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Incubate Festival 2012: Review

Incubate Festival 2012: Review

Chris Morin September 20, 2012 7

Bike lanes, beers and babes make for boner-riffic urban festival By now most of us should be familiar with the phenomenon of the urban, multi-venue music festival. While relatively new to Saskatoon – thank

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Sled Island Diaries: Part 2

Chris Morin June 30, 2011 0

Saturday, June 25: Woke up to gross grey skies and a feeling of a very specific malaise. I feel like a wet sack of crap. The hotel looks completely trashed at this point –

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NXNE Diaries

NXNE Diaries

Chris Morin June 22, 2011 0

The following is a diary compiled from a trip to the NXNE Festival in Toronto, Ontario. Thursday, June 16, 2011: There is something particularly badass about cutting through an airport while holding a guitar

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NXNE Video Essay

NXNE Video Essay

Chris Morin June 22, 2011 0

Shuyler Jansen at NXNE, Toronto, June 18, 2011 Foam Lake at NXNE, Toronto, June 18, 2011 We Were Lovers at NXNE, Toronto, June 18,

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Follow Friday: Festivals

Follow Friday: Festivals

Chris Morin June 10, 2011 0

@sledisland – An awesome Calgary festival where every band seems to play at least twice, so you don’t miss out. @nxnefest – Sort of like SXSW except with less burritos and bee stings. @NessCreek

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Vive Part 2

Vive Part 2

Chris Morin March 24, 2011 1

Following is part two of a series on Vive Music, a local show promotion and band management concern that is jointly run by Phil Greer and Rich Taylor. Plenty of other cities have hosted

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