Articles by Myles Tiessen

Lucinda Williams Set Winnipeg Folk Fest Alight

Main Stage, July 11

PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2024

How many concerts or shows does one need to attend before live music begins to lose meaning? How many sweltering days under the burning...

Jamboree Mourn the Salad Days on 'Summerland'

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2024

It rises from the prairie landscape as a defiant obelisk. Two sixteen-story towers joined together by an all-embracing tropical atrium ...

Chastity Was Voiceless but Vivid in Winnipeg

The Handsome Daughter, April 19

PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2024

The one who belonged most at Chastity's Friday night Winnipeg show was the kid standing by himself smoking a cigarette 15, maybe...

Sonic Youth Were Swept Up in the Waves on 'Walls Have Ears'

PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2024

While Sonic Youth’s studio albums almost capturing their musical brutality, it’s their live recordings that showcase the band’s true power...

Living Hour Said Goodbye and Started Anew in Winnipeg

Good Will Social Club, December 9

PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2023

A bittersweet hum of beginnings and endings rang out through Living Hour's entire performance at Winnipeg's Good Will Social Club. The ban...

Kurt Vile Retraces His Steps on 'Back to Moon Beach'

PUBLISHED Nov 14, 2023

"These recycled riffs ain't going anywhere, anytime soon," stammers Kurt Vile on his latest EP's title track. Riffs, lyrics, melodies — cal...

Tired Cossack Plays It Fast, Loose and Fiery on 'I Know, I Guess'

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2023

"And here we goooo!"  The goofy studio chatter heard during the first few seconds of opening track "Sardines" may initially seem like some...

​Sonic Youth's 20 Best Songs Ranked

PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2023

From their hyper-fuzzy industrial no-wave roots through the slacker rock '90s era and into the dynamic and formless later years, Sonic Yout...