Terra Spencer is one of Atlantic Canada’s best songwriters. She’s like Stuart McLean, if you traded in Dave and Morley for a melody and a few stories about some old mill or a bittersweet tale of a faltering relationship. She’s teamed up with Dave Gunning, another one of the East Coast’s great songwriters to perform “Boat Harbour.” The song, in true Spencer fashion, makes reference to old mills and an uncertain future. Continue reading Single: Terra Spencer Teams Up With Dave Gunning For ‘Boat Harbour’
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Music Video: The Bloody Hell Go All out on NSFW Stop Motion Video for ‘Out of Our Minds’
Ever find yourself working on a project and thinking it needs to be sexy but not TOO sexy, so you toss in a demonic figure or two just to even things out? It’s a bold artistic direction to take, but perhaps the safer of two options as The Bloody Hell prove with their new video for “Out of Our Minds.” Continue reading Music Video: The Bloody Hell Go All out on NSFW Stop Motion Video for ‘Out of Our Minds’
Single: Kim Harris Soars on ‘Once You Were Wondrous’
Kim Harris stuns with her new single. “Once You Were Wondrous” falls into that magical category of songs that leaving you wondering: “Can they really pull that off live?” With a polyrhythmic pitter-patter on piano and Harris’s vocals making off with the melody like a bandit, “Once You Were Wondrous” is a song that demands you go big or go home. Continue reading Single: Kim Harris Soars on ‘Once You Were Wondrous’
Music Video: Andrew Waite Plays Pepper’s Ghost Across Halifax With ‘Faith’
Andrew Waite is playing Pepper’s Ghost with the streets of Halifax for his newest video, “Faith”. Working with choreographer and dancer Claire Newbery, Waite gets into the small moments of the day that compound to form a sense of liberation all while dashing across Halifax. Continue reading Music Video: Andrew Waite Plays Pepper’s Ghost Across Halifax With ‘Faith’
Single: Jennah Barry Would Like To Address You, Dear Reader, in ‘The Real Moon’
If you’re reading this, and it’s a near certainty that you are doing so through the magic of technology, then Jennah Barry has a message for you. Her latest single, “The Real Moon,” is a gentle tongue-lashing, delivered in Barry’s vintage tones about the rather contemporary problem of getting lost in the glow of a screen. Continue reading Single: Jennah Barry Would Like To Address You, Dear Reader, in ‘The Real Moon’