Magnetic North have had enough. The Halifax-based four-piece have released the dismissive “Want Out,” a song that you might apply, to your heart’s content, to whatever situation you’re currently trying to extricate yourself from. Continue reading Magnetic North Lump Pandemics and Bad Relationships in the Same Box With ‘Want Out’
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Sundae Girl Express a Little Self-Doubt on ‘Faces’
Halifax-based five-piece indie-rockers Sundae Girl have thrown themselves into the current trend of reimagining the ’80s, ten checkerboard Vans first. Sonically, they’re name-dropping inspirations like The Smiths, Blondie and their ideological successors, The Strokes, but their aesthetic screams Vaporwave.
Despite the band’s playful, retro leanings, “Faces,” the latest single off of their debut EP, Just For Fun, is a colourful trip through self-doubt. Continue reading Sundae Girl Express a Little Self-Doubt on ‘Faces’
Cavendish Beach Music Festival Announces Holiday Hangout with Brett Kissel
Cavendish Beach Music Festival are trying to make this year’s holidays a little bit brighter. The CBMF organizers have announced a special Holiday Hangout featuring fan favourite, Brett Kissel that will take place on December 28, 2020, all from a safe, virtual hosted, environment. Continue reading Cavendish Beach Music Festival Announces Holiday Hangout with Brett Kissel
Loviet Gets Out of the Business of Being Her Own Worst Enemy on ‘Dullshine’
“Is this a breakup song?” I ask Natalie Lynn of Loviet. Every time. It’s a pattern that we’ve fallen into over a series of releases and subsequent interviews.
Invariably, they are not. She and her partner, Ryan, have endured the pressure cooker of 2020 and more, and they have come out the other side all the stronger for it. Given Loviet’s continuous development as an artist and her perennial subject matter of critical growth, the question hasn’t been entirely unprompted.
She has simply been breaking up with herself this whole time. Continue reading Loviet Gets Out of the Business of Being Her Own Worst Enemy on ‘Dullshine’
The Bloody Hell Tackle the Elephant in the Room With ‘Nobody Cares About America Anymore’
America is having a moment. The last four years have been like watching Gollum and Smeagol fighting over the country as the presidency is carried all the way to Mount Doom along with our democratic values and the remaining shreds of human decency. The unreality of the situation has led to frustration, disenfranchisement and, ultimately, ennui with our brain cells winking out after sustaining a fatal number of eye-rolls.
The conclusion, inevitably, has been manifested in the new video from The Bloody Hell, “Nobody Cares About America Anymore,” the band’s take on the state of the nation which, surprisingly, doesn’t point any fingers at the more obvious targets. Continue reading The Bloody Hell Tackle the Elephant in the Room With ‘Nobody Cares About America Anymore’