Hot x Proxy are starting to feel their age. It’s a sorry state to be in for any working rocking band, but the fourpiece have found a surefire method for coping: “Fake It”. With a dose of self-awareness, and probably a little joint pain, the band’s new single brings it like it’s still 1999. Continue reading Hot x Proxy Keep on Top of Their Game With ‘Fake It’
Sackville Festival of Early Music to Stream Two Free Concerts for 2020 Season
Now in its 16th year, the Sackville Festival of Early Music is back to bring us two concerts, taking place on September 25th and 26th. But this year, they are skipping the stage and taking to the internet.
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Music Video: Jeff Gay Explores the Darker Side of Romance on ‘XOXO’ Featuring Christina Martin
Like many of the songs on Jeff Gay’s new album, he says that “XOXO” takes a look at the darker side of romance. That might be putting it lightly. Featuring Christina Martin, the new single channels REM to explore what might better be described as gut-wrenching manipulation as Jeff Gay makes his music video debut in the middle of quarantine. Continue reading Music Video: Jeff Gay Explores the Darker Side of Romance on ‘XOXO’ Featuring Christina Martin
The Hush Sisters: Gerard Collins’ New Novel Takes Us Into a Deeper Dark
From the rocky shorelines of Newfoundland, a troubled pair of sisters find themselves searching through old wounds and fresh scars while running the gauntlet of what could be ghosts in their family home. These ideas were enough to make me want to read on, but I was unprepared for the real horrors that awaited these characters, and how much I cared about them, and their story, along the way.
Gerard Collins has played quite a trick with his new novel, The Hush Sisters. By luring the reader into his ghost riddled family mansion, he has left us open and unsuspecting of the pain and heartbreak that we live with these characters, and the histories that intertwine in these dark halls and creaking attics, could be our own. Continue reading The Hush Sisters: Gerard Collins’ New Novel Takes Us Into a Deeper Dark
Premiere: Kill Chicago Go for a Fistful of Spaghetti on ‘Pull Over’
Kill Chicago’s horn-laden “Pull Over” stands out as a multi-facetted Ennio Morricone-inspired closing track to their 2019 album, The Fix. With a spaghetti western soundtrack, the song compares divorce to a stand-off and, as can be seen in the new video, a lot of the damage gets taken by the innocent bystanders. Continue reading Premiere: Kill Chicago Go for a Fistful of Spaghetti on ‘Pull Over’