The Band Swap challenge: 35 musicians (give or take, am I right?) are randomly assembled into seven bands at a swap meet, where they are assigned four cover songs. Each band then has 24 hours to master their songs – or figure out some way to butcher them completely and appropriately. Here is...

So a bunch of stuff happened, including The Seahags at Louis’, Friends Electric and Feral Children at Amigos, New Jacobin Club at The Fez, Barcamp (tech conference that devolved into a keg party) and The Decentralized Dance Party! Special thanks to Jane for the Angry Teeth Freakshow...

On November 2, Northcote (ex-Regina now located in Victoria, BC) with locals Jeans Boots, Zachary Lucky and Carly Maicher very gently rocked Lydia’s loft in Saskatoon. Joining the musicians was poet Patrick Swan. Contributed by Aaron Soulz, who is increasingly becoming the suspenders to our...

Continued from Part 1 found HERE. One of rock and roll’s greatest traits is its primal tiger swagger, a spiky pompadour greased with sweat, black leather, rebellion and pee. Tellingly, get too close to the animal and it will take a swipe at you. B.A. Johnston’s show at Amigos on Saturday,...

Mass Grave and Lavagoat at Amigos on October 16, 2011. Lavagoat Lavagoat Mass Grave Mass Grave Mass...

It is entirely difficult to describe life in the prairies to an outsider. I still like to try, but all too often I am confronted with quizzical expressions that segue to a total sense of WTF when I attempt to convey heroic stories of mid-blizzard basement punk shows, touring for days to play...

Tie-dyed shirts? Confetti cannons?! I’ve been obsessively playing Hollerado‘s “Record in a Bag” album since hearing of the band a few months back. So when they graced the stage of Amigos on Saturday, October 1, 2011 for CFCR’s FM-Phasis wrap-up show I fought...

Ahh beers, bands, and fresh first years. The only thing better than spending a day in the hot sun at the U of S Bowl is not having to attend class in the first place. We caught Violent Kin, Reform Party and Father Figures on the first day of classes while chugging beers and tossing frisbees....

Every so often, one of those shows happens that is pure magic. This wasn’t one of them. But man oh man, was it close. The show itself sold out, every single band was amazing in some way, and, not most-importantly but totally worth noting – a lot of people got nicely toasted. Of...

WakeRide, a professional wakeboard competition and music festival in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, hosted a highly diverse festival this past weekend, booking acts including K-OS and indie giants Broken Social Scene in addition to local bands like Sly Business, Ultimate Power Duo and Foam Lake. The...