It’s the end of another calendar year, so time for T-Bar & The Mudge to talk (and argue) about some of the best & worst music of the year. We managed to get along well enough to spin some great tunes from this year (and a few from last year.) We also previewed the most exciting New Year’s Eve bash in recent memory, Del does Springsteen, with some classics from Bruuuuuuuce and some soon-to-be classics from Del.
This weekend marks the 10th anniversary of the best damn club on the planet, and arguably our city’s most important music venue, The Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club. John Scoles & his team down there are doing the Lord’s work, even though they’ve got a whole lotta devil in ’em. They’ve given us some amazing musical memories over the past 10 years, and we’re absolutely sure that there are many more yet to come. This week’s show is all about the church at Main & St. Mary, with music and memories galore. Here’s to many more!
I’ve never been afraid to go far and wide to check out a good show, but this weekend just might be the craziest yet. Since we’re off on that crazy adventure, this show is pre-taped, but we’ll hear some tunes from the guys we’re headed to see, and some traveling/driving/road songs to keep us rolling. This week brings us some great new tunes, so we dive into some of those. And, next weekend, one of Canada’s finest female singer/songwriters, Sarah Harmer, returns to town, so we hear a bunch of her great solo work and her work backing up others.
All good hearted music lovers in Winnipeg are off at The West End Cultural Centre tonight, hearing a live performance of the greatest album to ever come out of our city, The Weakerthans’ Left and Leaving, and so are we. So, in our absence, here’s some pre-recorded goodness for ya!
It’s Weakerthans week in Winnipeg, as our greatest band is set to kick off 4 shows at different venues across town. While they are somewhat famous and maybe don’t need our help any more, there is no greater songwriter in our city (past or present), so it’s our duty to play a bunch of the greatest songs ever written in and about our town. But, that’s not the only exciting time of year approaching, it’s also Christmas, and we’ve got a batch of Christmas tunes that won’t make you nauseous. Also, some new songs, some winter songs, and some all-around good songs.