So, we may have mentioned this already, but we won an East Coast Music Award for Media Outlet of the Year this month. That’s pretty big news for us. We don’t even know what to do with this news and it’s sort of resulted in us carrying around award everywhere like some sort of cross between a totem of power and a teddybear. One of these days we’ll manage to settle down with it and take some proper family photos, but for now we’re launching head first into festival season. Here’s what we saw in May, 2019.

Music News

East Coast Music Awards Announce 2019 Winners – Jeremy Dutcher, Les Hôtesses d’Hilaire, Classified Leading the Way
May 2, 2019 by The East

East Coast Music Awards Announce Full List of 2019 Winners
May 5, 2019 by The East

T. Thomason’s ‘Hope’ Rocks the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival’s Sizzle Reel
May 9, 2019 by Charlotte Simmons

SappyFest Announce First Acts of 2019 Lineup – Includes Snotty Nose Rez Kids and The Weather Station
May 9, 2019 by The East

The Secret is Out: Pocologan Camp Party Announces 2019 Lineup
May 13, 2019 by The East

The Capital Project Gets Online Release
May 16, 2019 by Alex Cook

Cloggeroo Announce 2019 Lineup with Cloggeroo Style
May 17, 2019 by Alex Cook

Messtival is Dead
May 20, 2019 by Alex Cook

Annual Funeral Services to be Held for Messtival at Loserville
May 21, 2019 by Alex Cook

The 2019 East Coast Music Awards Make Business and Pleasure Indistinguishable
May 22, 2019 by Caitlin Dutt

Music Releases

New Music: Motherhood Makes Us Question Our Sanity with ‘Dear Bongo,’
May 1, 2019 by Micaela Cockburn

New Music: A.J.H. Gillis & the Delusions of Grandeur Create New Roadtrip Classic with ‘Hapless Romantic’
May 1, 2019 by Maggie McLean

Premiere: Saint John String Quartet Take on the Tragically Hip’s ‘Ahead by a Century’
May 6, 2019 by Alex Cook

New Music: Mike Biggar Showcases Personality and Talent in ‘Live At The BMO Theatre’
May 9, 2019 by Maggie McLean

New Music: Leanne Hoffman Gets Honest and Real on Debut Solo Release ‘What Remains’
May 10, 2019 by Micaela Cockburn

Single: The Royal Volts Sign to Ragged Head Records – Release ‘Shake’
May 10, 2019 by Alex Cook

Single: Kim Harris Returns After Nearly Five Years with ‘Heirloom’
May 12, 2019 by Alex Cook

Single: Smaller Hearts Return with a Nihilistic Dance Party ‘Cloud Cover’
May 17, 2019 by Alex Cook

New Music: Wintersleep Journey ‘In The Land Of’ Indie Rock
May 18, 2019 by Camilo Villamizar

New Music: Irish Mythen and the Far-Flung Creation of ‘Little Bones’
May 23, 2019 by Maggie McLean

New Music: Get Down And Dirty With Lewcid’s ‘Ebullition’ EP
May 27, 2019 by Charlotte Simmons

Single: Beauts Ponder the Merits of Urbanization with ‘The City Loves Me’
May 28, 2019 by Alex Cook

Video Releases

Music Video: Kilmore Release Live Video for ‘The Wire’ Ahead of ECMAs
May 1, 2019 by Micaela Cockburn

Music Video: Emma Stevens Covers The Beatles’ ‘Blackbird’ in Mi’kmaq
May 4, 2019 by Sarah Hellingwerf

Premiere: Jon Samuel Strips Down Canada’s Party Lines with ‘Lesser Evils’
May 7, 2019 by Alex Cook

Music Video: Rich Aucoin Works out a Dystopian Cure with ‘The Other’
May 8, 2019 by Alex Cook

Music Video: The Drug Rugs Release ‘Sandbar’ Just in Time for Beach Weather
May 13, 2019 by Sarah Hellingwerf

Music Video: Dali Van Gogh Perform Live Cover of July Talk’s ‘Picturing Love’
May 20, 2019 by Charlotte Simmons

Music Video: Jessica Rhaye Celebrates Bob Dylan’s Birthday with ‘Ring Them Bells’
May 26, 2019 by Micaela Cockburn

Music Video: Old Man Luedecke Releases ‘The Death Of Truth’ in Memory of his Father
May 27, 2019 by Sarah Hellingwerf

Premiere: The Royal Volts Consult the Arcane for New ‘Shake’ Video
May 28, 2019 by Alex Cook

Music Video: Wintersleep’s ‘Forest Fire’ Sees a Resolution to Society
May 28, 2019 by Alex Cook

Music Video: Mauno Want You to Know How Well They’re Doing With ‘Really Really’
May 28, 2019 by Alex Cook

Food & Drink

Nimrods’: Charlottetown Beer Garden Shot Down – Campaign for Floating Pizza Bar Instead
May 13, 2019 by Alex Cook

The Chandler Room Offers Atlantic Canada’s Best Seafood with a Creative Twist
May 30, 2019 by Jenny Edwards

Theatre Reviews

In Review: Corenski Nowlan’s #Swipers Definitely A Rom-Com With Absolutely No Surprises Whatsoever
May 2, 2019 by Charlotte Simmons

Theatre News

The Saint John Theatre Company Announces Their 30th Season
May 1, 2019 by The East

Imperial Theatre Completes Restoration – Unveils Latest in Long Line of Marquees
May 3, 2019 by Alex Cook

Literary News

Saint John’s Fog City Comic Con Examines Parallels Between Star Wars and Shakespeare
May 1, 2019 by Alex Cook

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Cancer Bats – The Seashorse, Halifax
May 9, 2019 by Sarah Hellingwerf

Les Païens – Wilser’s Room, Fredericton
May 16, 2019 by Alex Cook & Micaela Cockburn

East Coast Music Awards 2019 – Charlottetown, PE
May 22, 2019 by Caitlin Dutt & Vincent Brazil

Paddlefest 2019 – St Andrews, NB
March 28, 2019 by Alex Cook & Micaela Cockburn