Taken from the recording sessions for Bob Dylan’s 1962 debut solo self-titled studio album (though first seeing release in 2001, with a limited edition of Love and Theft) Thomas Stajcer has committed to posterity a recording of his own version of, “I Was Young When I Left Home.” It’s a drawn out version on the classic, swapping those bright finger-picked rolls for some sorrowful country crooning. Continue reading Single: Thomas Stajcer Covers Bob Dylan’s ‘I Was Young When I Left Home’
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Music Video: Daughter of the Moon Turns Failed Romance Into Freedom With ‘Casanova’
History does have a tendency to repeat itself, and so, unsurprisingly, 53 years later we’re hearing echoes of Nancy Sinatra’s “Bang Bang” reverberating in the new single from Daughter of the Moon, “Casanova.” Cher did it first, Nancy Sinatra gave it that tremolo guitar twist, and now Natalie Ramsay has given it all a good shake up and used the pieces to rebuild it to suit her purposes. The lyrical matter of an unfaithful lover matter is a perennial one. Continue reading Music Video: Daughter of the Moon Turns Failed Romance Into Freedom With ‘Casanova’
Single: The Stanfields Break Out the Kazoos for ‘Rules Have All The Fun’
Nova Scotian celtic rockers The Stanfields have just released “Rules Have All The Fun” ahead of their upcoming album. Taking an experimental approach, the band are still brandishing their political axe, albeit with a kazoo solo in the middle. Continue reading Single: The Stanfields Break Out the Kazoos for ‘Rules Have All The Fun’
Single: Alexander and the Great Ones Owns up to ‘A Love Letter to Alan Smithee’
Ahead of their upcoming album, Super Turbo, Alexander and the Great Ones have released the first single, “A Love Letter to Alan Smithee,” and they’re not afraid to admit it in public. Continue reading Single: Alexander and the Great Ones Owns up to ‘A Love Letter to Alan Smithee’
Music Video: Youngtree & The Blooms Revisit Their Mortality With ‘Dirt Party’
From their debut album, Musical Chairs, Youngtree & The Blooms are revisiting their favourite perennial topic of our temporary natures, that is to say, death. Filmed by videographer (and possibly the best iceberg photographer in Newfoundland) Tom Cochrane at the Rocket Room in downtown St. John’s, NL, the band turned a private evening of song into a celebration of their charmingly morbid toe-tappers. Second among the videos to be released from the evening is “Dirt Party,” a reminder that ultimately there’s one one final party we ever need to worry about. Continue reading Music Video: Youngtree & The Blooms Revisit Their Mortality With ‘Dirt Party’