All posts by Alex Cook

Our Top Stories of 2021

Not even during the darkest moments of 2020 did we ever throw our hands up and exclaim “Damnit, get me some puppets! It’s the only way we can report the news without inflicting further trauma.” This year came a little closer. 2021 meant more cancellations, re-schedulings, and re-cancellations — all while regularly putting more stuff up our noses than some nostrils will ever see during peak festival season.

2021 was not for the faint of heart, but it wasn’t without its shining moments. Here are all of our top stories from this past year.

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Thirty Artists Contributing Talents to Cross-Country Event in Support of Canadian Flood Victims

After severe flooding in three Canadian provinces this season, a group of over thirty musicians have come together to organize a benefit concert for the flood victims who have lost their homes and properties. Among the performing artists are Juno Award winners, a Latin Grammy winner and a Grammy nominee, and that’s just to start. Continue reading Thirty Artists Contributing Talents to Cross-Country Event in Support of Canadian Flood Victims

Mitch Currie Plays the Hand He’s Been Dealt on ‘Good Enough for Now’

Mitch Currie. Twenty-six years old. Ageing rock star.

It’s a precarious position to find oneself in; the tail-end of a burgeoning music career as the window of possibilities grows increasingly narrow. Whether that holds true or not is an entirely different matter—with countless examples to the contrary—and what truly matters is that the near-side of thirty has lit a fire under Currie’s butt.

Good Enough For Now, Currie’s debut solo EP, is the result: a lesson that something is almost always better than nothing. Good Enough For Now even skews a bit humble in that regard. Continue reading Mitch Currie Plays the Hand He’s Been Dealt on ‘Good Enough for Now’