The right ones for the job
It is a challenging task to depict the life of a man who achieved and experienced so much. It would be very easy to get…
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Savvy soul & rock and roll
Dynamic and entertaining local rock quartet the Noble Thiefs are on the final stretch to releasing their sophomore album It’s Tough to be the Bad…
Morbid music
Halloween and the days approaching it are a time when many look to temporarily embrace the macabre. Music and the feelings it is capable of…
Kitty Fitzgerald: U of M’s writer-in-residence
As with any skill, writing requires consistency and knowledge to be honed. The University of Manitoba Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture is giving…
Frighteningly funny
This Halloween the musical improv comedy group Outside Joke is teaming up with the Dungeons and Dragons Improv Show to kick off their fourth season…
The Sumner Brothers – “The Hell in Your Mind”, 4/5
Picture a wave undulating in a heavy storm on a nippy and overcast day. It is a dark and dangerous sight, but it calms you…
Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers – “Birds with Broken Wings”, 5/5
With absolutely no surprise, Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers’ sophomore album perches atop Canadian community and campus radio magazine !earshot’s national folk/roots/blues chart. The…
Why tapes are great
Millennials quiver with excitement at the sight of anything tacky, nostalgic or vintage. It became not a question of if, but when a genius and…
Why tapes aren’t that great
Nostalgia can be an extremely powerful motivator. If a significant object of one’s past is no longer widely available or relevant, then a sense of…
Ready, set, art
As artists, friends, family, and curious spectators arrived at the lobby of the Centennial Concert Hall on Oct. 9, six easels patiently awaited 20-minute masterpieces…