Trip Key is the first release from Halifax’s looping, Math Rock duo Plural. The record is a collection of seven instrumental tracks, clearly inspired by (and aimed at) the vibrant yet chill audiences of Atlantic Canada’s camping music festival scene. Continue reading New Music: Plural Makes a Singular Debut with ‘Trip Key’
Book Review: Close to the Canvas – Mark Blagrave’s ‘Lay Figures’
The creation of art, that dark and terrifying zone between futile effort and the bright glow of creative ecstasy, is a strange and wonderful place to set a novel. But then, you could also place your characters between the fallout of the great depression and the grinding wheels of history while the world stumbled toward a second world war. In his new work of historical fiction, Lay Figures, Mark Blagrave has done both. Continue reading Book Review: Close to the Canvas – Mark Blagrave’s ‘Lay Figures’
Single: Michael S. Ryan Rounds Out a Year of Monthly Instalments with ‘Empire’
In a year where time has become increasingly ambiguous; Michael Ryan has done his part to alert us all of each new month’s arrival with his single releases. The Town Heroes frontman completes his year-long journey with today’s release of “Empire”. Continue reading Single: Michael S. Ryan Rounds Out a Year of Monthly Instalments with ‘Empire’
Monthly Roundup: October 2020
As has been the tradition of 2020, October has been a wild month. Fortunately for everyone, some of that includes great news.
Unfortunately, one bit of sad news that has stuck out this month has been the loss of Jenny Jobbins, Tay Creek’s Festival Founder. She was a wonder; a writer, an adventurer, a supporter of the arts, and a bon vivant. We hope you take a moment to read a little more about her. She will be sorely missed.
Here is everything we covered in October of 2020. Continue reading Monthly Roundup: October 2020
New Music: Stonehouse Returns With ‘Bare Bones’ and a Cover of The Beatles’ ‘Helter Skelter’ in time for Halloween
New Glasgow’s hard-rocking StoneHouse has returned with a pair of spooky singles just in time for Halloween. The songs are the band’s first two singles to see the light of day since they released their 2018 album, Just Breakin’ Even, and with them comes a couple of changes. Continue reading New Music: Stonehouse Returns With ‘Bare Bones’ and a Cover of The Beatles’ ‘Helter Skelter’ in time for Halloween