LOONY - "Dare You"

Just got word this morning that Scarborough R&B act LOONY will be opening for Rhye this Sunday at the Garrick here in Winnipeg.

LOONY just dropped a new video for the track "Dare You" (below) and listening to the loping beat and delicate vocals, it's no surprise they'll be serving as the opener on all the Western Canadian dates.

My interview with Mike Milosh - aka Rhye - will air tomorrow night just after 6:30pm CT on my show TGIFR, and I'm pretty sure I'll be kicking things off with this cut.

E. GG - Alverstone

One-third of Winnipeg rap group 3PEAT, E.GG's solo stuff came to my attention thanks to his collaboration with CrabSkull which I already posted about. Now comes the full-length from which "Game of Dice" was taken and holy heck is Alverstone fire. Feel the burn for yourself below.

Bogdan Rybak - "Baby You've Got Magic"

So apparently Bogdan Rybak is a local (Winnipeg) composer / video-game developer. And possibly Bob James acolyte based on this cut. Shout out to UMFM show host The Birdinator for playing this on his show today and making me aware of Rybak's work.

Interview with Thao Nguyen

One of the luxuries of my day job as Program Director at UMFM is I get the opportunity to interview some of my favourite artists. I've featured Thao & The Get Down Stay Down before and they're set to play at Interstellar Rodeo here in Winnipeg in a few short weeks. In advance of that, I talked to Thao Nguyen about the group's latest album, A Man Alive. It originally aired on Monday, but is now up on the station's Soundcloud page.

Slow Spirit - Bad News EP

This EP just dropped today. I know everyone's going gaga over Father John Misty today, but spare twenty minutes in your music-listening schedule for this Winnipeg band and you'll be rewarded with a great listen.

Bel-Air - "Technique: Tony Allen"

The best flute cut you've heard since Ron Burgundy dropped the science on Veronica Corningstone.



Afrobeat + Winnipeg should = cognitive disconnect.
Instead it ='s a really good listen.