New Music: Waterfront Fire’s ‘Stillwater Lake’ Will Blow You Out Of The Water

Rock wonderkids Waterfront Fire have a new album to add to their resume. Stillwater Lake, their third studio album, is packed to the brim with excellent melodies, a distinct-yet-versatile sound and a tendency to surprise us with something new at every turn. The St. John’s band, who have been compared to The Tragically Hip and Paramore, seem to be well on their way to eventually, as CBC’s Jeff Liberty put it, “be in stadiums.” Continue reading New Music: Waterfront Fire’s ‘Stillwater Lake’ Will Blow You Out Of The Water

New Music: The Stratified Embrace The East Coast With ‘Crashing The Night Sky’

Multi-genre Fredericton outfit The Stratified have released their debut EP, Crashing the Night Sky. Though they describe their genre as both Maritime folk and indie-rock, audiences are sure to lean more towards the former and feel right at home in the fiddle fest that is Crashing the Night Sky. Continue reading New Music: The Stratified Embrace The East Coast With ‘Crashing The Night Sky’

New Music: StoneHouse’s ‘Just Breakin’ Even’ Is Almost As Good As The Real Thing

Just Breakin’ Even, the latest album from Pictou County, Nova Scotia’s StoneHouse, is a disappointment. Which isn’t to say the album is a bad one, Just Breakin’ Even might be one of the best hard rock albums to come out of Nova Scotia this year, but it’s a hard shift down from StoneHouse’s raw and energetic live performances, if you can imagine that. There’s just this sensorial dissatisfaction that comes from hearing what is undoubtedly a respectable effort to contain the full might of their live experience forced through an inherently feeble and flawed medium.  Continue reading New Music: StoneHouse’s ‘Just Breakin’ Even’ Is Almost As Good As The Real Thing