Halifax pop-rockers Quiet Parade will be dropping their eighth album, the appropriately-named The Will To Weather The Storm about a week from now, and most recent of its teasers is the new single “Don’t Put It On Me”. The band combines catchy, upbeat chords with timely themes that simultaneously compliment and contradict the music in all the best ways. Continue reading Single: Quiet Parade’s ‘Don’t Put It On Me’ A Catchy Double-Take
Music Video: Jon McKiel Gives Us the Star Trek Crossover We’ve Been Waiting for With ‘Object Permanence’
Jon McKiel was already headed down a strange path with his upcoming album, Bobby Joe hope. Collaborating with an unknown entity founding in the depths of a second-hand (third-hand? fourth?) Teac A-2340, a reel-to-reel tape recorder that he’d purchased in online in 2015. Pre-loaded with a treasure trove of samples, McKiel decided to embrace this mysterious gift and work with it. Bringing along Jay Crocker (JOYFULTALK) the pair extracted the materials from the tapes to create the an alien counterpart for McKiel to jam along with.
The video “Object Permanence”, for the album’s single, is appropriately just as alien.
Single: Troy Alistair Returns With a Little Wisdom on ‘Cool Down’
It’s been a couple years since we last year from Troy Alistair. They appear back in July, 2018 with their debut single “Jump the Gun”, which was then quickly followed by a handful of tracks, and a couple side projects. Now, in our time of need, Troy Alistair has returned to dispense the wisdom of those immortal words just when we need to hear them again the most: “Cool Down”.
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New Music: Christine Melanson Changes Pace with ‘Cent millions d’années’
Christine Melanson has branched off in a direction that feels pretty far from the jigs of her past releases. The Acadian singer-songwriter’s second full-length album, Cent millions d’années, is decidedly contemporary. Gone are the fiddle-filled instrumentals, and in their place are Melanson’s heartfelt lyrics and, for the first time, vocals to match. Continue reading New Music: Christine Melanson Changes Pace with ‘Cent millions d’années’
New Music: Nap Eyes Practice Self-Reflection on ‘Snapshot of a Beginner’
The newest album from Nap Eyes comes at a perfect time. Many people are currently sitting at home in quarantine, left alone with their own thoughts, and very likely on the cusp of an existential crisis. Snapshot of a Beginner provides an unlikely soundtrack to such moments, though in a way that’s closer to meditative breathing than it is to “end of the world” panic. Continue reading New Music: Nap Eyes Practice Self-Reflection on ‘Snapshot of a Beginner’