Knotty by Nature, the annual music festival held on the grounds of The Ovens Natural Park in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, was scheduled to take place on September 7th, but nature* had other plans in mind. With Hurricane Dorian heading up the Atlantic Seaboard, festival organizers have pulled the plug on what would have been the festival’s 7th year. Continue reading Knotty by Nature Cancelled by Hurricane Dorian
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Music Video: Dillon Ryan Redlines on 80s Nostalgia With Cover of Real Life’s ‘Send Me an Angel’
Even those who remember the past are sometimes doomed to repeat it and Dillon Ryan positively revels in it. His latest video is the best argument that time is an unending loop. It cycles back to 1986 with a cover of Real Life’s “Send Me An Angel” from the film RAD, which somehow combines the plots of The Wizard and Dirty Dancing with BMX racing. Continue reading Music Video: Dillon Ryan Redlines on 80s Nostalgia With Cover of Real Life’s ‘Send Me an Angel’
Messtival: 2008 – 2018 and One Last Parting Shot to the Eardrums
Honestly, the last thing we wanted to do with our weekend was attend a funeral, yet there we were. But it was for the best, right? The end of Messtival forever? Continue reading Messtival: 2008 – 2018 and One Last Parting Shot to the Eardrums
Single: Dave Gunning Announces Vinyl Release and Tour with ‘Ferris Wheel’
Dave Gunning’s latest album, Up Against The Sky, has been keeping him busy – busy enough to announce not only another round of touring with a series of dates in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Alberta and Saskatchewan, but now the album is being treated to a vinyl release. To celebrate the news he’s released “Ferris Wheel” as the album’s latest single; a nostalgia fuelled track about kinder, simpler times. Continue reading Single: Dave Gunning Announces Vinyl Release and Tour with ‘Ferris Wheel’
Music Video: Ursa Bright Warn Against Unearthly Pleasures With ‘Flesh’
Halifax’s Ursa Bright (formerly Orchards) are lost deep in fantasy with their new video for “Flesh.” Taken from their debut album, A Shining Sea of Dopamine, the track indulges in earthly desires on a cerebral plane, dropping lines like “we’re off to bed, but not to sleep”, to name one of the less explicit ones. Rather than gratuitous debauchery, the band explain that “Flesh” is actually a warning, running contrary to its sensuous lyrics. Continue reading Music Video: Ursa Bright Warn Against Unearthly Pleasures With ‘Flesh’