Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

A Social-ly awkward scenario

By
Alex Braun
The Manitoba wedding social — an iconic tradition to some, a tacky social scourge to others, but something unique to our province, and one of our numerous questionable points of provincial pride. Filmmaker Tavis Putnam...
Arts & Culture

Bedouin Soundclash, ‘We Will Meet in a Hurricane’ — 3.5/5 Stars

By
Alex Braun
Bedouin Soundclash is a name you maybe haven’t thought of in a minute, but those of us old enough to remember 2004 might have fond memories of its CanCon smash “When the Night Feels...
Arts & Culture

UMFM show spotlight: The Sample Set

By
Alex Braun
Campus radio host Ambrose Moncrieffe is big into audio and digging under the surface of the music he loves. His show The Sample Set, which airs Thursdays at 11 p.m. on 101.5 UMFM, is...
Arts & Culture

TDJ, ‘SPF INFINI 2’ — 4/5 Stars

By
Alex Braun
TDJ is the pseudonym of Montreal-based producer and artist Geneviève Ryan-Martel. Specializing in a retro brand of Eurodance and trance, her music is glossy but nostalgic in a sort of eerie, hypnagogic way.  Despite the...
Arts & Culture

Status/Non-Status, ‘Surely Travel’ — 4/5 Stars

By
Alex Braun
Rock is played out. This is the elephant in the room during any discussion of rock music. Every corner has been explored, and rock’s days of cultural dominance or even relevance are well behind...
Arts & Culture

’Toban tracks — fall vibes

By
Alex Braun
Fall is perhaps the season with the most distinct, unified vibe. Summer has vibes to be sure, but a multitude of vibes too numerous to encapsulate. Winter in Winnipeg is too long to have...
Dallin Chicoine
Arts & Culture

The new Fifty Shades?

By
Alex Braun
Why Not Sin: In order to change society they must betray everyone is an erotic novel written by Australian sports journalist and former sports editor for the Manitoban, R.G. Chapman. The book follows the...
provided by RG Chapman

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