Teenage Kicks
“I always say we sound like the Ramones,” Teenage Bottlerocket singer/guitarist Ray Carlisle says when asked to describe his band’s sound. Such a blunt answer…
Arts & Culture
Fanning good! Movie bad…
The Runaways is a tale of woe, but it is also a tale of success. It starts, and then some time passes, and then it…
Keeping with how stories work
Writer Thomas King once said “the truth about stories is that that’s all we are,” and literally, that’s true. Human culture exists only because of…
Hollywood Star Russian Roulette
The Nineties marked a decade in which star power ruled Hollywood. Names like Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington and Mel Gibson meant money in…
Choose your own adventure
Stories have fascinated us for thousands of years. They have made up our folklore, our mythologies, as well as the religious stories that have informed…
Meteor Storm, by Wayne Tefs
A man stands by the side of the road, squinting into the parched distance. His shoes are encrusted with the dust from the road ahead,…
Local bands and ex-pat cyclist team up to help
Brenna Coupland, a former Winnipegger living in Vancouver, is looking to change the lives of 28 HIV positive women living in Uganda by cycling half…
CD Review : Greg MacPherson, “Mr. Invitation”
Almighty live rock performer Greg MacPherson is back with Mr. Invitation, the singer/songwriter’s first album with Smallman Records (he was previously tied with Propagandhi’s now-nonexistent…
CD Review : The Pack A.D. “We Kill Computers”
There have been a decent number of fairly successful guitar and drum rock duos out there in the past five years or so. Think Japandroids,…
CD Review : Jason and the Scorchers, “Halcyon Times”
“I want out music to be like a religious service, only a lot dirtier.” — Jason Ringerberg Cow-punk, roots-rock, alt-country, y’alternative, whatever damn term you…