The end of a year can bring about a bit of a stupor; the holidays are imminent, things are coming to a close, and releases are winding down. Sometimes it can take something meteoric to jolt you awake, your attention completely grabbed, the frigid time of year meaningless. That time is right now with Meg Warren’s debut solo EP A Thousand Ways. An alt-pop astonishment coming eight years after the singer’s tenure with her band Repartee, A Thousand Ways is immediate proof that Warren stands strong on her own two feet. Continue reading Meg Warren Blows the Doors Off with Solo Debut ‘A Thousand Ways’
Joel Plaskett Gathers Friends and Musicians for a Live Off the Floor Recording of ‘A Benefit 4 Dreamland’
Joel Plaskett’s latest project, 44, has proven to be the album that just keeps on giving. The massive celebration of his life’s work, not to mention a reflection on the corresponding number of years he’s spent on the planet, has provided no shortage of material, resulting in a Polaris Prize long-listed 11-song quadruple album.
Naturally, he didn’t go it alone. At times, he brought in an absolutely unfathomable number of musicians to perform on the album, including his recently released live-off-the-floor video for the album’s final song, “A Benefit 4 Dreamland.” Continue reading Joel Plaskett Gathers Friends and Musicians for a Live Off the Floor Recording of ‘A Benefit 4 Dreamland’
Sleepy Kicks Are All Charm on Debut EP ‘Hard Left’
The debut EP from Halifax “indieboi” four-piece Sleepy Kicks is packed with just as much charm as you might expect if you’re familiar with their online presence—from claiming beginnings through a blood oath to listing “jorts” as an official band component (contributed by Braden Kamermans, if you were curious). Continue reading Sleepy Kicks Are All Charm on Debut EP ‘Hard Left’
Mike Trask Visits His Own Pepperland on ‘Yellow Sky’
Mike Trask continues barreling down the path he first set foot on in 2017 with his album, Derealization. It’s not a straight path, but it is one that takes him further and further away from this plane of existence and off into his own version of Pepperland – each subsequent video bringing him another step removed from reality and into a cornucopia of colours. His latest, “Yellow Sky,” has Trask going full Sgt. Pepper as he “rides the rainbow.” Continue reading Mike Trask Visits His Own Pepperland on ‘Yellow Sky’
Thomas Stajcer Challenges the Odds, the Universe and Bad Ideas on ‘If I Had One Bottle More’
Talk about possibilities! With his latest single, Award-winning Nova Scotian country artist Thomas Stajcer asks the most profound of questions: “If I Had One Bottle More.” The answer, if such a proposition might truly be fathomed by mere mortals and should we allow ourselves to believe in something greater than ourselves, is a resounding “absolutely almost anything within reason, but then again, maybe not.” Continue reading Thomas Stajcer Challenges the Odds, the Universe and Bad Ideas on ‘If I Had One Bottle More’