Trigger warning: if you’re old enough to have played Megaman 2 when it first came out, you’re in for a tough reminder that those years are slipping away faster than you’re probably comfortable with. Halifax ex-pats Sleepless Nights have just done a fresh cover if B.A. Johnston’s classic 2005 hit “My Heart is a Blinking Nintendo.” Continue reading Music Video: Sleepless Nights takes on B.A. Johnston Classic ‘My Heart is a Blinking Nintendo’
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Video: Folly Fest 2018
Folly Fest holds a special place in our hearts as possibly the best music festival in Atlantic Canada. Year after year we head back to Gagetown, New Brunswick like clockwork. As we’ve said before, it’s more than just a festival. It’s practically the closest thing you can get to a family reunion without being related to anyone. The sense of community there can’t be compared to anything else. Continue reading Video: Folly Fest 2018
Single: Honey Gut Voice Plight of New Brunswick’s Paramedics with ‘Unsung’
Joshua Sangster has been a paramedic in New Brunswick for the last ten years. For half that time he’s been in the band Honey Gut. With the province up in arms over the requirement that paramedics offer aid in the language of your choice, rather than getting lost in the CBC’s comment section, he’s given voice on the matter in the band’s latest single, “Unsung.” Continue reading Single: Honey Gut Voice Plight of New Brunswick’s Paramedics with ‘Unsung’
Music Video: Tim Baker Creates Beautiful Video for ‘Dance’ at the Canadian Museum of Nature
Tim Baker teased us back in October with a video of “Dance” cobbled together from his Side Door series of small venue performances. Taken from his upcoming solo album, Forever Overhead, the song created a buzz for an already much-anticipated release from the former Hey Rosetta! frontman. While beautiful on its own, the song takes on an extra layer of amazing with this new official video, directed by Jordan Canning. Continue reading Music Video: Tim Baker Creates Beautiful Video for ‘Dance’ at the Canadian Museum of Nature
Single: Open Strum Explore a Little Reggae with ‘Steady Blue Eyes feat. Izabelle Ouellet & Mickey Raphael’
We were warned when Open Strum released “Wildfire” last year that the next track they’d put out would take a distinctive reggae turn. It’s not the sort of sound you’d expect to come out of Memramcook, nor would you expect to find Willie Nelson’s harmonica player, Mickey Raphael, playing on it, but we have come to expect surprises from Michel Goguen. with their latest track, “Steady Blue Eyes,” Goguen is both exploring that reggae sound and pushing himself as a songwriter. Continue reading Single: Open Strum Explore a Little Reggae with ‘Steady Blue Eyes feat. Izabelle Ouellet & Mickey Raphael’