MusicNL are currently enjoying their shortest year ever. Their Music Celebration Week is taking place between November 29 and December 5, 2021—with some of the longest eight months on record since their 2020 Awards show back in February. With the understandable unusual quirks in scheduling, MusicNL are about to double down on the festivities. Today, they announced the recipients of their 2021 MusicNL Music Industry Award winners. Continue reading MusicNL Announce 2021 Industry Award Winners
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Monthly Roundup | November 2021
With November under our belts, we’re starring down the barrel of 2022. We’re prepping our year-end lists, crossing everything we can off of our to-do lists, and sweeping out the dark corners of our inboxes. There’s a lot left to squeeze out of the year and some of our biggest articles yet to come.
Here’s everything we covered in November of 2021. Continue reading Monthly Roundup | November 2021
The Imperial Theatre Are Ready for the Holidays With Shows Featuring David Myles, Tomato/Tomato, Matt Andersen and More
The holiday spirit has taken hold at the Imperial Theatre, and their 2021 lineup of holiday shows is here. To celebrate the season, the theatre has curated a jam-packed month of yuletide shows, from theatre to music, dance, film screenings and more. Continue reading The Imperial Theatre Are Ready for the Holidays With Shows Featuring David Myles, Tomato/Tomato, Matt Andersen and More
Top 10 | PAPAL VISIT Name the Songs Found in Their East Coast Music Shrine
PAPAL VISIT’s impending album, Five Fathom Hole, is, as they describe, “a messily ambitious twenty-five song tomb.” The Saint John, New Brunswick-based quintet gloriously revel in their affinity for lo-fi rock’n’roll on the new album, punching up from a sea of well-textured fuzz. Loaded with that many tracks means that Five Fathom Hole inevitably covers a lot of ground, showcasing the band’s vast and eclectic song catalogue, and drawing from an abundance of influences. Continue reading Top 10 | PAPAL VISIT Name the Songs Found in Their East Coast Music Shrine
Monthly Roundup: October 2021
Whew! October has been a busy month — a conspicuously month. We’re not the type to go in for conspiracy theories (though just imagine the fun we’d have with a ‘rumours’ column…) but it’s not entirely out of the realm of suspicion that Atlantic Canada’s musicians were saving up their material from the last two years just for this moment. We’re still working our way through all the albums released this month.
Here’s everything we covered in October 2021. Continue reading Monthly Roundup: October 2021