Arts & Culture editor

Winnipeg’s Exchange Event Centre hosted the second annual International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards Show Aug. 26 and 27. The awards and surrounding conference highlighted artists in the Indigenous urban entertainment world and celebrated the...

Living Hour has long been a shining star of Winnipeg’s indie-rock scene, providing us sleepwalking prairie-dwellers with dreamy, washed-out and romantic sounds since 2013.  Taking inspiration from our harsh winters and wide open skies, Living...

It’s our back to school issue, classes are starting back up and although we’d rather not think about it, actual schoolwork and studying is back on the horizon.  Study soundtracks are a pretty personal alchemical...

Toronto indie-rock group Kiwi Jr. is back once again with another batch of sticky, smartly constructed songs.  The band popped on the scene with 2019’s Football Money, drawing the attention of rock critics everywhere with...

Matlock, Man.’s Micah Erenberg has been a fixture of the Manitoba indie, country and folk scenes for years, and has re- leased a few excellent albums that have shown off his sharp song writing...

Amidst these uncertain times, Winnipeggers can look forward to a boost of joy in the coming weeks because Festival du Voyageur is back for another year. Though it will look a bit different, Festival...

The best love songs are not romantic — instead, they say something about romance. Sometimes they are about friends or parents or children or pets or music itself. Sometimes they are desperate. Sometimes they...