Working with Juno-Award winning producer and musician Joel Plaskett, Bend The River knew they wanted to push their sound with their new EP, Through the Long Night, but it wasn’t until they got into the studio that they discovered they’d be hitting the 70s in a big way. Over the course of four tracks, the band blaze through classic Americana, folk, pop and soul. Continue reading New Music: Bend The River Stand on the Shoulders of Giants for ‘Through the Long Night’
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New Music: Matt Mays Strips Back Last Year’s Tracks with ‘Twice Upon a Hell of a Time’
As a change of pace from his last year’s album, Once Upon a Hell of a Time, Halifax’s Matt Mays has slowed things down with his latest release. Twice Upon a Hell of a Time revisits the sounds of its predecessor, but in full acoustic. Continue reading New Music: Matt Mays Strips Back Last Year’s Tracks with ‘Twice Upon a Hell of a Time’
New Album: DenMother’s ‘Past Life’ A Lucid Dream Machine
Fredericton electronica guru DenMother (aka Sabarah Pilon) has returned with a brand new mystical adventure in the form of Past Life, an 8-track album that blurs the lines between nature, machines, and mankind itself. Pilon pulls all the stops as she experiments with bells, whistles, and computers to evolve her sound into what can only be our best hope of communicating with the Martians. Continue reading New Album: DenMother’s ‘Past Life’ A Lucid Dream Machine
New Music: Patrick Boyle Celebrates Third Album ‘After Forgetting’
Newfoundland native composer, improviser, and educator Patrick Boyle presents After Forgetting, his latest jazz recording. Boyle has an extensive career, which includes appearing on over 50 commercial releases, performing in premiere jazz stages across Canada, and scoring for stage and film. CBC radio has called him “one of Canada’s top jazz musicians.”
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Single: Tomato/Tomato Confirm “Nazis are not Good People” – Release Album Version of ‘Gotta Get Up’
Ten months after they released a live video of “Gotta Get Up,” Tomato/Tomato are finally letting out the fully evolved form of their cheery protest song featuring all the bells, whistles, and the rest of the band too. While ten months may feel like an eternity in this political climate, we thought we might check back in on the duo’s current protest levels. Continue reading Single: Tomato/Tomato Confirm “Nazis are not Good People” – Release Album Version of ‘Gotta Get Up’