Saint John is a city of two parts, the first being the part presented outwardly through tourism guides, posters, and media campaigns. It features nice shiny photos of Reversing Falls, the boardwalk at Market Square, and the Irving Nature Park. It is a glossy projection used to sell the city’s more marketable qualities. The second part is closer to reality—the industrial town. Photographer Dan Culberson has put together a video of work that showcases the latter, showing the city for what it is: an unconventional beauty. Continue reading Dan Culberson — Saint John Photographer Showcases Another Side Of The City
Saint John’s Area 506 Music Festival Announces Special Winter Concert Featuring The Sheepdogs
Area 506—Saint John’s massively successful festival, known for bringing big acts like July Talk, Wintersleep, Bahamas, Stars and Tegan & Sara to the city’s waterfront—made a special announcement today. The festival said that they’ll be interrupting their usual summer programming to bring you a break from the winter doldrums with a concert from Saskatchewan rockers The Sheepdogs. Continue reading Saint John’s Area 506 Music Festival Announces Special Winter Concert Featuring The Sheepdogs
The 2018 JUNO Awards Name Handful Of East Coast Nominees
Today, the JUNO Awards announced their list of 2018 nominees, and among them the handful of Atlantic Canadians who will have to take on some heavyweights from across the country if they want to bring home some hardware. While we’re proud of our east coast artists, we’re questioning some of the other choices the JUNOs made. Continue reading The 2018 JUNO Awards Name Handful Of East Coast Nominees
New Music: Montgomery Street Band Challenge New Brunswick Living On ‘Quantum Internet’
The Montgomery Street Band, a four-piece bluegrass outfit out of Fredericton, have just released their first full-length album: Quantum Internet. The release features ten songs, some familiar and some brand new, and delivers a healthy dose of all the banjo, guitar and mandolin breakdowns you could ask for.
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Music Video: You’ll Go Running For Your Toolbox After Seeing BROTHERS’ ‘Real World’
In the ’60s, there was Timothy Leary’s “Turn on, tune in, drop out.” In the ’70s, there was Howard Beale’s impassioned mantra: “I’m mad as Hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!” More recently, Kimberly ‘Sweet Brown’ Wilkins gave us the phrase to epitomize them all: “Ain’t nobody got time for that.”
If any of these have resonated with you, then ‘Real World’, the new video from BROTHERS, might be the song for you. Continue reading Music Video: You’ll Go Running For Your Toolbox After Seeing BROTHERS’ ‘Real World’