Just Breakin’ Even, the latest album from Pictou County, Nova Scotia’s StoneHouse, is a disappointment. Which isn’t to say the album is a bad one, Just Breakin’ Even might be one of the best hard rock albums to come out of Nova Scotia this year, but it’s a hard shift down from StoneHouse’s raw and energetic live performances, if you can imagine that. There’s just this sensorial dissatisfaction that comes from hearing what is undoubtedly a respectable effort to contain the full might of their live experience forced through an inherently feeble and flawed medium. Continue reading New Music: StoneHouse’s ‘Just Breakin’ Even’ Is Almost As Good As The Real Thing
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Single: Bleum Release Second New Track ‘Everything’
Fredericton’s newest eletronica duo are making a name for themselves. Bleum are preparing to hit up some of the biggest festivals on the east coast this summer, and in anticipation of that they’ve released their second single today, “Everything.” Continue reading Single: Bleum Release Second New Track ‘Everything’
Saint John’s Architecture Gets Celebrated With New Brunswick Museum Exhibit
More than most cities, Saint John can be defined by its architecture. It is the physical expression of its very history. From its first wooden structures to the rows of century old brick homes that dominate its streetscapes today, history has gifted the city a rich heritage of character. That didn’t happen overnight, or without reason (with the possible exception of The Great Fire). The New Brunswick Museum is relaunching an exhibit this week that highlights of that history of architecture and its influences. Continue reading Saint John’s Architecture Gets Celebrated With New Brunswick Museum Exhibit
Music Video: Arsoniste Kicks Off New Series With Radiohead Cover
To begin her Wooden Piano Live Sessions series of acoustic music videos, Halifax-based musician Rachel Sunter, also known as Arsoniste, recently released a cover of Radiohead’s “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi.” Produced in collaboration with videographer Jenni Welsh of Sonic Temple Studio, the video features Sunter tackling the piece solo on piano. Continue reading Music Video: Arsoniste Kicks Off New Series With Radiohead Cover
Single: Mike Legere Explores The Perception Of Social Identity On ‘Yourself’
Without even having to set foot into any parallel dimensions we know there are multiple version of ourselves that exist. There is the way we see ourselves, and there is the version of ourselves that others perceive us as. But what if in becoming conscious of said perceptions we begin spontaneously creating and collapsing entire realities in an effort to control them? That’s what Mike Legere gets at in his new single “Yourself,” though without mentioning any of the apocalyptic consequences. Continue reading Single: Mike Legere Explores The Perception Of Social Identity On ‘Yourself’