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.
By Dorian Geiger September 15, 2011
Local hip-hop producer Factor recently reunited with Oakland, Calif. emcee Kirby Dominant ”” together, Factor and Dominant are known as Paranoid Castle ”” and on Aug. 30 they released their latest album, Champagne Nightmares! Brilliant in every possible way, this new album is packed with enough potential to emerge as a classic album of Saskatoon hip-hop.
By Matthew Stefanson September 12, 2011
In Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest director Michael Rapaport documents the travails of the group, interviewing group members Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad and occasional member Jarobi White to tell their tale.
By Michael Cuthbertson September 8, 2011
In Saskatoon, bands usually last one or two years. This is not the case for thrash acts Untimely Demise and DFA, two of Saskatoon’s badass metal bands, who have teamed up to bring us some of the most brutal shows our town has ever seen.
By Nicole Barrington September 6, 2011
Mother Mother’s frontman Ryan Guldemond doesn’t dig happy songs: ““It’s funny. I do gravitate towards slower, darker songs and sometimes I kind of feel like I need to remind myself to be positive. Happy songs irk me. I like cold, dense and realistic portraits of humanity, which inevitably I think are quite humourous.”
By Katherine Benson September 2, 2011
Certain albums can be recognized as something special from the very first listen. Sam Roberts Band’s Collider, released May 10, is a worthy member of that select group.
By Ishmael N. Daro August 31, 2011
How do you contribute to Saskatoon’s music scene if you can’t play an instrument? For Phil Greer and Rich Taylor, the answer was to devote countless hours to organizing shows for local and touring bands for no money.
By Aren Bergstrom August 11, 2011
On Aug. 1, Saskatoon band the Sheepdogs were named the winners of Rolling Stone’s “Do You Wanna Be A Rock & Roll Star” contest and were awarded a prestige spot on the cover of the Aug. 18 issue (out Aug. 5) ”” the first time an unsigned band has ever graced the cover.
By Aren Bergstrom June 16, 2011
Suck It And See, the latest album from Arctic Monkeys, is the natural next step for a group that achieved meteoric success early on and is now learning to act as a grown-up band.