The universe is a big, complicated place, life is rarely as straight forward as you’d expect, and if we were ever to tear the veil between the realms of the living and the dead, Halloween 2020 seems like a fairly likely time for it. Rather than pulling out the plot from Ghostbusters II, DenMother has released a video for “Is It Greener?” which suggests that life, instead, is cyclical, repeatable, and full of lesson. Continue reading Music Video: DenMother Paints a Less Permanent Image of Death on ‘Is it Greener?’
Music Video: Like A Motorcycle Release One of the Greatest Videos of 2020 with ‘Punk Two (Dead Broke)’
Not to jump the gun on throwing anyone a parade for video of the year, but Like A Motorcycle have a pretty clear shot at taking that particular prize. To celebrate the release of their new album, Dead Broke, the Halifax-based band has simultaneously put out a video for “Punk Two,” the most glorious bit of cinematography ever dedicated to capturing the dark and desperate path that can lead a life to underground Kraft Dinner eating contests. Continue reading Music Video: Like A Motorcycle Release One of the Greatest Videos of 2020 with ‘Punk Two (Dead Broke)’
Single: The Summer Rabbit Prepare for Halloween with ‘Howl into the Night’
The return of The Summer Rabbit just before Halloween is not coincidental. “Howl into the Night” is the Halifax-based trio’s first new track in two years, and in the fine tradition of getting the hairs on the back of our necks trussed up for the season, the song was inspired by eerie dreams and “the ever-approaching fear of the unknown.” Continue reading Single: The Summer Rabbit Prepare for Halloween with ‘Howl into the Night’
New Music: Moira Bren Feels it All on Solo Debut ‘6 Is Green’
The last line of singer/songwriter Moira Bren’s artist bio on Spotify reads “Oh, and she has this thing called synesthesia. Look it up – it’s sensational.” Well, if you don’t know what synesthesia is, allow me to save you some googling. Continue reading New Music: Moira Bren Feels it All on Solo Debut ‘6 Is Green’
Single: Orchestrated Neighbours Mark One-Year Anniversary of Release with ‘Together We Can’
Orchestrated Neighbours is something of a Nova Scotian supergroup, a project aimed at improving the outreach, collaborative partnerships and representation of the provinces African Nova Scotian and Indigenous music communities. It’s like an exercise in name-dropping, a challenge to see how many cooks could be fit into that kitchen. Now, one year after the release of the Orchestrated Neighbours album, Music Nova Scotia and Leaf Music are marking the occasion with a new lyric video for the lead track, “Together We Can”.