All posts by Alex Cook

Music Video: Rain Over St. Ambrose Keep Quiet Over ‘Dedication’

It’s been three and a half years since Yarmouth, Nova Scotia’s Rain Over St. Ambrose released their last album, Just Waking Up. That’s an awfully long time to be hitting the snooze button by anyone’s standards. The band stuck with it though and today they have finally followed up with a cryptic new single, “Dedication.” Continue reading Music Video: Rain Over St. Ambrose Keep Quiet Over ‘Dedication’

Rock the Boat Announce 2019 Headliners Big Wreck, The Road Hammers and More

Prince Edward Island’s Rock the Boat Music Festival has played host to some big names in the past. Held each year in Tyne Valley’s Green Park during the Tyne Valley Oyster Festival, they’ seen the likes of Blue Rodeo, The Glorious Sons, Trooper, April Wine and Tom Cochrane. Today they’ve announced the full line-up for their 6th annual festival. Topping the list are Canadian-American rockers Big Wreck and JUNO Award winning Canadian country rockers The Road Hammers. This year Rock the Boat Music Festival (and Oyster Festival) will be held on August 3, 2019. Continue reading Rock the Boat Announce 2019 Headliners Big Wreck, The Road Hammers and More

Premiere: Matt Steele & The Corvette Sunset Take to the Seas with ‘Rescue Ship’

Matt Steele is no stranger to some dark subject matter. He has famously written an entire album about his mother’s passing, and he describes the song for his newest video as an “emotional Marianas Trench.” “Rescue Ship” finds Steele reaching out for help amidst some rough seas, but we’ve also learned from the rest of his work that latching on to the wrong person can be just a dangerous. Continue reading Premiere: Matt Steele & The Corvette Sunset Take to the Seas with ‘Rescue Ship’

Music Video: Villages Stir up More Excitement for Debut Album with ‘Maggie of the Cove’

Villages, those princes of Cape Breton music and the alter-egos of Mardeen (yes, the band that wrote “Telephones“, the song that made Mo Kenney famous) are releasing their very much-anticipated self-titled debut album later this month. In the meantime we’re treated to the album’s second single, “Maggie of the Cove.” Continue reading Music Video: Villages Stir up More Excitement for Debut Album with ‘Maggie of the Cove’

Music Video: Pretty Archie Get a New Cardboard Dukes of Hazzard Look for ‘Stay The Same’

There’s nothing that says “you probably grew up in the early ’80s” in quite the same way as re-runs of Dukes of Hazzard and construction paper models. That is until you see the new video for Pretty Archie’s “Stay The Same,” which says all the above, while also providing a soundtrack and a conflicting yet quasi-romantic notion about living on the road. Continue reading Music Video: Pretty Archie Get a New Cardboard Dukes of Hazzard Look for ‘Stay The Same’