THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

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  • By April 8, 2010

    After over five years of patient anticipation, Saskatoon music listeners will be treated to the Fjords’ sophomore record, aptly titled Get it Right.

  • Fisticuffs: one busy dude

    By March 31, 2010

    Jordan Kurtz, a.k.a. Fisticuffs, is the former drummer of We Were Lovers, the pianist and vocalist of Saskatoon piano pop-quartet Tuxedo Mask and, occasionally, drummer for his brother Scott Kurtz in Boycott Scott.

  • Sly Business aim to get fit and have funk

    By March 17, 2010

    Take a pinch of ska, a funk-tastic dash of jazzy trumpets, reggae guitar chords and a well-seasoned portion of soulful hip-hop and you’ve got one of Saskatoon’s new and most vibrant local bands ”” none other than Sly Business.

  • Deep Dark Woods mourn Regina’s Plains Hotel

    By February 24, 2010

    “Nail up the windows and close up the doors, Good Time Charlie’s is no more,” laments the Deep Dark Woods’ lead-singer, Ryan Boldt, in the opening line to their newest single, which is part of CBC’s Great Canadian Song Quest.

  • Maybe Smith goes on a Yukon Quest

    By January 27, 2010

    The Yukon is the land of the midnight sun ”” but not during winter. In the winter the Yukon is dark almost all the time. So why would Saskatoon’s pop guru, Colin Skrapek (Maybe Smith), leave for Dawson City, Yukon, in one of the coldest, darkest months of the year?

  • Drama students go indie rock

    By January 6, 2010

    Look out, Saskatoon! A new band has emerged fresh out of the oven in the form of Molly Summers and the Callbacks.

  • SaskMusic on the decline

    By October 14, 2009

    SaskMusic, the non-profit corporation responsible for representing, promoting and developing the music industry of Saskatchewan, announced on Sept. 8 the permanent and immediate cancellation of six of its grant programs.

  • ARTISTS on ARTISTS: Peter Grier

    By October 14, 2009

    Aside from doing his own musical exploration under the alias Caves, Peter plays drums in A Gentle Forest and Cat Dad. Additonally, along with Angus Dicken, Grier creates the wild sounds of Lionstab. These bands are some of Saskatoon’s most inspired indie and experimental acts.
    Grier discussed the various manifestations of Phil Elverum, also known as Mount Eerie and the frontman for the Microphones.