Based on true events
When you see a “based on true events” title card in a film, many of you will chortle in the theatre because you know that…
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Concert Review: Indian City
The West End Cultural Centre is well-known for its awesome live shows. One of the latest acts, Indian City, was no exception. Indian City is…
Breakfast around the world
Andrew McMonagle and Leif Norman are setting out to broaden their palatal horizons. Since 2007, the pair have visited 163 restaurants across Winnipeg and reviewed…
CD Review: Plants and Animals, The End of That
The End of That, the latest album released by the Montreal trio Plants and Animals, presents a collection of songs pumping indie rock rhythms and…
CD Review: You Me at Six, Sinners Never Sleep
The British band You Me at Six released their third album, Sinners Never Sleep, on Jan. 24. The new album opens up with the hit…
CD Review: Trampled By Turtles, Stars and Satellites
If you’re a regular folkie at the Winnipeg Folk Fest, you may already be familiar with the pride of Northern Minnesota, Trampled By Turtles. The…
CD Review: Decemberists, We All Raise Our Voices to the Air
Interesting is a prickly word. When I say something is interesting, I usually mean that it is mediocre, but that I am feeling too wimpy…
Worthy adaptation (Hunger Games double take!)
For most, Katniss Everdeen needs no introduction. Suzanna Collins’s bestselling novel The Hunger Games has moved out of Scholastic Book orders and into the mainstream….
Let the games begin (Hunger Games double take!)
If you’ve ever gone to see a movie based on a really good book, you’ll know what I mean when I talk about the feeling….
CD Review: The Darcys, Aja
In January Toronto indie rock quartet the Darcys just released their second of three albums, Aja, which is a reworking of the 1977 Steely Dan…