Ambition, when untethered from practicality, produces the kind of decadent artistic expression that I crave and the spaghetti western delivers. Rev Hank’s El Camino De Los Muertos is a gunslinger that chooses a strange and beautiful hill to die on, located in the Italian countryside, masquerading as the wild west. Continue reading New Music: Rev Hank Crafts an Ode to Spaghetti Westerns with ‘El Camino De Los Muertos’
Music Video: Rich Aucoin Unites All of Humanity With the Best Music Videos of All Time on ‘Walls’
Anyone following the lead up to the release of Rich Aucoin’s new album, United States, may have noticed a certain pervasive tone in the singles – amplifying whatever lesson that 2020 is already trying to teach us. Aucoin, known and respected as an artist capable of bringing the party, pumps the brakes with “Walls”, reuniting all of us with the best music videos of all times, Rick “The Franchise” Campanelli, and a message that we’re better together than apart. Continue reading Music Video: Rich Aucoin Unites All of Humanity With the Best Music Videos of All Time on ‘Walls’
Single: Chris Ryan’s ‘I Ain’t Mad’ Isn’t Your Traditional Love Song
Following up on the success of his 2019 single, “Slow Down”, Chris Ryan returns with “I Ain’t Mad”. The less-than-traditional love song, co-written with Chris Kirby, has all the punch of a roundhouse kick, which is appropriate considering it sounds like it should be rolling over the credits of a Patrick Swayze reboot. Continue reading Single: Chris Ryan’s ‘I Ain’t Mad’ Isn’t Your Traditional Love Song
Music Video: Partner Know What You Can Do With Your ‘Big Gay Hands’
Finding queer thematics in a classic rock song is like finding a Leslie Nielsen movie in your Netflix recommendations; it was one of the last things you were expecting, but you’d be damned if it didn’t fill your heart with joy.
Best pals turned bandmates Lucy Niles and Josée “Choder” Caron utilize their genre-defying mantle, Partner, to deliver such a phenomenon with “Big Gay Hands.” A queer anthem right out of the gate, the duo play their game in all the right ways, resulting in a surefire head-turner. Continue reading Music Video: Partner Know What You Can Do With Your ‘Big Gay Hands’
New Music: Silver Wolf Band Celebrate Labrador on ‘Storms & Prayers’
Silver Wolf Band are from Labrador, and through the profoundly stunning lyrics on their latest offering, they want to make sure you know it. Storms & Prayers is punctuated by classic odes to Labrador and overall feels like a love letter to the place the band calls home. Continue reading New Music: Silver Wolf Band Celebrate Labrador on ‘Storms & Prayers’