Not all ideas are good ideas. Much like the rest of us, Thomas Stajcer has had a solid year and a half to allow some of those not-so-good ideas to percolate, fester and multiply. Now, after so many months indoors, he’s like a cuddly little Mogwai, racing off to your local watering hole and nothing good is going to come of it. His latest single, “Heading to the Bar to Do Bad Again,” is about as self-explanatory as you can expect from a title like that.
No longer simply the second-best flavour of ice cream (Love Live Peanut Butter Fudge Crunch!), Moon Mist is the new solo project from Jayson LeMoine. Best known as a member of the ECMA award-winning band Spirit of the Wildfire, Moon Mist is a hard left turn away from punk rock and into an eclectic world of Synthwave.
If Chris Kirby can’t be on the road, you know damn well that he is going to sulk in his home studio at Funk Island Lab, crafting lyrics designed to help you share in the experience. His latest single, “Close to You Again” is a direct jab to feels, using the power of roots-pop to lament the loss of human connection; a song so forlorn that Kirby can’t even muster up his signature funky soul stylings. Continue reading Chris Kirby Swaps Funk for Earnestness on ‘Close to You Again’→