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The Wilderness of Manitoba prefers to characterize itself as an evolving entity. The band’s newest album, Between Colours, is as far-reaching as anything in its catalogue. They feel that it speaks to what an album means to them: that it’s between the one previous and the next one along, and that each album is its own colour. “When a band isn’t changing, it’s not growing,” says guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist Will Whitwham. From the band’s inception, it has redefined itself with every album; from Hymns of Love and Spirits through When You Left The Fire, Island of Echoes and The...

1. Manitoba is the former alias of Canadian electronic musician Dan Snaith. Snaith renamed himself Caribou in 2004 under threat of a lawsuit by Richard "Handsome Dick" Manitoba, who had used the surname professionally since the 1970s but had not released any music as a solo artist. Snaith's two critically acclaimed albums as Manitoba – 2001's Start Breaking My Heart and 2003's Up In Flames, both originally issued by Leaf - have since been re-released under the Caribou name and listed as such in discographies. 2. Richard “Handsome Dick” Manitoba, frontman of The Dictators. .

Manitoba Lights is a crisp blend between the screaming vocals of most ska-core bands and the catchy horn riffs you demand from the ska scene. Whether you're a punk, a metalhead, a billy, a skinhead, a rude boy or rude girl there is something you are sure to love about ML. Manitoba LIghts started in September of 2008 covering Leftöver Crack/Choking Victim songs; they then started writing their own songs. After a few years, an addition of a few horn players and some members coming and leaving, ML finally found the line up they were looking for. Sadly, the first...