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A Comprehensive Look at Winnipeg’s Big, Dumb Rock n’ Roll History

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After tackling Winnipeg’s noise-rock and politically correct punk history, local writer Sheldon Birnie is turning his attention to the raw, garage-rock fuelled bands that helped define the city’s music scene in the first decade of the 21st century. From the VaGiants’ rambunctious vibes to the punk-inflected Fabulous Kildonans to the Hot Live Guys, Noisey shines a light on some of the province’s sweat-soaked rock acts. “The music was just hard and loud and as fast as possible,” says Andy Savant of yesterday’s rock ‘n’ roll. “Just a greasy, sweaty, big drunk mess.”

 

Video of the Week: Afrika Bambaataa Renegades of Funk

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Considered to be one of the innovators connecting the dots between hip hop and electronic music, New York DJ and producer Afrika Bambaataa’s influence on modern music is monumental. With a collection of more than 40,000 records that is being digitized and held as a permanent archive at Cornell University, Bambaataa has given DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist unprecedented access to his vinyl for a special tour that Winnipeg is lucky to get on Thursday, Nov. 20 at the Garrick. “This has never been done before, definitely not on this scale. They’re his records, with his blessings. This isn’t just any copy of X breakbeat, it’s the copy, the copy that started everything. Not just any records, the master of records’ records” explains DJ Shadow, enthusiastically. “The program will be multifaceted… Bambaataa as artist, exploring the influence of his classics like Planet Rock; Bambaataa as collector, and the genre-defining breaks he discovered; and Bambaataa as peacemaker and force for social change. He influenced an entire generation worldwide, so we feel a great obligation to get it right.” Winnipeg vinyl junkie DJ Hunnicutt will open the show with an all 7-inch set. Tickets for the Renegades of Rhythm tour are $32.50 at jazzwinnipeg.com or in person at Music Trader, The Urban Bakery and the Jazz Winnipeg office.

 

Stream of the Week: John K. Samson — The Boat Dreams From The Hill (Jawbreaker cover)

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20 years after the release of Jawbreaker’s influential album, 24 Hour Revenge Therapy, John K. Samson’s cover of The Boat Dreams From The Hill is a not-so-subtle reminder about the impact the band had on literary-leaning, heart-on-your-sleeve former punks like JKS and a whole generation of music fans. Samson has never shied away from his love of Blake Schwarzenbach’s lyrical style and how important Jawbreaker is to him as an artist. In a rare local appearance, JKS will play a solo show at the recently opened Good Will Social Club on Sunday, Nov. 23. Winnipeg singer-songwriter Tom Keenan opens. Samson doesn’t perform these solo and acoustic shows very often, so it isn’t surprising the concert is already sold out.