Halifax band The Town Heroes have released their fourth album, Everything (will be fine when we get to where we think we’re going). Taking on a quieter tone than their previous three, Everything still features The Town Heroes’ signature sound and catchy style but comes at it from a new angle. Continue reading New Music: The Town Heroes Explore New Territory in ‘Everything…’
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Single: Braden Lam Delivers a Hook With a History on ‘Dawson City’
If Dawson City was ever short a theme song then it’s got one now. Braden Lam has just released “Dawson City,” the second single from his sophomore EP Driftwood People, a whole album about the shifting intangibles of life, recognizing the merits of experience over substance, and the disconnect of life on the road. Continue reading Single: Braden Lam Delivers a Hook With a History on ‘Dawson City’
Séan McCann Tours Latest Album, Hints At Great Big Possibilities
Séan McCann is currently touring throughout the Maritime provinces in promotion of his fifth solo album, There’s a Place. The album represents a big step forward for McCann, but also a step back. When he left Great Big Sea in 2013, he was walking away from Canada’s greatest party band, and for him, an unsustainable situation. He has since publicly acknowledged his battle with alcoholism, and has become an advocate for mental health. Continue reading Séan McCann Tours Latest Album, Hints At Great Big Possibilities
New Music: Tampa Release New Material Ahead of Area 506
Even though it’s only August we’re confident that Tampa released one of our favourite albums of 2018 back in March. Rising from the ashes of Danger Cat, the Moncton band’s reincarnation blew us away with their debut Belated Love. But the album proved to be more fruitful than initially advertised. A pair of tracks, “Unless” and “Intro/Heartfelt,” have reappeared after temporarily displacing themselves to the cutting room floor. Continue reading New Music: Tampa Release New Material Ahead of Area 506
Tay Creek Folk Festival: Probably The Most Adorable Festival In Atlantic Canada
New Brunswick’s festival scene is shifting. In the land of a thousand festivals there is strong competition to be the biggest and the wildest, to build the most over-the-top stages or book the craziest headliners. The largest festivals vie to dominate, or at least differentiate, as they either capture or cater to audiences while competing with new festivals that seem to be popping up all the time. If every weekend was another Evolve, Future Forest, or Folly Fest we’d all be dead. Certainly, I’d be dead at the very least. So thank God there are still places like Tay Creek Folk Festival. Continue reading Tay Creek Folk Festival: Probably The Most Adorable Festival In Atlantic Canada