Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

Just the fax

By
Leah Werier
We are constantly reminded how technology is rapidly developing and changing our world. Apple just announced its new product — the iPad — a handy device that stores books, music, videos and will even...
Arts & Culture

New music, Ho!

By
John Herbert Cunningham
The 2010 Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra New Music Festival is set to kick off this Saturday. In anticipation, the Manitoban's John Herbert Cunningham spoke with WSO composer-in-residence, Vincent Ho, about his impact on the NMF...
Arts & Culture

R.I.P-HOP?

By
Maria Bowler
If hip hop's not dead then, according to Timbaland, it is at least seriously ill. The producer recently said publicly that rap's just not the same, and while there are some acts he deems...
Arts & Culture

Yes? Yes — Yes. Yes . . . Yes!

By
Andrea Karr
If you know anything about theatre, you know of Harold Pinter. And if you’ve heard of Harold Pinter, you know that he loves his pauses. He loves to nest in them, tempt women to...
Arts & Culture

Essentially a Playlist : ‘Dad’ doesn’t equal ‘bad’

By
Michael Elves
Last year in these very pages, The Deep Dark Woods' Winter Hours was panned — much to my chagrin. And while records get negative reviews all the time, what gave me pause was that,...
Arts & Culture

CD review – Neon Indian “Psychic Chasms”

By
Harrison Samphir
Alan Palomo isn’t just another electronic musician reveling in the by-gone sounds and (excessive) glam of the 1980s. In fact, the founder of the Austin, TX-based electropop outfit Neon Indian is anything but. Enigmatically...
Arts & Culture

CD review – Will Bonness “Subtle Fire”

By
John Herbert Cunningham
Jazz pianist Will Bonness is one of the young lions of the up-and-coming Winnipeg musicians that have arrived as a result of the U of M school of music’s jazz studies program. It is...

Popular

spot_img