WINNIPEG VIBES

guy gets drunk and does drugs and reviews winnipeg bands

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BEST OF 2015: GUEST LISTS

hey kids, it’s me winnipeg vibes

pretty much forgot i made this blog haha

but i done gone and emailed a bunch of notable winnipeg people

and got them to write about what things they liked this year

i noticed a trend of resistance to ranking any of the albums, which i’ll take as an indicator that my highly controversial and groundbreaking unranked list of songs from last year is now a canonical point of reference for all future year-end list making

got some pretty good responses here we go:

DAVID SCHELLENBERG

member of noise punk band tunic and booker at The Good Will Social Club

top 15 albums of 2015 in my opinion in no order, just a list:

Braids - Deep in the Iris (Flemish Eye)

Conduct - Fear & Desire (Public Tone Records)

Fountain - Fountain 2 (independent)

Crosss - Lo (Telephone Explosion)

Hag Face - R.I.P. (Psychic Handshake)

Freak Heat Waves - Bonnie's State of Mind (Hockey Dad Records)

Cannon Bros. - Dream City (Disintegration Records)

Ought - Sun Coming Down (Constellation Records)  

Micah Visser - Ok Night (Independent)

Summering - Summering (Independent)

Dilly Dally - Sore (Buzz Records)

(The band soon to be formerly known as) Viet Cong- Viet Cong (Flemish Eye)

Father John Misty - I Love you, Honeybear (Sub Pop)

HSY - Bask (Buzz Records)

Dri Hiev - Contravitural (Independent)

LAUREN SWAN

coordinator and cofounder of BIG FUN

Top  10 Albums (in no particular order): Human Music  - Sup Fountain - Fountain 2 Summering – S/T Hag Face – RIP Kurt Vile – B’lieve I’m Going Down Cannon Bros – Dream City Radiation Flowers – Radiation Flowers Dilly Dally – Sore Andy Shauf – The Bearer of Bad News Twin River – Should the Light Go Out

Top 5 EPS (In no particular order): DRI HIEV - Contravirtual Woolworm – Everything Seems Obvious Sheer Mag - II Amen Dunes - Cowboy Worship Yes We Mystic - Vestige Holy Void - S/T

GIL CARROLL

member of unstoppable dream-pop juggernaut Living Hour

best music released this year (In no particular order besides Sufjan as number 1):

1. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell

Majical Cloudz - Are You Alone?

Jenny Hval - Apocalypse  Girl

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

Basic Nature - Circles and Lines

Twerps - Range Anxiety

Sisykyou - Nervous

Built to Spill - Untethered Moon

Florist - Holdly

Frankie Cosmos - Fit Me In EP

Tearjerker - Stay Wild

DAVE SHAW

local hermit, makes music as Camp David

Objectively True and Precisely Ordered List of The Best Releases of 2015:

1. Kamasi Washington - The Epic

2. Sasha Conda - Bronco

3. Majical Cloudz - Are You Alone?

4. Holly Herndon - Platform

5. Sean Nicholas Savage - Other Death

6. Micah Visser - ok night

7. George Clanton - 100% Electronica

8. Persona La Ave x Baraka - ONE

9. Body-san - Corporate Interiors

10. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Euclid

CLAIRE BONES AND LIZZY BURT

from legendary shoegaze outfit Basic Nature

Best Songs To Listen To On Tour According To Basic Nature in 2015 (no particular order) (listened to between 10-100 times)

Bittersweet Symphony, The Verve Satellite Of Love, Lou Reed Night Still Comes, Neko Case Look For Me (I'll Be Around), Neko Case Avalon (Full Album), Roxy Music Midnight City, M83 Summerhead, Cocteau Twins Carolyn's Fingers, Cocteau Twins Evangeline, Cocteau Twins Blue Beard, Cocteau Twins Helicopter, Deerhunter Let Her Go, Mac DeMarco Dreams, The Cranberries Crushed, The Brian Jonestown  Massacre Beverly Kills, Ariel Pink Take A Picture, Filter A Mouthful (Full Album), The Do Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys Spiderwebs, No doubt Happy Yellow Bumblebee, Of Montreal Souvlaki Space Station, Slowdive

...2016 goal: 100x more local music!

MICAH VISSER

makes stadium-grade anthems as Micah Visser (notably solid new single here)

top 5 local album list. (in no particular order)

1: Camp David, Babes Before Christ Ok it is no secret that I love everything Dave Shaw has done (notably Glass Random). Camp David put out this cool album in January and I still listen to it all the time and give it an A+. Enjoy its funniness and sexiness, but don't let its funniness and sexiness distract you because underneath all the kitsch there are some really smart pop songs with real depth.

2: Yes We Mystic, Vestige (duh) Hey well this one is a shoe in because it's obviously very very good. Bought it on vinyl and just love everything about it. The first time I head Contest of Strength my jaw dropped and I am certain we will get a lot more of that from YWM in 2016.

3: Basic Nature, circles and lines I only became aware of Basic Nature at Big Fun last year and every time I see or hear something new from them it manages to exceed my expectations and blow my mind. Circles and Lines is a great example of this, it's so well crafted and beautiful that is sucks you into its atmosphere demands that you devote your full attention to it. Very rewarding album. Some of the most satisfying dream pop music ever.

4: Adam Hanney and Co., 4/12 Here's one that you haven't heard because it was only released on cassette, but I can assure you there is much fun to be had here. Very densely layered, very smart. Can't wait for the album to drop because I'm sure it's going to be fantastic.

5: NOTME, Smoke Cheating with this one a little because I did some production on it but I assure you, personal contributions aside, this single is a banger. Most eerily cheerful song about trying to quit smoking and getting high I've ever heard. Look out for NOTME next year because hopefully they will be playing shows and making more killer music.

EVAN BURGESS

ex-winnipeger BURGLAR, now working with Bedroomer and booking shows as  part of Ghost Emoji in toronto

BURGLAR’s favourite spooky songs to play at the club in 2015

10. T_A_M - Northwood Sad Clown

09. Bricc Baby Shitro - 6 Drugs (Prod. by Sam Tiba)

08. 0$P$ - Outrage Of Modesty (Fzpz remix)

07. DJ New Jersey Drone - Blood Kakao

06. ???? - Work

05. Mutual Friend - Perfection

04. Michael Magnan - Alright Um

03. Arca - Xen (Katuchat Refix)

02. Partisan - Magma

01. Rabit - Black Gates

*****

alright that’s all, be sure to check some of this stuff out, thanks to everyone who sent lists, might do my own year end list later but idk looks like we’ve already nailed it

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DRUG FUELLED CONFESSIONAL: THE BAND BOATS SAVED MY LIFE

whoa

u guys

i done had a near death experience, bro

i am born anew in the aftermath of this chilling experience, bro

i must recount my harrowing story and post abt it on a relevant internet tumblr

the band boats saved my life

via knowledge

let me explain:

it was last weekend and i was up in churchill manitoba

because i heard a rumour that thom yorke was going to be DJing the afterparty at the annual churchill snowman building/ice fishing derby

i knew it was a long shot, but bro, it’s thom yorke

i took a train, it was so alt

i felt like i was a character on popular BBC drama “the downtown abbies”

i listened to The Eraser and looked at vids of thom yorke’s hottest dance moves the whole way there

when i arrived in churchill, i asked siri for the name of the nearest sushi place with free wifi

siri was like “it’s back in winnipeg, bb”

i realized then that i had made a huge mistake.

the snowman building/ice fishing derby was a huge disappointment.

i bought a VIP wristband and i didnt even get ‘front of the line priority’

all i got was an XL t-shirt with a screenprinted pic of a cartoon fish on it

and get this: the t-shirt wasn’t even american apparel fair wage organic cotton

it was a basic ass FROOTS OF THE LOOM crewneck

i was like: “do u BBs even CARE about the fricking EARTH?”

i didnt even catch one fish

and my snowman only got an “honourable mention”

because these entry-level churchill bros dont know ANYTHING about avant garde snowman design

but then the biggest disappointment of all:

i went to the local abandoned warehouse for the #official afterparty

and i waited for hours

but thom yorke never showed up

in fact, there wasn’t even an official after party

it was just me standing in an abandoned warehouse

totally alone :(

*sigh*

just one chill bro,

totally alone,

in this fantastic raw warehouse space

churchill could have had such a vibrant rave scene up in here

*sigh*

suddenly i heard a rustling in a darkened corner of the warehouse

i thought maybe it was the first sparks of a fullblown warehouse party

i quickly ingested some ecstasy and ran over to investigate

bro…

it was a fricking polar bear. i thought “great. no thom yorke plus now i have to deal with a polar bear? thanks, churchill”

the bear turned and looked at me.

i racked my brain for any #lifehack knowledge of bears

i remembered a single fact.

a fact drilled into my brain by the bridge of the song ‘advice on bears’ by local pop stars BOATS.

i sang to myself: “just remember they’re more afraid of you than you are of them, alright alright alright all”

i looked at the bear and busted out my heaviest thom yorke dance moves.

i’m talking lotus flower music video level, bros, i was not playing.

and i tell u what

that bear WAS more afraid of me than i was of it

it scampered right out of that warehouse

i was so relieved

i pulled out my iphone and updated my last.fm review of Boats’ “a fairway full of miners”

i wrote: “can confirm ‘advice on bears’ to be accurate, 10/10 would use to confront bears again”

<a href="http://yeahboats.bandcamp.com/album/a-fairway-full-of-miners" data-mce-href="http://yeahboats.bandcamp.com/album/a-fairway-full-of-miners">A Fairway Full Of Miners by Boats</a>

#thankyouboats

p.s. if anyone wants to paypal me some $$ so i can get the hell out of churchill that would be pretty chill

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"BEST SONGS" OF 2014

hey everyone

got an email about doing a "best albums" list for 2014

i am going to "give the ppl what they seem to want"

but i guess, hang on, no

i am going to do "best songs"

because....idk

and also i'm not going to "rank" them

and I'm also going to acknowledge that "ranking" music is stupid and insane because...like...subjective...obviously...

anyway

i am going to get maybe a little drunk and think of songs i liked

here are 10 songs that i liked a lot

but there are for sure other songs

but here is a totally subjective list of songs that I think I liked more than other songs:

TUNIC-BEND

this song is fucking raw as hell, reminds me of something by vampires i think. when these bros finally do a like...full album, it is going to be a good album, i'll bet.

&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://tunicband.bandcamp.com/track/bend-2" data-mce-href="http://tunicband.bandcamp.com/track/bend-2"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;bend by tunic&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;

HUMAN MUSIC-COOL PARTY

this one seems obvious...like...human music really great, no duh, this song is really great, no duh, just get over it already.

&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://humanmusic.bandcamp.com/album/hows-it-goin" data-mce-href="http://humanmusic.bandcamp.com/album/hows-it-goin"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;How's It Goin'? by Human Music&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;

THE HOURS-STEADY GLAZED EYES

this is jjust good old fashioned shoe gaze, the way god intended shoe gaze to be made, listen to that reverb. listen to those drums, hot damn. this might be like...the number one song of the year, even though i said i wouldn't rank them, lol...

GLASS RANDOM- I FEEL BETTER

this song kinda makes me nervous. glass random's whole thing kinda makes me nervous, i've noticed. this song seems like a very focused version of whatever his whole nervous thing is, if u know what i mean.

SMRT-BUZZSAW

wow rap music, usually i think I'm more into SMRT when he is being sad/chill, but this song is cool i thought. "see me wher the darkness is", indeed./

IANSUCKS-OLD PPL W/EMMA SLAYER

this song rlly beautiful, i don't really know much bout 'iansucks' or 'emma slayer', but this song is rlly great, kinda emily reo vibes i guess

ATLAAS-LOVE SONG

sorta felt like this song is all over the place this year, tho i don't know if that is true/ also could have sworn i heard this song in a commercial for like...the lottery or something...but that seems insane? either way this is  a song i enjoyed a lot, definitely this is  a 'band 2 watch' in 2015.

THE WILL TO POWER-SEIZE

hella dark bros, doing they hella dark thing, this song should have been the soundtrack to the movie 'drive' (like literally just this song over and over again)

&lt;a href="http://thewilltopower.bandcamp.com/album/might-7-2-free-songs" data-mce-href="http://thewilltopower.bandcamp.com/album/might-7-2-free-songs"&gt;Might 7" (2 FREE SONGS) by The Will To Power&lt;/a&gt;

AUDIOOPERA-HE IS KIND

this seems like another obvious one, this song is great, this dude just doing his thing man, plus the bideo for this song is cool, all around a cool great song, (lol this list is just me going 'it great ;)' over and over pretty much)

BASIC NATURE-GONE

hey whoa, basic nature so nice. imagining like, a sad teenager listening to this song on the bus and thinking "what is this world", or something, u know what i mean? pretty song.

OKAY THATS IT THANK U FOR READING

earnestly, just want to say, the winnipeg scene is a really beautiful and important thing, thank u to all of the bands above for making music, thank u to all the bands i didn't mention for making music. this is important work you are doing.

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GUEST MIX: BURGLAR

hey here is another "official winnipeg vibes mix", i sort of forgot to post it but i have been listening to it almost every day on the bus to work, haha. it was made by BURGLAR, he is the dankest bro in the game, he opened for com truise at Union Sound Hall a few days ago, he is one third of Magik Trix, and his vibes is spooky as hell. THANX BURGLAR :)

DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN HERE, BB

i. gatekeeper - sword of the gathering clouds of heaven ii. myler - cake walk (interferon remix) iii. umba - acid flashbacks iv. laurel halo - thrax v. woolymammoth - filters vi. sofia reta - tooth vii. travis scott f. a$ap ferg - uptown viii. arca - anaesthetic ix. ateph elidja - road junction x. sd laika - i don’t xi. murlo - hydra xii. gucci mane & young thug - bricks xiii. death grips - voila xiv. keyboard kid - pure evil xv. king dude - watching over you

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GUEST MIX: DJ DAVID HEAT

here is the second "official winnipeg vibes" mix, this one was made by dave shaw, he makes music as glass random and camp david, he is playing rainbow trout festival, he has a kind of funny and weird tumblr with some art on it, his mix has some chill ass songs for this hot ass summer day, so go listen to it, it "is nice" (borat)

WINNIPEG VIBES PRESENTS DJ DAVID HEAT by Winnipeg Vibes on Mixcloud

tracklist:

fire candy - jshih

super good - bayou

stahp - djemba djemba

venice - truman peyote

round and round (little loud remix) - ariel pink

uno mas - vacation dad

ザーメン ꒰˘̩̩̩ᴗ˘̩̩̩๑꒱*✲ﾟ*｡⋆♡ - little cloud

rice rain - cashmere cat

(via tumblr)

to see more of dave shaw's weird stuff you can be friends with him on the internet:

http://facebook.com/davveshaw

more mixes coming soon

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GUEST MIX: DJ SCHELLY HANDSOME

so yea i guess this blog is going to have some guest mixes made by cool people that i asked to make mixes for the blog, here is the first one, it by the big homie SCHELLY HANDSOME, who's one third of the magik trix "dj team" ("dj crew"?), and also just generally a cool dude, u know who he is probably, here is some songs he likes!

Schelly Handsome Summer Mix from winnipegvibes on 8tracks Radio.

tracklist:

Leonie - Frankie Comsmos 

Too Ill for the Law - Lakutis 

Morgan Stop - Kitty 

American Horror - Speedy Ortiz 

Covered in Dust - Andy Shauf 

Psychic Trauma - Cloud Nothings 

Slot Machine - Lil Debbie 

Chamber of Reflection - Mac DeMarco 

Mozart's Sister - Mozart's Sister

Our Way to Fall - Yo La Tengo

Fight or Fall - Thin Lizzy 

Heavy Water / I'd Rather be Sleeping - Grouper 

very cool stuff everybody, check back soon for more, bye

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DRUG FUELLED REVIEW: THE 2014 RAINBOW TROUT MUSIC FESTIVAL LINE-UP (part 1)

rainbow trout music festival seems like one of those things with an origin story too perfect to be real: a group of friends start playing music in the wilderness and it slowly grows into one of the most celebrated and unique festivals in the province. this year will be the fifth instalment of the rainbow trout music festival, and its line-up promises to provide one of the strongest and most diverse weekends of music...ever?

in this post, we're going to drink white wine and listen to every band in the RTMF line-up and write our impressions of them while getting progressively more drunk, because this is the internet and the internet demands gimmicks.

so let's talk about those bands, alphabetically:

ATLAAS

beautiful vocals, poppy drums, hooks all over the place. these guys are pretty new i think, but they play shows all over the place, i think one of the ppl in this band used to be that band "oldfolks home", these are some truly sexy R&B vibes.

ATTICA RIOTS

this is probably what u would call "dance rock". for some reason i keep thinking of the rapture, these guys would probably fit in on DFA records, i bet.

BUD GORDON AND THE GOD AWFUL GOSPEL

pretty loose folk rock. sort of like pavement but with a country twang, very cool chillout music, looking forward to lying in the sun and smoking a joint while listening to this

CAMP DAVID

the other solo project from local lo-fi weirdo dave shaw, a.k.a glass random. expect kitschy synths, mumbled french and sexy basslines. this dude is always awkward and usually fun. i hope he wears a cool hat.

DEMETRA

gorgeous harmonies over careful arrangements, kept thinking "joanna-newsom-eqsue", seems very introverted and emotional, imagining myself floating around in a hot air balloon while listening to this music

FIGURE

solid "post-punk", i think you'd call this, but also there is a violin in there?saw these guys at big fun festival a few years ago, i think i saw them open for boats one time also, they tagged their most recent song on soundcloud as "teen alternative", which is great. figure is great.

HEARTBEAT CITY

rootsy folk rock. found these guys to be the kind of sincere that i usually roll my eyes at because i am a cynical monster who hates sincerity but this is actually really good. i think mostly the lyrics are really good and sort of justify the whole sincerity thing (as if sincerity is something that needs to be justified)

J R HILL AND THE MAGIC BEARS

more rootsy folk rock, nice. j r hill just seems like a very chill guy. the sort of guy u want to have a beer with while watching...like...sports. he does that unpolished falsetto thing sometimes, it is cool. i have vague recollections of doing a drug-fuelled review of this guy a while ago but cant find the motivation to check

JD AND THE SUNSHINE BAND

jangley-ass folk pop, right? this reminds me of happy jawbone family band, you know what i mean? are those guys still around. "jangley" isnt a word according to the spellcheck on my computer but i mean. it is still a word. for sure.

LIDO PIMIENTA

one of the few non-winnipeg acts at the festival, she's from toronto and UM HOLY SHIT, pretty sure this will be the best thing at the festival. lido pimienta is the best. it's like glitchy latin music meets like, some dank-ass trap beats, or something. the best always. lido pimienta forever.

THE LYTICS

yeah u already know who the lytics are. you've seen them a million times, everyone has. they are an institution and they are great and obviously this will be a huge festival highlight. so good. remember the video for "ring my alarm"? where theyre riding in those icecream bike things? the best. love u lytics.

MAHOGANY FROG

like, sort of same deal as above, u know who this is, u've probably seen them, this will be an obvious festival highlight for anyone that does drugs at festivals, plus also probably everyone else becuase they are really great. sometimes i think like, instrumental bands are tricky at music festivals, im not sure why i think this though so you know whatever.

MAN THE SELECTOR

really like the song brothers by these guys, dont think i fully understand the name of this bamd, im imagning  the captain of a submarine yelling at his crew to "man the selector", and i imagine the selector looking like a giant sorting hat like in harry potter and oh man i am maybe a little drunk now

MARIACHI GHOST

big band playing music, people with painted faces, imagine this would be a real "Fiesta", im realizing that i am perhaps slightly too drunk to comtinue this thing and will maybe stop here an take a nap

TO BE CONTINUED DUN DUN DUNNN

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RELEVANT THING ANNOUNCEMENT: BIG FUN 2015 SUBMISSION PARTY

it's that time of year again, winnipeg's most relevant festival is opening up submissions and having a party about it at 248 arlington, the thing is "pay what u can" which is chill and it features some radical-ass bands. the radical babes of NAYSA are going to be playing, also a band from halifax called 'heaven for real', and, most notably, a veritable "supergroup" called HUMAN MUSIC, WHICH features members of cannon bros haunter slow dancers and shotgun jimmie, so that is worth checking out, also their name might be a reference to that show "rick and morty", which is perfect: 

so come on down and get stoked for BIG FUN FESTIVALS

this show "is nice" (borat)

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DRUG FUELLED GUIDE TO NOT GOING TO THE JUNO AWARDS

hey so what the juno awards is happening soon and guess what: the juno awards is the worst and u should not participate in them. so here is some cool events u can do instead of going to the junos

O(H) NO! FESTIVAL

MARCH 26-29TH

it's a bunch of sweet ass local bands doing shows all over the city, sorta like juno fest only with bands that are cool, so, u know, fuck the junos and check this out. highlights include: the hours, vampires, naysa, bear fight (but all the bands seem chill so i recommend this) info here: http://www.deafwish.com/2014/oh-no-festival-march-26-29th-2014-winnipeg/

PERFECT PUSSY W/ SLURS, CONDUCT, LUKEWARM

MARCH 29TH DEAD LOBSTER

sweet ass punk bands, cool location, i think conduct is supposed to be the new version of departures so that is chill as hell, so chill, so relevant, fuck the juno awards, go to this thing

STAY HOME AND READ A BOOK

MARCH 26-29TH

hey baby, u are a busy guy, take some 'u' time and just stay in and read a nice book. i mean, fuck the junos, obviously, but also fuck everything, because u need some time to just chiiiiiiill. recharge the batteries, read a book.

JUOENO: UNOFFICIAL JUNO (W)RAP PARTY

MARCH 30TH UNION SOUND HALL

this looks cool i guess, ryan hemsworth is going to do an all rap dj set, cool cool, they list the guy who is going to be photographing the event on the poster, so…. i mean, fuck the juno awards, let's face it, the juno awards are the worst, but this event? seems cool, i recommend it. says it is 'featuring beer and yelling' and also 'surprise guests?' which…i mean…i don't even know, but i might go to this if i finish the book i want to read

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DRUG FUELLED NEW YEARS EVE GUIDE

hey figured someone should do this, because of how pitchfork music website didnt

so hey welcome to winnipeg vibes blog we're going to talk about events to do on new years, in case you want to go to a 'relevant event'

i am going to probably drink and hang around at my buddys thing, lol

but here are other cool things you can do if you want to

HANA LU LU AND MISE EN SCENE AT THE ROSE  N BEE

10 dollars in advance, 15 at the door

hana lu lu is fantastic, 3 cool dudes making sexy tunes, synth guy always wearing a poncho, haha, wow, what a band, also mise en scene? they cool, they been around a while i think, u know them

SHIT LOAD OF DJS AT UNION SOUND HALL

25 dollars (plus fees?!?!) in advance, unsure about door, this will probably sell out tho?

so i guess union sound hall is the hot new club, been there a few times, it is nice, good dancefloor, i think this place runs the risk of becoming kind of pretentious (altho thats not the fault of the guys running it, i dont think, just, it is a nice venue trying really hard to look hip and cool and i think that attracts a certain crowd) but they definitely have all of the best DJs in winnipeg at this thing (excluding my personal 2 favorite DJs, BURGLAR and DJ DAVID HEAT), but cmon i mean if u love dancing and djs and that horse on the wall then u should go to this thing

HARLEQUIN AT THE OAK

i think 25 dollars

spending an evening at the oak is one of my actual nightmares but i think harlequin is still cool so fuck u im including this

"WE'RE NOT DEAD YET II" AT THE WAREHOUSE

15 dollars

lots of great art, the bokononists are playing which is awesome, cool name, formal dress code (who are they, arcade fire?), something called a 'CHAMPANGE SHOWER' that has me a little aroused, honestly, this will just be lots of dancing and art, which sounds jus about perfect for new years, do this, i don't know, do what ever you want, they say you should "call/text 204.995.7710 / 204.999.0452 for tickets & info", so do that

hope this is helpful, bye

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DRUG FUELLED REVIEW: SURPRISE PARTY

http://surpriseparty420.bandcamp.com/album/animal-kingdom-continents-of-the-world-2

always think of these guys as "surpwise party"

they look like very nice boys

think i've seen they live like once, or twice

enjoyable

like, about what u woul expect

sloppy, loud, funny

like, it would make more sense if this band was called "LMFAO" than the actual band LMFAO, u know what i mean?

cause these guys are funny, and not a grown man and his nephew?

did you guys know that lmfao are a "nephew/uncle duo"

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110314195314AAjk9QA

that honestly is so funny to me

really laughing my fucking ass off about that, lol

i dont know what is going on with this review

i think 'surprise party' is a 'party rock' band

and then i thought 'lmfao' cause of 'party rocking'

but they seem real good, surprise party

ending this review on a highnote

screencap from popular syndicated situational comedy 'the fwends'

surprise party good bye bye

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DRUG FUELLED REVIEW: GLASS RANDOM

this guy

http://glassrandom.bandcamp.com

who he

i think i saw him open for hooded fang at the windsor hotel

i like his whole vibe

ariel pink meets um, diamond rings, etc (?)

this is the kind of guy who um probbaby

probably will never be wildly popular

probably will never be a true rockstar u know

but will be a band where like, in 15 years some blogger will be like 'remember that guy, he was the real deal'

hahaha right

like, after he dies someone releases a compilation album of his "greatest hits" and pitchfork dot com would describe a him as like a "obscure scene fixture", or some shit

lol what the fuck

am i talking all about

haha

look at this hat here in this video

this guy, cool cool

he has cassette tapes you can buy

this blog is really bad, hey

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DRUG FUELLED REVIEW: J RILEY HILL

http://jrileyhill.bandcamp.com/album/j-riley-hill

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/82083509/J+Riley+Hill+JR+Hill.jpg

got that crazy album art

like whats that green day album

looks like that sort of , think

was under the impression that this guy wrote "techno music" lol moby

but this seems, decidedly folk-y

trumpets

yelling

crazy crazy yelling

like I'm not paying 8 dollars for this album

but it is good if this was on in like, a coffee shop

i'd be like yeah

this is fine

oh well damn

this guy is on woven records

maybe thats why i thot we was going to be more like, electronic

this is a very good song

does this dude do shows

fucking video

still don't know

woven records is nice

this is the end of the review

are u guys into this

[winnipegvibes]

DRUG FUELLED REVIEW: VAMPIRES

vampires

http://vampiresband.bandcamp.com/album/vampires

yeah vampires

saw these dudes at the lo pub a long time ago, had to leave cause i was having bad vibes

they are good tho

u have to be in the rite mood

got a good thing going i think

do they still exist

"fire riot" is the song i like the most i think

has a real interpol thing

like really interpol

wat the fuck is that song

that sounds like

fuc

u knwo

part of me thinks these guys changed drums and guitar at some point during their set

cool

i am getting pumped up

want to post that image of animal from the muppets again

that is the theme of this blog

do u guys like this blog

fuck my life

vampires

they are a band

they are beautiful music

yelling bros

making sweet sounds

rip vampires

lol what if they were called "wampires"

funny name

that is a band from portland, i googled it

fuck my life

vampires

rest in peace

fuck yes

[winnipegvibes]

DRUG FUELLED REVIEW: ROYAL CANOE

royal canoe

these dudes are cool

look at these cool dudes

six cool men

some with beards

wearing sweaters

writing some sexy jams

feel like the theme of "royal canoe" is like, trippy r kelly nightmare

but in a good way

for sure

having trouble knowing when songs end/start

lots of cool bits going on here

saw these guys live a few times

they are very fun to watch live

https://soundcloud.com/user3212619/if-i-had-a-house

they new album seems good

thot i read something comparing them to animal collective, one time

but that seems like, a bad comparison

they are not like animal collective

but they are good

these guys, they love their vocoders

or whatever that is

men with beards, sweaters, healthy love of vocoders

sexy r and b nightmare

haha

[winnipegvibes]

DRUG-FUELLED REVIEW: ANIMAL TEETH

animal teeth

  sweet mellow bros, real chill stuff, yea

think i liked the song "ghosts" the best

whispery guy

it is good

made me think of that band from montreal

u know

made me pick op my guitar and try to do that little riff

trying it right now

it is, i don't know

feel as tho i like the whispery vibes better than the singy vibes

earlier stuff is better i thought

but later stuff is good also?

song 'me & you' features some pretty cool auto tune

https://soundcloud.com/animalteeth/me-you

garage band grade auto tune, perhaps

fuck

cool

do these guys have a website other than sound cloud?

oops found their band camp

http://animalteeth.bandcamp.com/

there is a different version of 'me and u' on ther

cool

cool

almost has a japandroids thing going

perhaps, the "always right" yelling bit

slightly pitchy bro yelling

this is good

recommend this to ur chill friends