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Eugene Osudar

Winnipeg. Definitely Winnipeg.

• Antoine Gratton at Festival du voyageur, Winnipeg Feb 18 2010

  It’s as if Elvis was reborn as a French dude…

• Tanya Tagaq w/ Eighth Blackbird at the Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Feb 11 2010

  Breathe deeply… inhale, exhale… now read…

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  Review – Jenn Grant at the Park Theatre, Winnipeg, Feb 9 2010

  Jenn Grant plays a $20 guitar, sends our reviewer into a swoon, and covers Laura Veirs’ ‘Don’t Lose Yourself’.

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  Review – Monotonix at the Pyramid Cabaret, Winnipeg, Jan 19 2010

  Eugene Osudar sings the praises (again) of the Tel Aviv band, with some fab Mike Latschislaw pics.

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  Review – Tegan and Sara at the Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, Jan 14 2010

  Sometimes all it takes is one goon to ruin a show. But Tegan and Sara handle the jerk with aplomb at the first of two shows at “the Burt” in Winnipeg.

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  Review – December in Winnipeg

  The Wind Ups, Dust Rhinos, a Ramones tribute band, Hot Live Guys, Jesse Havey, the Perps, Cash Grab, Sunparlour Players and more; eugene osudar picks his fave.

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  675-2009 – The Year in Live Music

  So you think you’re good, huh? You saw what, maybe 10, 20 bands this year? Try seeing 675 sets of live music and see what it does to your back, your feet and your ability to form complete sentences.

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  Review – Hot Live Guys at the Royal Albert Arms, Winnipeg, Dec 23 2009

  Winnipeg’s answer to Monotonix, the Hot Live Guys were the greatest live band the city’s ever seen. Eugene Osudar pays tribute to their last show.

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  f/action/Intervals at St John’s Chapel, Winnipeg Dec 4-5 2009

  Winnipeg’s f/action collective, including guttersnipe contributors Ailsa Dyson, Duncan McNairnay and Dallas Ludwick, hold a show with music by the ArtStrong Ensemble.

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  Review – Die Mannequin at the Park Theatre, Winnipeg, Nov 30 2009

  Care Failure schools the kids at the Winnipeg stop of the current Die Mannequin tour. Don’t miss this one if you have a chance!

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  Review – Champion at the Pyramid, Winnipeg, Nov 14 2009

  DJ Champion, aka Maxime Morin, brings along a raging guitar army along with vocalist Pilou to rock out on his new album Resistance.

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  Review – Melissa McClelland at the West End Cultural Centre, Nov 10

  Two Toronto singer-songwriters out on the road together. With some absolutely smashing photos of Ms McClelland courtesy of Ailsa Dyson.

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  Review – Flogging Molly at the Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, Oct 24 2009

  What were the Flash and Supergirl doing in the audience? ’super heroes love an Irish jig an Irish reel,’ writes eugene osudar. Photos by Ailsa Dyson.

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  Review – The Most Serene Republic at the Pyramid, Winnipeg, Oct 3 09

  Despite having all their equipment stolen on the mean streets of Vancouver, the Most Serene Republic play it hard and fast, loud and true in Winnipeg a few days later.

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  Review – Gogol Bordello at the Burton Cummings Theatre, Oct 3 09

  Gogol Bordello’s return to Winnipeg isn’t quite as raucous as the band’s previous appearance, writes eugene osudar.

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  Review – Amelia Curran at Times Change(d), Winnipeg, Sept 27 2009

  East Coast songstress Amelia Curran brings her Hunter, Hunter tour to Winnipeg’s Time Change(d). eugene is suitably moved: ‘incendiary words explode stronger and madder this madness of The Mistress’

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  Review – The Hold Steady at the West End Cultural Centre, Sept 24

  ’serious is fine,’ writes eugene o in his review of the Hold Steady in Winnipeg, ‘carrying the world
  on your shoulders like Bono, but give me joy.’

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  Review – Tragically Hip at Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg Sept 7 2009

  Frontman Gord Downie is an unstoppable force, writes eugene osudar—especially when tossing out the hankies.

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  Review – AC/DC at the Winnipeg Stadium, Aug 22 09

  Winnipeggers turn out by the thousands for AC/DC, occupying hills, parking lots, the street—anywhere they can catch a few riffs and glimpses of the rock ‘n’ roll juggernaut.

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  Review – Ghost Bees at Ragpickers, Aug 11 2009

  Our Winnipeg correspondent feels the magic of the Lightman twins. Dallas Ludwick captures the extraordinary show in pictures.

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  Review – Little Foot Long Foot at the Pyramid Cabaret, Winnipeg Aug. 8

  A cavernously empty space didn’t stop Little Foot Long Foot from playing its heart out, writes Eugene Osudar.

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  Review – Civet at the Burton Cummings Theater, Winnipeg July 29 2009

  The Long Beach quartet lives up to the old axiom, ‘all the guys want them, all the girls want to be them’.

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  Review – Elvis Costello at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, July 8

  Identify the speaker of this quote: ‘Critics like Elvis Costello because they look like him,’ and win!

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  Review – Monotonix at the Pyramid Cabaret, Winnipeg, May 21 2009

  Tel Aviv band Monotonix hit Winnipeg last Thursday, taking its everywhere-but-the-stage mayhem into the streets and inspiring mighty, rhapsodic prose from eugene, and some killer shots by Mike Latschislaw.

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  Review – Emm Gryner at the Park Theatre, Winnipeg, May 2009

  He could’ve written more—this is an example of eugene reigning in the wordflow! Emm Gryner (Bono’s a fan) at the Park Theatre reviewed.

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  Review – Joel Plaskett at the Garrick Theatre, Winnipeg, May 5 2009

  Joel Plaskett transformed the staid Garrick Theatre into a rollicking house party with friends that included his father, two backup singers and a host of enthusiastic fans.

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  Review – Paper Moon at the Pyramid, Winnipeg May 1 2009

  Paper Moon plays to “a dead souls Dostoyevsky” hometown audience for its CD release party Friday night. Also: an annual Gram Parsons tribute and the World Beard Championships.

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  Review – Leonard Cohen at the MTS Centre, Winnipeg, April 30 09

  Eugene O waxes poetic about Canada’s poet laureate of love, Leonard Cohen, with obligatory Neruda reference.

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  Review – Metric at the Pyramid, Winnipeg, April 20 2009

  eugene osudar prefers Metric in band form over the acoustic version, reviewed here with great pics by Mike Latschislaw.

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  Interview – Romi Mayes

  The Winnipeg singer/songwriter has one of the best backup bands in the world, an ace roots producer, friends in Italy and now, an interview on guttersnipe. What more could a girl ask for?