11 Picks From Breakout West

A million musical artists in Western Canada, almost all of them played in Winnipeg this weekend for BreakOut West. Here's a few that have caught Scruffy's ears.

 Yes We Mystic - Flashlight Crooked Brothers - Kennedy Astral Swans - You Carry a Sickness Boreal Sons - Sparks Federal Lights - I See Love Indicator Indicator - Swarm Dan Mangan - Road Regrets Powder Blue - Hot Fire The Provincial Archive - Son of Sam Scenic Route to Alaska - Paris shredkelly - New Black

Canada Day Performers at the Forks - Del Barber, Les Jupes, The Perms, Federal Lights, Yes We Mystic and more

Truckloads of fine artists at the Forks for Canada Day. Maybe the best thing about Winnipeg and Manitoba is the quality of music emanating from here.

 Big Smoke by Del Barber
Flashlight by Yes We Mystic
I See Love by Federal Lights
The Parent Thing by The Perms

 Hold Me Down by Les Jupes

Swarm by Indicator Indicator

Chair And A Rope Eagle by Lake Owls

SCHEDULE SCOTIABANK STAGE
4:00 PM Yes We Mystic
4:40 PM Dignitaries/ O Canada
5:00 PM The Perms
6:00 PM Indicator Indicator
7:00 PM Oh My Darling
8:00 PM Federal Lights
9:00 PM Del Barber
10:00 PM Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
10:40 PM WSO and Del Barber
11:00 PM Fireworks ...plus Mama Cutsworth spinning between acts

 UNDER THE CANOPY
3:30 PM Drum Cafe
5:30 PM Kasm
6:30 PM Marco Castillo
7:30 PM Hana Lu Lu
8:30 PM Les Jupes
9:30 PM BB-Gun

 RAILBRIDGE STAGE   Stage moved inside The Forks Market to centre court
 3:00 PM Kevin Roy
4:00 PM Eagle Lake Owls
5:00 PM Jess Reimer

Winnipeg and Manitoba Artists To Keep Your Eyes and Ears On

Federal Lights - I See Love



Les Jupes - Hold Me Down


Les Jupes - Love is a Battlefield


Greg McPherson - 1995




Slow Leaves - Life of a Better Man


Pop Crimes - City Head


Ken Pinchin - Why Do You Call Me

Warsaw - Carrion Talker



Sybil - April Showers


Attica Riots - Talking in Your Sleep


Del Barber - Everything is Not Enough


Cannon Bros. Soft View


Cannon Bros. - Out of Here


Scott Nolan - You Rock We Roll


Matt Epp - Learning to Lose Control


KEN Mode - Romeo Must Never Know


KEN Mode - Counter Culture Complex


Royal Canoe - Exodus of the Year


Sights & Sounds - Nothing at All


JD Edwards - Going down to Mexico




JD Edwards Band - Going Down to Mexico from Procter Bros. Industries on Vimeo.


Distances - Tangled Feet

Shotgun Jimmie - Suzie


Shotgun Jimmie - Captain Howdy


Shotgun Jimmie - Mind Crumb


Les Sexy - La La La

Former Winnipeggers you may want to give some attention? Here you go.

Garfield/Odario Williams keeps getting more ambitious and broadening his palette. If he becomes a star in music, film, television or otherwise I will not be surprised.

Grand Analog - Howl (Like Wolves)


Jahmeel Russell has been putting out his own stuff with Red Vienna, working with Fine Times, and is now playing with San Angelus. Quit being so lazy, slacker.

Red Vienna - Lights Out


San Angelus - All Bets on the Slow Kid


Fine Times - And it Happened at Midnight


Luke Doucet is doing pretty well with Whitehorse. It's about time he got the respect and success he deserves.

Whitehorse - Devils's Got a Gun


Upcoming/Due for some new music?
The Mariachi Ghost - Mariachi Ghost


JP Hoe - Nothing's Going to Harm You




Ridley Bent - Crooked and Loaded
Ridley Bent - Nine Inch Nails


John K. Samson - Letter in Icelandic From the Ninette San


Scott Hinkson - All I Need


The Rowdymen - Ode to Possum


The Rowdymen - Rode Hard