All posts by Alex Cook

Single: Halifax’s Burry Compares LGBTQ2A+ Music Industry Struggles to the Life of Van Gogh With ‘Yellow Paint’

Working in the arts is often like playing a game of chicken with poverty and obscurity. There’s no guarantee for any artist that they’re going to be successful within their own lifetime. There is, however, always the off chance that you might make it big posthumously.

The latest single from Burry, “Yellow Paint” explores just that, alluding to the struggles of Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh, who committed suicide at the age of 37, after having long suffered from mental health issues, and failing to achieve commercial success during his lifetime. Continue reading Single: Halifax’s Burry Compares LGBTQ2A+ Music Industry Struggles to the Life of Van Gogh With ‘Yellow Paint’

Single: Tyler Hache Flexes Hard on Historical Fiction with ‘Let the Colours Run’

In the five years since Tyler Hache’s 2015 debut album, Silence, for which he received Music/Musique NB’s award for Solo Recording of the Year, he was also named CBC Searchlight Regional Champion, had his music featured in the film Love Alaska (2019), and four more of his songs were featured in the television drama The Wedding Planners (2020). So, he’s been busy, and all the more busy completing an MA in English in the Field of Creative Writing at the University of Toronto – a fact that becomes all the more apparent when you realize his new single, “Let the Colours Run”, is really a deep dive in historical fiction. Continue reading Single: Tyler Hache Flexes Hard on Historical Fiction with ‘Let the Colours Run’

Music Video: Paige Penney Holds Hope for a Return to Normal on ‘When All Is Said and Done’

Paige Penney’s new single, “When All Is Said and Done”, is a multi-generational family-affair that, despite these challenging times, optimistically assumes that everything will work out just fine. She’s even making plans for the future. Continue reading Music Video: Paige Penney Holds Hope for a Return to Normal on ‘When All Is Said and Done’

New Music: June Body Go Acoustic on ‘Negatives, Vol. 1’, Release Accompanying Mini-Doc

In an effort to make the most of the lockdown, June Body has taken the opportunity of an open schedule to work on a project they had long been wanting to complete. With Negatives, Vol. 1, the band has released six acoustic, stripped-down versions of some of their existing tracks.
Continue reading New Music: June Body Go Acoustic on ‘Negatives, Vol. 1’, Release Accompanying Mini-Doc