StoneHouse might be one of our favourite bands to catch live, but it’s been a minute since we were last able to confirm that. Like all of us, they’ve been hunkered down for the last year, and they’ve been using the time for a bit of reinvention. The New Glasgow four-piece has become a three-piece and they’ve scrapped their tour funds to build a studio. Now they’re exploring their new sound as “three guys locked in a basement in a small town” with their latest single, “Holy Water.” Continue reading StoneHouse Explore a New Sound as a Trio with ‘Holy Water’
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Lineups in a Dangerous Time – Atlantic Canadian Music Festivals Divided
With festival season fast approaching and vaccination roll-outs getting underway, organizers and audiences alike are asking the big question: do we or don’t we?
This week, a handful of festivals have made announcements about their intentions for their summer events (some with all the optimism of mice and men) but, given the variety of those announcements, it is obvious that festival season in Atlantic Canada has organizers divided. Continue reading Lineups in a Dangerous Time – Atlantic Canadian Music Festivals Divided
Jenn Grant Covers Rita MacNeil’s ‘Flying on your Own’ as Artist Inducted Into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
Rita MacNeil’s “Flying On Your Own” has been treated to a cover by Jenn Grant–the third in Grant collection of self-producer covers of Canadian classics–marking both the anniversary of MacNeil’s passing and the announcement that MacNeil is being celebrated as the latest inductee to the Canadian Songwriters Hall. Continue reading Jenn Grant Covers Rita MacNeil’s ‘Flying on your Own’ as Artist Inducted Into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
Language Arts Reassesses the Millennial Subconscious as a Product of Television on ‘Blood Flow’
The latest single from Nova Scotia-based Language Arts hits heavy on the nostalgia, dipping heavily into a treasure trove of ’80s and ’90s commercials for a Britton Proulx-created video to subtly remind us that if there were ever a time we needed to hear the immortal words “don’t you put it in your mouth,” this is it. Continue reading Language Arts Reassesses the Millennial Subconscious as a Product of Television on ‘Blood Flow’
The Trews Take to the Ice to Rock Out Without Us on ‘I Wanna Play’
In the year since the world shut down, there have been two anthems that have been hammered home again and again with vehement ferocity: that we all need to be wearing masks and that musicians will trade a kidney to get back in front of a live audience. While we generally no longer condone any songs pertaining to the latter, there have been a few standout exceptions.
The new pandemic anthem from The Trews, “I Wanna Play” is one of those exceptions. The song is pure indulgence but we can hardly blame them for it. The lads are here to let loose and flex those muscles, lest they atrophy. We’re here for it. Continue reading The Trews Take to the Ice to Rock Out Without Us on ‘I Wanna Play’