Manitoban artist takes art lovers on journey to the past
Manitoba-born Kandis Friesen is a multimedia artist whose work mainly centres on archival processes, diasporic languages and cultures closely intertwined with her family history. Friesen…
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Silver Clouds — ‘Silver Clouds,’ 4/5
The artwork for the debut record from Silver Clouds — with its splattered psychedelia and tossed-off lemon slice — recalls immediately the cover of the…
Stranger things have happened, and we want more
Bold, bright and colourful — these are the words that best describe the energy emanating from the work of Winnipeg Oji-Cree artist Jordan Stranger. Originally…
The Prairie Joggers — ‘The Prairie Joggers,’ 4/5
The Prairie Joggers make simple songs with complicated hearts. The Winnipeg duo’s chipper, dust-blown sound is reliant on dense lyricism and memorable melodies rather than…
Music in the age of coronavirus
Cody Goertzen and Adam Hill are keeping busy while the world burns outside, attempting to make the most of this collective isolation. “We’re doing okay,”…
Juniper Bush — ‘Healing Through a Sonic Figure,’ 4/5
The corrosive pink that colours Juniper Bush’s press photo is an accurate foretelling of the music the band creates. The acidic shade has a deep…
Cantor Dust — ‘Too Many Stars,’ 3.5/5
As life on Earth grows endlessly louder and hotter, it’s hardly a surprise that the vast quietude of the cosmos seems to beckon. There’s a…
SubCity Dwellers are getting back together for one weekend only
Johannes Lodewyks always knew SubCity Dwellers would find themselves back together — it was simply a question of when. “When we broke up eight years…
Local exhibit explores healing power of creativity
Art and music have been creative outlets for Lou Valcourt her entire life. Starting to draw as a young girl, Valcourt’s love of art propelled…
Prairie singer-songwriter sets sights on horizon
Though he shares a name with his hometown, Siegs Corner, Cohen Sieg’s sights are set far beyond the fields of rural Manitoba. Sieg described himself…