Following the Great Musical Rapture of 2016, there has been a Bowie shaped hole in our hearts. Like a bunch of lost orphans, we have been left searching, asking any lanky Englishmen we come across, “Are you my Ziggy?” and making inevitable comparisons. While Jont & The Infinite Possibility deserve to be distinct in their own right, their themes of reinvention and redemption strike a familiar chord. Their new video for ‘An Old Innocence’ feels like the next progression in an on going conversation. Continue reading Music Video: Jont & The Infinite Possibility Release Title Track ‘An Old Innocence ‘
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The Banff Mountain Film Festival Heads East
Naturally, we’re big fans of festivals here. We like all kinds of festivals: big festivals, small festivals, music festivals, literary festivals, beer festivals and, of course, film festivals. Mountain festivals, however, have eluded us. Fortunately for us altitudinally challenged folk in Atlantic Canada, The Banff Mountain Film Festival is coming to us. Continue reading The Banff Mountain Film Festival Heads East
Single: Melonvine’s ‘Summer Says’ Is A Toxic Rorschach Test
Melonvine like changing things up. Earlier this year they switched out their drummer, reworked a bunch of recordings and released their new single ‘Stuck In Place.’ The Moncton-based hard rockers say getting out their follow-up, ‘Summer Says,’ hasn’t been any easier. Continue reading Single: Melonvine’s ‘Summer Says’ Is A Toxic Rorschach Test
Single: The East Pointers Double Back on ‘Two Weeks’
“Write what you know.” That lesson gets hammered into us again and again. For bands on the road, like Prince Edward Island’s The East Pointers, many songs are often about just that: life on road. From their sophomore LP What We Leave Behind, released in September 2017, the band are revisiting ‘Two Weeks,’ a song about travelling far away from friends and family to find work. Continue reading Single: The East Pointers Double Back on ‘Two Weeks’
The Case Of The Missing Salmon: Artwork Stolen From Uptown Saint John
Earlier this year, ten fibreglass salmon sculptures were created through a public art initiative coordinated by Discover Saint John and the Province of New Brunswick. Standing at six feet tall, the salmon sculptures would be painted by local artists and placed around Saint John’s uptown as an “urban kaleidoscope.” One of the ten salmon pieces went missing this week. Continue reading The Case Of The Missing Salmon: Artwork Stolen From Uptown Saint John