As they say, you can take the boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy. Though in this case we’re talking about taking Newfoundland Country-Americana artist Chris Ryan off the island and sending him to the big city. “Last Forever,” the first single from Ryan’s upcoming album, A New Hope, is about building something you can be proud of, even if it means leaving the place you love. Continue reading Single: Chris Ryan’s ‘Last Forever’ Is About “Not Being Satisfied With The Satisfactory”
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Single: Sleepless Nights Get Woke With ‘Pink Popcorn’
East coast exports Sleepless Nights want to save future generations of musicians from foot-in-mouth disease with a little public service announcement in the form of a single. “Pink Popcorn” gets woke when it comes to loose language in lewd lyrics.A.A. Wallace, Sleepless Nights’ frontman, says that some rock classics are more than a little problematic in hindsight and, “Let’s not do that.”
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Premiere: The Muddle’s ‘Still Waiting On A Fix’ Combines Classic Hitters With Contemporary Hits
They say the key to creating great music is to take two steps to the left of whatever you’re familiar with. Our brains, the nifty little pattern recognizers they are, just gush with nostalgia-fuelled dopamine over the pop music of your formative years. Now imagine if you were to toss all that music into a blender and compress whatever came back out into an album. What you’d end up with is The Muddle and their debut album, Still Waiting on a Fix. Continue reading Premiere: The Muddle’s ‘Still Waiting On A Fix’ Combines Classic Hitters With Contemporary Hits
Music Video: FM Berlin Break Out A National Born Killers Inspired Hit ‘Ransom’
FM Berlin keep banging out the hits, this one inspired by 80’s band The Stone Roses and Natural Born Killers, and cranked out after a workshop with billboard hit song-writer Ralph Murphy. “Ransom,” is about a golden ticket out of here, an end to the rat race, and probably driving your car off a cliff when it’s all said and done. That’s how these things usually end, right? At least you’re guaranteed some good company. Continue reading Music Video: FM Berlin Break Out A National Born Killers Inspired Hit ‘Ransom’
Fredericton’s Charlotte Street Arts Centre Hosts FEST FORWARD 2018 – Announces Line Up
Fredericton’s Charlotte Street Arts Centre is once again playing host to it’s annual FEST FORWARD music festival and incubation program for emerging artists. Also known as New Brunswick Musicians Emerge (NBME) is a quick little two punch combo that has been instrumentally beneficial for musicians and a good time for Fredericton’s local festival-goers. Just a couple weeks out we have the festival’s 2018 line up and playlist for you.
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