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Best of May

Best of May

Chris Morin June 12, 2012 1

Ominocity’s Top Five Articles for May 2012 Mazzfest Returns to Saskatoon Mazzfest, a hardcore festival now in its third year, busted out the floorpunches, the spinkicks and the wall of death. And everyone had

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Kay the Aquanaut “Yep, the sky is falling…” Exclusive MP3 Download

Kay the Aquanaut “Yep, the sky is falling…” Exclusive MP3 Download

Ryan Smith May 16, 2012 7

Saskatoon’s Kay the Aquanaut and Regina’s Merky Waters join forces Hip hop artist Kay the Aquanaut has kindly dropped his latest track “Yep, the sky is falling…” on Ominocity for our readers to enjoy. The

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iTunes Match Review: Apple’s Cloud Music Service Now Available in Canada

iTunes Match Review: Apple’s Cloud Music Service Now Available in Canada

Ryan Smith January 19, 2012 1

Apple expanded their iTunes Match service to international markets last month, finally allowing Canadians to subscribe to the service for a $27.99 annual fee. iTunes Match is a different beast from music streaming services

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Download of the Week – Old Ugly Christmas

Download of the Week – Old Ugly Christmas

Chris Morin December 20, 2011 0

Cover songs have a lot in common with Christmas gifts – they are both hugely unnecessary and are completely devoid original sentiment about 95 per cent of the time. And that’s being generous. As

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Fountains of Youth Exclusive Download

Fountains of Youth Exclusive Download

Chris Morin October 21, 2011 0

Fountains of Youth, headed by Paul Kuzbik, are dropping two of their latest songs in anticipation of several live shows leading up to their album release. “Both of these songs will be on our

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Retro Download: Fury and the Mouse

Retro Download: Fury and the Mouse

Ryan Smith October 18, 2011 1

Fury and the Mouse – The Seahorse of Undesirable Truth After living in Saskatoon for most of our lives, Fury and the Mouse set off on a journey to the west coast in the

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Download of the Week: Valleys

Download of the Week: Valleys

Chris Morin October 4, 2011 0

Montreal’s Valleys are, presumably, good at one thing and one thing only: lulling their audiences into a catatonic state of post-rock fuzzies via layers of soft-spoken noise and an army of delay pedals. And

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Sparky Interview and Exclusive Download

Chris Morin September 29, 2011 0

It’s hard to imagine the Saskatoon metal scene without local four-piece Sparky. Thankfully, we never really had to. For the past ten – yes, ten! – years, Sparky have evolved, grunted, growled and shredded,

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Retro Download: Golden Smoke

Retro Download: Golden Smoke

Chris Morin September 22, 2011 0

Saskatoon’s psych-purveyors Golden Smoke destroyed themselves far too soon. The band broke up shortly following the vastly underrated album Resurrection City – an ironic title if there ever was one. Or fitting, especially in

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Download of the Week: Apollo Ghosts

Download of the Week: Apollo Ghosts

Chris Morin August 16, 2011 1

Be still my beating heart: a weirdo punk band that sounds like ‘60s garage meets ’80 fromage with songs less than two minutes long. On their 7” Money Has No Heart, Apollo Ghosts spew

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