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Sound test Local prog rockers bring you their musical experiments Aaron Epp Mahogany Frog’s music has been described as progressive rock. So maybe it’s no surprise when guitarist/keyboardist Jesse Warkentin shows up to the interview wearing a shirt that says “I [Heart] Prague Rock.” His band will play the Collective at the beginning of May [...]

A Streetbeatin Serving of Ham Don Beat gets the lowdown on the new disc from the meat Don Beat As local legend would have it, during the pre-Ham-the-band days in giggy, piggy ’Peg, a wise friend of mine at the long-gone & legendary Alternative Cabaret during a Sunday social meat & eat did say to [...]

Ham Boreal Imbroglio By Stuart Green This is some fucked up shit right here, and I mean that in the nicest possible way. This Winnipeg-based collective of weird-rock aficionados draws on their apparent mutual appreciation of Frank Zappa, Sonic Youth, Shudder to Think, Minutemen, Devo, Naked City and Miles Davis to create a CD’s worth [...]