Nova Scotia talent Tyler Messick (also known as Museum Pieces) has released a brand new 13-track record dubbed Plain Sight. The Pennsylvania-born rocker certainly showcases the talent that his impressive credentials imply; Messick assisted with the development of Grammy Winning album Suburbs by Canadian indie rock darlings Arcade Fire when band founder Win Butler became good friends with the young musician after talking with him on a basketball court in Montreal. Continue reading New Music: ‘Plain Sight’ Museum Pieces’s Latest A Love Letter To Music
Single: Rick Sparkes + The Enablers Visit New Brunswick On ‘Nashwaak’
While I wouldn’t be so quick to put “Nashwaak”, the latest single from Rick Sparkes + The Enablers, into the box of “country music” – a nebulous genre that is often dwarfed by its own industry, eschewing the wild soul and charm that is supposed to be endemic to “country culture” – the song manages to not only capture that spirit but also build off it in a meaningful way.
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New Music: Kilmore Shows Their Dark Side In ‘Call of the Void’
Four-piece Halifax band Kilmore released their first full-length album Call of the Void today. After spending two years in the making, the album has become everything you love about classic rock but with a modern twist. Continue reading New Music: Kilmore Shows Their Dark Side In ‘Call of the Void’
New Music: Womb To Tomb’s Edgy Folk Debut ‘Meat And Bones’
Imagine you’re walking through the woods. The atmosphere is dreamy and otherworldly, forest sprites whispering to you through the trees. Suddenly, someone comes out of nowhere and punches you in the face.
This is roughly how it feels to listen to Meat and Bones, the stellar first album from New Brunswick group Womb to Tomb. Continue reading New Music: Womb To Tomb’s Edgy Folk Debut ‘Meat And Bones’
In Review: Solo Chicken Production’s ‘A Record Of Us’ Takes On The Work of David Adams Richards
Solo Chicken Productions begins their provincial remount of A Record of Us, starting at St. Thomas University’s Black Box Theatre in Fredericton. Inspired by the works of accomplished New Brunswick author David Adams Richards, the play is an episodic, non-linear narrative that grasps at the essence of being a New Brunswicker. From the ever-ambiguous atmosphere of Dooly’s to the humdrum of rural gossip, viewers across the province can see a small, typical piece of the New Brunswick lifestyle represented in one way or another. Continue reading In Review: Solo Chicken Production’s ‘A Record Of Us’ Takes On The Work of David Adams Richards