Comic Artist Elaine Will Tells Story of the "Last Band On Earth"
by Mark Allard-Will Comic books and music, two things that - while often associated - are seldom seen paired together, well that changes...
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Oct 26, 20203 min read
From Athletic Track to Musical Track: How Katelyn Lehner's "Red" Came To Be
by Scott Roos “When I was younger I always say that it was either Shania Twain or Brittany Spears that was on or that I was singing to or...
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Oct 22, 20201 min read
Review: Saskatoon's The North Sound Release Introspective Record
by Andrew Liles OUR GRADE: B+ As The Stars Explode, the sophomore outing from Saskatoon based country rockers The North Sound, is woven...
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Oct 12, 20201 min read
Review: Katelyn Lehner's Debut Single "Red"
by Andrew Liles Our grade: B+ Katelyn Lehner's debut single "Red" co-written with Tucker Lane's Leslie Stanwyck (acoustic guitar /...
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Oct 9, 20201 min read
New Jacobin Club Score Big at the Roxy
by Will Yannacoulias Magic Lantern Theatre's The Roxy Theatre in Saskatoon has unearthed a unique way to support local music and set the...
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Oct 3, 20201 min read
The Night They Called It A Day: Saskatoon's Rosie & the Riveters Ride Off Into the Prairie Sunset
by Will Yannacoulias Earlier this week Saskatoon folk-pop trio Rosie & the Riveters announced that the group was retiring. A heartfelt...
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Sep 28, 20202 min read
Loudmouth: The Inspiration, In Part, For NSMZ
by Scott Roos I've been sitting on this video podcast I did with former Creem managing editor Robert Duncan for a few weeks. I'm not even...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Sep 24, 20201 min read
Rekindling the Fury: Fury Guitars Successor Shares His Story
- Will Yannacoulias reporting NSMZ writer Will Yannacoulias was able to chat via telephone a few weeks ago with new Fury Guitars owner...
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Sep 21, 20204 min read
The Kind of Venue You Dream About: Five Alarm Funk Gives Glowing Review of Rawlinson Experience
- Scott Roos February 28th, 2020… That was the last time my shadow saw the inside of a venue. I’ve missed the buzz of activity...
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