All posts by Alex Cook

Music Video: KINLEY Invites You to Come Play on Her Island with ‘Golden Days’

Kinley Dowling is stepping in for Prince Edward Island’s tourism board with her latest video, “Golden Days.” Filmed at the island’s Blooming Point back in October of 2017, the video is a reminder that maybe Prince Edward Island should be topping your autumn vacation destination list. Continue reading Music Video: KINLEY Invites You to Come Play on Her Island with ‘Golden Days’

Single: Motherhood Turn to Vigilante Artistry with ‘Pick of the Pugs’

Fredericton art rock weirdos Motherhood are at it again. They’ve slathered on whatever sauce gets them geared up, and strangely enough sound tighter than ever. For a band that feel like they’ve only gotten progressively weirder, their newest single, “Pick of the Pugs,” sounds downright poppy in comparison. Continue reading Single: Motherhood Turn to Vigilante Artistry with ‘Pick of the Pugs’

Music Video: The Follow Ups Hit Hard and Fast with ‘No Remedy’

Give me something hard and fast and short and sweet and sounds like I’m riding a shopping cart through a drugstore window. Most people would mistakenly believe that sounds a lot like screaming and a shattering of glass, followed almost immediately with all kinds of alarms and sirens. The truth is that it sounds a lot more like 2002, the rush of hormones and, more recently, The Follow Ups. For a brilliant minute and a half they’ve captured the sense of being seventeen again with their single, “No Remedy.” Continue reading Music Video: The Follow Ups Hit Hard and Fast with ‘No Remedy’

Halifax Pop Explosion Announce 2018 Lineup

If anyone was worried that festival season was over, we’re not ready to check out just yet. It only took the better part of three months since they announced their initial teaser, but Halifax Pop Explosion  Music Festival & Conference have finally released their 2018 lineup. Now you can rock that raccoon tail arm tan all the way to the end of October. Continue reading Halifax Pop Explosion Announce 2018 Lineup

Music Video: The Truth Behind The Town Heroes’ ‘Babe Ruth’

The Town Heroes released  a dark new video for “Babe Ruth”, the third single off their latest and fourth full length album, Everything (will be fine when we get to where we think we’re going). While the band released a colourful teaser for the track that featured vocalist Mike Ryan chopping down a tree, the final video hints at the truth behind the song that is far more grim.
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