeg on at...

Multi-faceted artist Chad VanGaalen is starting a nine-day Prairie-province-tour starting in Winnipeg on Friday, Jan. 19, at The Good Will Social Club. VanGaalen recently released Light Information in September, and has since toured parts of...

BADBADNOTGOOD’s fourth full length LP is a captivating and sometimes tense album. The jazz trio grew into a quartet for this record, adding Leland Whitty on saxophone. The group is known for adding jazzy composition...