Nigel Jenkins, who is most easily recognizable as the manager for Halifax quintet Hillsburn, is launching a new record label, LHM Records. The label quietly launched back in February alongside its decidedly loud debut release of Hillsburn’s The Wilder Beyond, which is distributed by Montreal-based Select Distribution. And LHM Records already have their second project lined up: Winnipeg-based hip-hop group, The Lytics. Continue reading Laughing Heart Music: New Label Gets Launched Out Of Halifax
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Music Video: The Galpines Challenge Our Consumerist Society On ‘Visa Bill Blues’
The Galpines, Moncton’s rogue philosopher-troubadours, have crafted a harmonica-fuelled social commentary on the plight of mom-and-pop brick-and-mortar shops and the catalysts for an impending economic depression. They’re pretty bummed about being broke all the time, too. Listen to their lament with their latest music video, “Visa Bill Blues.” Continue reading Music Video: The Galpines Challenge Our Consumerist Society On ‘Visa Bill Blues’
New Music: Matt Steele & The Sunset Corvette Return With ‘Half Girl Half Ghost’
Just a year and a half after the release of their bittersweet knockout debut, Matt Steele & The Corvette Sunset are dropping their sophomore album Half Girl Half Ghost and it’s no slump. Fun and fresh, it’s full of all the catchy hooks this Halifax-based four piece could fit into it. Continue reading New Music: Matt Steele & The Sunset Corvette Return With ‘Half Girl Half Ghost’
Music Video: Jamie Comeau & The Crooked Teeth Capture Live Performance Of ‘Breathe For You’
One of the biggest challenges facing any band is the process of translating into a recording all of that blessedly frantic noise and energy that’s generated on stage, thrown into a live audience and spat back at you. It’s lightning in a bottle. There’s just no capturing what is created in that moment. Jamie Comeau & The Crooked Teeth might have come close. Their live video for ‘Breathe For You’, recorded at Saint John’s Kent Theatre gives a great sense of why they’re one of the most exciting bands coming out of Saint John. Continue reading Music Video: Jamie Comeau & The Crooked Teeth Capture Live Performance Of ‘Breathe For You’
Single: Kids Losing Sleep Debuts With ‘In Love No More’
Halifax’s latest pop-rock band Kids Losing Sleep are releasing their debut single, “In Love No More,” today and it’s all of the catchy early summer love vibes you’d expect, except it’s really about quite the opposite. Continue reading Single: Kids Losing Sleep Debuts With ‘In Love No More’