Feb 61 minA Letter From the Editor: February 2022Well, it's been a tough few months with COVID19 rearing it's ugly head again with yet another variant but, as they say in the business,...
Feb 63 min"When you're writing a song, you start with a blank canvas" Donny Parenteau On Purpose and ProcessBy Scott Roos Pics by Deanna Roos of Contingent Colours Photography “Once COVID hit, I had to rethink everything that I do. It totally...
Feb 64 minReprint: Let’s Get Ready To Ramble: Celebrating The Napatak Ramble’s 10th Annual Music Festival*Editor's note: this article originally appeared in our February edition* By Shelbey Savoie “It’s really about enjoying the people and...
Feb 62 minAdvice from Hot Dog Helen: What to do about Valentines DayBy Hot Dog Helen Pics by Deanna Roos of Contingent Colours Photography Hi, Hot Dog Helen here! I hope you are staying warm with the cold...
Feb 69 minTelecasters, Bunnyhugs and Vico: Why Fender's First Guitar Became A Sask Indie IconBy Will Yannacoulias In 1950, Californian radio repairman Leo Fender launched the Fender Telecaster, which would become the first...
Feb 66 minBrayden King Talks Friendships, Inspiration, and Vulnerabilitywritten by Tara McDermott On January 14, 2022, Brayden King released his first EP, “Live From the Road.” NSMZ sat down with him to chat...
Feb 62 minAdaptable and Dependable: W3aponsBy Janice Stobie-Rushton In a perfect world, we would have been able to see W3apons in person as the opener for the Trews "I Wanna Play"...
Feb 63 minArtist Spotlight: The Steadies' Earl Perreiraby Scott Roos "You just gotta be yourself, authentic and real." Funk, Reggae, Soul, Dub and Ska… That’s the modus operandi for one of...
Feb 63 min"It Feels Good To Be Learning Something New" Jay Semko's Poetry DebutBy Will Yannacoulias Saskatoon’s Jay Semko has enjoyed a long, illustrious career in the arts. Getting his start as a founding member of...
Feb 62 minCoherency Finally Gets Zero Sum Album Release Show at Regina's The ExchangeBy Victoria Perras Pics by Dustin Hassard In November of 2021 local Regina band Coherency performed their long overdue album release show...
Feb 62 minPonteix: Mario Lepage’s Prairie SoundscapesBy Andreea Moore Fransaskois artist Mario Lepage‘s new release Amélia is a beautiful prairie soundscape of four really well planned out...
Feb 42 minHitPiece Scam Impacts Saskatchewan ArtistsBy Will Yannacoulias For Indie music artists the struggle to earn money from their work is an everyday reality. The fact that the...
Feb 42 minil Creatura Debut Video for New Single “Neighbourhood Bones”By Will Yannacoulias “Neighbourhood Bones”, released last Friday on streaming and on video Monday, is the debut single from Saskatoon...
Jan 312 minOscar’s Hollow Premiere New Video “Desiree”By Will Yannacoulias Saskatoon roots-rock foursome Oscar’s Hollow released a new video today for the demo version of their latest song...
Jan 262 minActor Director Debut Video For Single “Gold”By Will Yannacoulias January 19th Saskatoon alternative electro-pop duo Actor Director released a new video to support their second...
Jan 244 minMorgan Moats To Teach TransCreate Songwriting WorkshopBy Will Yannacoulias Last summer, TransSask Support Services announced the TransCreate Workshop series, an online program that gives...
Jan 61 minA Letter from the editor - January 2021I'll just start this off by saying I had no intention of making this as HUGE of an edition as it ended up being. In the year and change...
Jan 62 minScott's Three Favourite Records of 2021By Scott Roos Well, 2021 kicked all of our asses but it wasn't all doom and gloom. In spite of all the COVID stuff that was constantly in...
Jan 62 minMark's Three Favourite Records of 2021It zipped past us like the stars around the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon as it jumps to Lightspeed, but 2021 - in spite of its fast...
Jan 64 minListen With Blue Ears: Will's Three Favourite Records of 2021By Will Yannacoulias 2021 was another great year for Saskatchewan indie music. Many local artists took advantage of the downtime to...