About Eugene Osudar
“born, august 16, 1963. i’m 45, and yes, i’m getting too old for this. bring out the rocking chair. my first concert, november 1978, elvis costello and the attractions. i was 15. their blisteringly brilliant 65 minute set only served somebody to affirm my new direction in the musical parallel universes, new wave punk alternative, oh sanctity oh celebration (!Freedom!) college radio! i’m old, i’m used up and i’m free. i see 50something Full sets of music every month and dance most of them. and when i dance, i mean to say, I Dance and Celebrate, 2/3/4 hours a night. The Gaslight Anthem. The Boss. The Weber Brothers. The Wind Ups. i’ll dance with Los Campesinos. i’ll move to The Long Winters. The Replacements. Husker Du. The Pogues. oh elvis costello, oh Clash! i could go/go/go Gogol Bordello forever. L(eonard) Cohen. come, Dance With Me (Old 97s) wherever you may be, sincerely, eugene
Remaining Canadian tour dates and setlist + review from Prince’s Winnipeg show. read more
eugene osudar is back! Our Winnipeg live music maven reviews up’n'comer Carleton Stone and Canadian rock god Tom Wilson. Cheyenne Rae photos. read more
Ridley Bent has been called ‘the Quentin Tarantino of country music’… read more
‘They end with the Rheostatics’ Record Body Count…’ read more
The cellist with the most buzz… read more
‘… come see/why L Cohen/chose/to/produce/(in association with)/her new CD…’ read more
The New Pornographers at the Garrick Theatre, Winnipeg, June 10 2010. Eugene Osudar review, Mike Latischlaw photos. read more
Montreal band reviewed at Music Trader June 9 2010 by eugene osudar. Mike Latschislaw photos read more
‘… there’s so much vinegar in the room…’ read more
Flavor Flav’s plane lands minutes before the show. read more
‘Fucked Up is The Heaviest Fiercest Nastiest band in Canada…’ read more
Miss La Muse, Rosie Bitts and more dance their tassels off for Chile Earthquake Relief. read more
‘Nobunny is punk hopping insanity!’ read more
‘… break us into/exquisite pieces…’ read more
Baby Dee plays Gallery Gachet in Vancouver April 27 read more
‘… and Devon roared with me we roared back and forth…’ read more
‘In 35 minutes and eight songs Nightwood destroyed me…’ read more
Oslo’s Serena-Maneesh blows another Canadian audience away… read more
Everyone’s in love with the West Coast’s dancing queen… read more
The Wheat Pool sends tingles and shivers racing up and down our reviewer’s ‘rocky spine’. read more
‘… a beautiful dessert strawberry raspberry honeydew cantaloupe over ice cream…’
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‘the buzz is too much really… it’s really a roar. it’s deafening.’ read more
‘nothing compares/to the ferocity/sincerity/passion and fullness/of their guitars, their/bass, their booming drums…’
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‘there was a time, when i couldn’t pass a day by without a little Big Star, without Bach’s Bottom, so fine American punk rock. Like Flies On Sherbert. pass the chems and booze and yes, it is slop punky music and production…’ read more
It’s as if Elvis was reborn as a French dude… read more
Jenn Grant plays a $20 guitar, sends our reviewer into a swoon, and covers Laura Veirs’ ‘Don’t Lose Yourself’. read more
Eugene Osudar sings the praises (again) of the Tel Aviv band, with some fab Mike Latschislaw pics. read more
Sometimes all it takes is one goon to ruin a show. But Tegan and Sara handle the jerk with aplomb at the first of two shows at “the Burt” in Winnipeg. read more
‘… my thing is full sets, feeling the ebb and ecstatic flow of beginnings, middles and ends and dancing and believing in musicians, in the arts. it’s being in the moment…’ read more
At the Royal Albert Arms, Winnipeg, Dec 23 2009. Eugene Osudar review, Tammy Kimmel photos. read more
‘… it’s all about/the point/and the shoot/the bang/bang/of you(r) explosive eye…’ read more
‘… she’s giving them a lesson/in letting go/in being punk…’ read more
‘… this was the best live show/i’ve seen since/Halloween night/No Means No…’ read more
‘… “don’t you ever fall in love/with a girl who works the clock/if you dare to carry on/she’ll leave you howling/in the light”…’ read more
‘Bridget sees some characters in full super/hero costume ten, or twelve, rows away and whispers to her husband, singer Dave King and a song later he says, “Is that The Flash?” and yes, there’s The Flash and Superwoman too all there to dance, super heroes love an Irish
jig and reel…’
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Despite having all their equipment stolen on the mean streets of Vancouver, the Most Serene Republic play it hard and fast, loud and true in Winnipeg a few days later. read more
At the Burton Cummings Theatre, Oct 3 09. Review by Eugene Osudar. read more
“hello it’s me/the mistress/is there anybody home/cuz the last place i should be/is sitting here alone/all i ask for forgiveness/if you’ve got some/give it here…” read more
