The Halifax music scene is no stranger to indie rock, and with the latest debut from Shaolin, a new contender emerges; one that certainly packs enough punch to cut through the mix. With Psych!, Shaolin keeps the energy up and the volume loud. In a good way though, I promise. Continue reading Shaolin Kicks the Door Down on Their Debut EP ‘Psych!’
Cut, Split & Delivered Craft a Nostalgic Ode to the Kingston Peninsula’s ‘Dusty Roads’
There are some places in New Brunswick that are simply drenched in nostalgia. There are quiet stretches of wooded countryside that stand in as a living memory for many, largely due to the fact that they’ve changed very little in the last century. The Kingston Peninsula, wedged between the Kennebecasis and St. John (Wolastoq) Rivers, is one of those places. The sporadic farmhouses found along its roads are largely the same farmhouses that stood there a hundred years ago, and the same dusty lanes still wind along the fields, down towards the river’s edge.
These are the same “Dusty Roads” that Nova Scotian 6-piece, Americana-influenced band Cut, Split & Delivered are singing about on their new single, but they might have been found almost anywhere. Continue reading Cut, Split & Delivered Craft a Nostalgic Ode to the Kingston Peninsula’s ‘Dusty Roads’
Lizzie Loveless Mourns the Mixed Blessing of Forgetting With ‘Memory’
Former TEEN-member and Halifax-export Lizzie Lieberson, AKA Lizzie Loveless, is on the edge of releasing an album as an act of re-emergence into the world. In the wake of health complications that quashed TEEN’s tour plans, Lizzie Loveless has had to undergo a re-invention of herself and her career. Those challenges have a way of putting things into perspective—though, as her new Charles Billot-directed video for “Memory” demonstrates, the harsher flipside of perspective is withdrawal. Continue reading Lizzie Loveless Mourns the Mixed Blessing of Forgetting With ‘Memory’
Aaron MacDonald’s New EP ‘It’s Been Too Long’ Is a Statement That We Wholeheartedly Agree With
In almost every sense of the word, Cape Breton’s Aaron MacDonald has survived the storm. Having spent years crisscrossing Canada with a five-piece band, he’s seen it all and lived to tell, or more accurately, sing about it.
Aaron MacDonald has been the life of the party. He’s been the face on the poster, and the leader of the band. He’s traveled and he’s lived a life that many would, and have, died for, and he’s made his share of mistakes along the way, but it’s this big bag of life lessons that gives such credibility to his latest record, It’s Been Too Long. Continue reading Aaron MacDonald’s New EP ‘It’s Been Too Long’ Is a Statement That We Wholeheartedly Agree With
Andrew Moore Breaks the Multiverse With ‘Look at Me Now’
Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, Tom Holland, and now, Andrew Moore—in a bizarre twist that extends well past the foreseen scope of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we’re presented with a situation in which was have to ask “What If…?” to the possibility of Spider-Man finding himself hastily returning from China to play gigs in Moncton.
Even if the Multiverse contains an infinite number of possibilities, this one would be considered a real stretch, but somehow it has found its way into Moore’s latest single, “Look at Me Now.” Continue reading Andrew Moore Breaks the Multiverse With ‘Look at Me Now’