Kurtis Eugene is a hard artist to pin down. His “debut” album Old Rooms, New Light straddles a line between traditional folk and modern esoteric waltzes. Simultaneously intimate and grand, it feels like chamber music that’s been written for your grandfather’s guitar. It hovers just this side of magic, but to get there it was seemingly necessary that Eugene explore something even more otherworldly. Before Old Rooms, New Light could be manifested there was November, Eugene’s 2013 six-song EP that, for five years, dwelt in musical purgatory. Continue reading Lost & Found: Kurtis Eugene Revisits ‘November’
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Single: Matt Mays Teases ‘Twice Upon A Hell Of A Time…’ with Acoustic Version of ‘Drive On’
Matt Mays is still a few weeks away from releasing Twice Upon A Hell Of A Time…, the acoustic re-dux to his 2017 release Once Upon A Hell Of A Time…, and even though we’ve technically heard it all before, he’s not above teasing out the singles. Mays’ latest and second release from the album is the Electric Light Orchestra-inspired “Drive On,” though we assume he means more “Livin’ Thing” than “Strange Magic.” Continue reading Single: Matt Mays Teases ‘Twice Upon A Hell Of A Time…’ with Acoustic Version of ‘Drive On’
Music Video: GUEST Goes ‘All In’ with New Single
A career in music demands commitment. You can limp along for a while and justify the daily grind as the thing that allows you to do what you love, but eventually you need to jump in with both feet. Half self-help video, half music video, that’s what Tyler Guest (BROTHERS) is getting at with “All In.” Continue reading Music Video: GUEST Goes ‘All In’ with New Single
New Music: June Body Grab the Alt-Emo Torch with ‘Life from Underneath’
The Get Up Kids are, for better or worse, easing into their roles as The Get Up Middle-Aged Men. But with their first release in seven years and having just completed a summer-long tour there’s an obvious Beach Boys-like demand for simpler, though equally angst-ridden, times. Enter Halifax-based alt-emo trio June Body with their sophomore release, Life from Underneath. Continue reading New Music: June Body Grab the Alt-Emo Torch with ‘Life from Underneath’
New Music: The Backstays Self-Titled Debut Already Winning Awards
Saint John, New Brunswick is an acquired taste. And even if you do manage to acquire it, you know it’s probably for the wrong reasons. But, believe it or not, it is loveable. The Backstays are an ode to just that; they are a band that has stuck around the port city, for better or worse, with a coincidentally appropriate nautical name. Their debut self-titled EP has already garnered them a win as the Stingray Rising Star at this year’s Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival. Continue reading New Music: The Backstays Self-Titled Debut Already Winning Awards