“Standing”, the latest single from Saint John’s Adam Moore, harps on a familiar topic. As the songwriter puts it, “Standing” is a love song, much like many many songs that have come before it, celebrating one of life’s greatest journeys from the moment you’re first hit with that heady cocktail of dopamine, norepinephrine and phenylethylamine right down to the heartbreak, broken promises and a sense of instability… which is to say it’s all kind of complicated. Continue reading Single: Adam Moore Sings of Love, Complications and All, on ‘Standing’
The One Hundred Birds of Kaitlin Hoyt
Setting goals for yourself is helpful at the best of times. During a quarantine lockdown, those goals can become a whole way of life. When Fredericton-based wildlife illustrator Kaitlin Hoyt had her plans cancelled for a series of shows, including an artist’s residency at KIRA – all thanks to COVID-19 – she found herself a way to keep focused and feel productive while waiting for life to be unpaused. In April she challenged herself to paint a series of birds, one a day, for 100 consecutive days, creating a body of work delightful reminiscent of flipping through an Audubon Nature Encyclopedia. Continue reading The One Hundred Birds of Kaitlin Hoyt
Single: Owen Meany’s Batting Stance Question the Place of Toxic Masculinity in Sports on ‘The Androgynous Hockey Stick’
Given the inspiration behind the literary namesake of Owen Meany’s Batting Stance, it’s almost surprising we don’t see more sports references from the band. Then again, Owen Meany was always a very unlikely sports enthusiast; the very nature of the diminutive character proving that we don’t all get to choose our lots in life and some things happen simply as if by some miracle.
Where the subjects of John Irving’s novel overcame some inherent challenges in the sport of basketball, Owen Meany’s Batting Stance takes on the hurdle of toxic masculinity when it comes to hockey on “The Androgynous Hockey Stick”. Continue reading Single: Owen Meany’s Batting Stance Question the Place of Toxic Masculinity in Sports on ‘The Androgynous Hockey Stick’
Single: Chloé Breault Gives Us the Kick We Need in ‘P’tits problèmes’
Ahead of her debut full-length album, Acadian artist Chloé Breault has released the album’s first single, “P’tits problèmes.” Reflecting on the state of mind of everyone who is stuck inside this year and spending far too much time on the internet, the track reminds us not to let the little problems affect our mental health.
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Music Video: The Dead Minutes Feel Right at Home With ‘Sadness’
“The deepest hole could swallow me until I’m gone and spit me out.” The line is just about the most 2020 thing you’d expect to hear from a band thriving on a 2002 sound.
2017 Maritime Metal and Hard Rock Festival’s battle of the bands winner, The Dead Minutes of South Shore, Nova Scotia, describe themselves as a “hard-hitting punch of hard rock music with the ominous textures of post-hardcore and alternative” reminiscent of Thrice, Fugazi or Russian Circles.
The band explains that they define their success by personal happiness, thriving on the love of music, the emotions it sparks and the memories that are created and restored. Given the state of things, however, it’s still understandable that their latest release is named “Sadness.” Continue reading Music Video: The Dead Minutes Feel Right at Home With ‘Sadness’