Mitski, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
4.5/5 Stars The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We portrays love, loneliness and self-care in a musical language that acknowledges and feels resigned to…
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Where music and technology meet
Computers have been integral to music composition since the 1950s, evolving from room-sized monstrosities to the personal computers we use today. In the 1980s and…
Basement Mixtapes for Bisons: Back to school
Back to school season, particularly the first week back, has always felt like a time of renewal to me. Summer has technically passed but you’re…
Bodywash, ‘I Held the Shape While I Could’ — 3.5/5 Stars
Shoegaze and dream pop, the perennial buzz genres of the indie world, are by this point a little stale. Breaking through the noise is a…
Back from the edge and bigger than ever
Before recording his debut full-length album, Kris Ulrich wasn’t sure that he would ever make another record. “I was kind of caught between two roles…
Nicholas Krgovich, ‘Ducks’ — 4/5 Stars
”For years and years, I guess I was lonely” is the first line on Ducks, and it’s the first of many profound shifts in perspective…
K-pop fandom in Winnipeg flourishing
K-pop, or Korean popular music, is a multi-genre music scene mostly made up of idol groups — idols being the industry term for K-pop stars…
U.S. Girls, ‘Bless This Mess’ — 3/5 Stars
Multi-disciplinary artist and U.S. Girls mastermind Meg Remy never stays in the same place creatively for too long. The Illinois-born, Toronto-based songwriter started the project…
Letting out a ‘Big Deep Sigh’
In the post-Phoebe Bridgers indie landscape, confessional songwriting has become the standard, and the more gut-wrenching the better. But what gets lost in this chase…
UMFM show spotlight — ‘Scary Hours’
After dark, after hours, demon time, scary hours. Things slow down at night, things feel different in the dark, and the spirits and emotions that…