Monthly Roundup: December 2017

It’s time to put 2017 to bed, and we haven’t decided whether we should be looking forward to 2018 or dreading it all the more. Hopefully we’ve learned a few lessons and will be all the better for it. In the meantime here’s everything we covered in December, 2017.

Features

East Coast Christmas Gift Guide 2017: For Book Lovers
December 7, 2017 by The East

East Coast Christmas Gift Guide 2017: For Art Lovers
December 7, 2017 by The East

East Coast Christmas Gift Guide 2017: For The Fashionable
December 7, 2017 by The East

East Coast Christmas Gift Guide 2017: For Adventurers
December 7, 2017 by The East

East Coast Christmas Gift Guide 2017: For The Foodies In Your Life
December 7, 2017 by The East

East Coast Christmas Gift Guide 2017: For Your Home
December 7, 2017 by The East

East Coast Christmas Gift Guide 2017: For Audiophiles
December 7, 2017 by The East

Peer Review: The Best Music Of 2017
December 15, 2017 by The East

Peer Review: The Best Art Of 2017
December 16, 2017 by The East

Our Top Stories Of 2017
December 26, 2017 by The East

The Best Music of 2017
December 30, 2017 by The East

Art News

The Uncertain Future Of Arts And Culture In Saint John
December 7, 2017 by Carolyn Radcliffe

The Case Of The Missing Salmon: Artwork Stolen From Uptown Saint John
December 8, 2017 by Alex Cook

Music News

Five And Dime: Music Venue Releases Live Compilation Album On Vinyl
December 5, 2017 by Alex Cook

In The Dead of Winter Adds Rose Cousins And More In Final Line-Up Announcement
December 20, 2017 by The East

Music Releases

Single: Kylie Fox Attempts To Solve Awkward Holidays Dinners With ‘Christmas Boyfriend’
December 2, 2017 by Alex Cook

New Music: Rawlins Cross Break Seven Year Hiatus With ‘Rock Steady’
December 2, 2017 by Alex Cook

New Music: Gun Jr. Get Noise On ‘The Shakes’
December 3, 2017 by Josh Hunter

New Music: LYLM Release Action Packed EP ‘In Under Fourteen Highly Concentrated Minutes’
December 6, 2017 by Maggie McLean 

New Music: Deep Fryer’s ‘Rockin’ Right Hard’ Is Greasier Than A Bucket Of Dixie Lee
December 8, 2017 by Johnny James

Single: Wicked Vices’ Hard Rocking ‘Irish Goodbye’
December 8, 2017 by Josh Hunter

Single: A Year In The Making For The Town Heroes’ ‘Silent Night’
December 8, 2017 by Maggie McLean

Single: The East Pointers Double Back On ‘Two Weeks’
December 8, 2017 by Alex Cook

Single: Melonvine’s ‘Summer Says’ Is A Toxic Rorschach Test
December 12, 2017 by Alex Cook

New Music: Wordburglar Replaces Hype With Confidence On New EP ‘If It Rhymes It’s Real’
December 14, 2017 by Johnny James

New Music: Julie Aubé’s ‘Joie de vivre’ Is An Ode To Acadian Culture
December 15, 2017 by Ben Dickey

New Music: SHRIMP Ring’s Interstellar Dance Party ‘Activate Your Function EP’
December 20, 2017 by Corenski Nowlan

New Music: Harley Alexander Meditates On The Culture Of Assault And Harassment With ‘Spill Kid’
December 20, 2017 by Ben Dickey

New Music: The Trick Break Out Something Old And Something New With ‘Inaugurate Me’
December 23, 2017 by Johnny James

Gary Flanagan Re-Releases ‘Lights & Frost’ Just In Time For The Holidays
December 23, 2017 by Corenski Nowlan

New Music: The Basin Brothers’ ‘Country Paranoid’
December 28, 2017 by Micaela Cockburn

New Music: Matt Mays Turns Tough Times Into Something Beautiful With ‘Once Upon A Hell Of A Time’
December 29, 2017 by Johnny James

Single: SHRIMP Ring Launch ‘Countdown To Oblivion’ Just In Time For New Year’s Eve
December 31, 2017 by Alex Cook

Video Releases

Music Video: Two Deaths Release Debut Single ‘Don’t Water Down The Gun’
December 8, 2017 by Josh Hunter

Music Video: Jont & The Infinite Possibility Release Title Track ‘An Old Innocence’
December 13, 2017 by Alex Cook

Music Video: Braden Lam Visits Some Of his Favourite Halifax Sights In ‘Into The Light’
December 14, 2017 by Alex Cook

Music Video: Levi Rowan Talks About The Future Of Rap And His New Video ‘What Happened’
December 14, 2017 by Alex Cook

Music Video: Baby God Release Double Feature ‘Down Then Up / Marigold’
December 20, 2017 by Alex Cook

Music Video: Pineo & Loeb Tell A Story Of Romantic Uncertainty With ‘Woke Up With Morning’
December 21, 2017 by Johnny James

Music Video: Womb To Tomb’s ‘Meat & Bones’ Offers A Powerful Message
December 25, 2017 by Micaela Cockburn

Film News

The Banff Mountain Film Festival Heads East
December 12, 2017 by Alex Cook

Fredericton Videographer Tackles Issues Of Sexual Abuse In New Video
December 15, 2017 by Alex Cook

Theatre Reviews

In Review: Theatre UNB Presents ‘Cats, Cockatoos, and Caca: Two Plays By Eugene Ionesco’
December 1, 2017 by Andrew Sketchley

Book News

Minds Of My Own: Fredericton Comic Receives Praise But Still Lacks Publisher
December 13, 2017 by Greg Everett