October 2020 issue

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NSMZ October 2020: COVER

Sep 27, 20202 min read

A Letter From the Editor

As Frank Zappa once said, “Great googly moogly!” I can’t believe the first issue of our little zine is all done. To be perfectly honest,...

Sep 27, 20202 min read

It's a Beautiful Community: Bif Naked Talks Prince Albert Connections

By Mark Allard-Will Canada’s Punk Rock icon, Bif Naked, conjures up images of big city Canada - Vancouver, Toronto, etc - with that...

Sep 27, 20204 min read

Vancouver's Five Alarm Funk Makes Big Smoke Happen

-By Scott Roos Vancouver funksters Five Alarm Funk, as stated in a previous news release by NSMZ, were literally the last artists to play...

Sep 27, 20206 min read

“I Just Want To Humbly Build Guitars" Jack Facca of Fury Guitar Manufacturing

by Will Yannacoulias Jack Facca of Fury Guitar Manufacturing honours the past while embracing the future. Outside of Saskatchewan Fury...

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Sep 27, 20203 min read

Chiba! Saskatoon’s Smokekiller Releases First Album In A Long Time

by Scott Roos Leisurely strolling out of the gate with an appropriately Canadian sense of quiet desperation, Smokekiller’s evil genius...

Sep 27, 20203 min read

Lost Souls, Outcasts, and Underdogs: Steve Niles Talks Holy Diver Graphic Novel

By Mark Allard-Will Power Metal, a subgenre of Metal that evokes powerful Fantasy - and occasionally horror - based imagery through not...

Sep 27, 20204 min read

Regina's JJ Voss Is A Good Dude

by Scott Roos Released back in March, Come Along With Me, the third album by Regina based country rocker JJ Voss is a treatise in the...

Sep 27, 20205 min read

Still Swayze After All These years

by Will Yannacoulias Saskatoon punk rock mainstays shine on passionate, furious sophomore release Saskatoon’s Swayze have been a constant...

Sep 27, 20205 min read

Rock in a Prairie Place: An Interview With Into Eternity's Tim Roth

-By Mark Allard-Will (Editor's note: We originally ran this in our very first issue but felt that an issue about metal in Sask without...

Sep 27, 20202 min read

Could the Next Big Thing In Sask Hip Hop Be Tucked Away In The Boreal Forest?

by Scott Roos Nestled deep in the boreal forest on a Treaty Land Entitlement farm near the small town of Spiritwood, Saskatchewan isn’t...

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