Nearly two years after the release of Terra Spencer’s stunning debut album, Other People’s Lives, the Nova Scotian singer-songwriter still has something more to say about her favourite subject matter. “Saigon” is the second single off of Spencer’s upcoming album, Chasing Rabbits, and, as usual, it seems that she’s once again unravelling the other people’s heartstrings to beautiful effect. Continue reading Single: Terra Spencer Sings of Love and Wanderlust on ‘Saigon’
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Music Video: Owen Meany’s Batting Stance Reminds You to Check the Engine Light of Your Relationship with ‘Car Odyssey’
The best art, arguably, is capable of confronting you with things you had previously never realized about yourself. Of course, the most obvious and unfortunate clichéd side-effect of this is the screaming fan who insists that a song was written about them with no factual evidence to support this. Owen Meany’s Batting Stance’s most recent single, “Car Odyssey,” however, hits home in a way that is surprisingly personal. Continue reading Music Video: Owen Meany’s Batting Stance Reminds You to Check the Engine Light of Your Relationship with ‘Car Odyssey’
New Music: Stonehouse Returns With ‘Bare Bones’ and a Cover of The Beatles’ ‘Helter Skelter’ in time for Halloween
New Glasgow’s hard-rocking StoneHouse has returned with a pair of spooky singles just in time for Halloween. The songs are the band’s first two singles to see the light of day since they released their 2018 album, Just Breakin’ Even, and with them comes a couple of changes. Continue reading New Music: Stonehouse Returns With ‘Bare Bones’ and a Cover of The Beatles’ ‘Helter Skelter’ in time for Halloween
Music Video: DenMother Paints a Less Permanent Image of Death on ‘Is it Greener?’
The universe is a big, complicated place, life is rarely as straight forward as you’d expect, and if we were ever to tear the veil between the realms of the living and the dead, Halloween 2020 seems like a fairly likely time for it. Rather than pulling out the plot from Ghostbusters II, DenMother has released a video for “Is It Greener?” which suggests that life, instead, is cyclical, repeatable, and full of lesson. Continue reading Music Video: DenMother Paints a Less Permanent Image of Death on ‘Is it Greener?’
Music Video: Like A Motorcycle Release One of the Greatest Videos of 2020 with ‘Punk Two (Dead Broke)’
Not to jump the gun on throwing anyone a parade for video of the year, but Like A Motorcycle have a pretty clear shot at taking that particular prize. To celebrate the release of their new album, Dead Broke, the Halifax-based band has simultaneously put out a video for “Punk Two,” the most glorious bit of cinematography ever dedicated to capturing the dark and desperate path that can lead a life to underground Kraft Dinner eating contests. Continue reading Music Video: Like A Motorcycle Release One of the Greatest Videos of 2020 with ‘Punk Two (Dead Broke)’