On Tuesday, December 19, 2017, Canada lost one of its foremost figurative painters, and one of the most notable visual artists to have come out of Prince Edward Island. At age 65, Brian Burke left behind an impressive legacy—a prodigious body of work that is powerfully haunting and impactful, tinged with black humour in its resolute dedication to the truthful representation of the timeless existential predicament of the human condition. Continue reading The Artistic Legacy of Brian Burke
Hey Rosetta! Releases Post-Mortem, Decade-Spanning Retrospective Video
A decade is a long time—not in the grand scheme of things, not in the sense of how long the universe has been here or, if you asked a brachiosaurus, how long they’d been extinct, but certainly it’s an era of someone’s life. If you needed to think back on what you were doing ten years ago, chances are you’d have to check your notes, but I bet you could remember the music you were listening to at the time. When Hey Rosetta! announced last year that the band would be going on an indefinite hiatus after a decade as one of Atlantic Canada’s most prominent bands, it was like the collapse of a pocket universe for their fans. Continue reading Hey Rosetta! Releases Post-Mortem, Decade-Spanning Retrospective Video
Shivering Songs: Hey Rosetta! Frontman To Appear In First Solo Show Since Band Announced Indefinite Hiatus
Late last year, Hey Rosetta! shook the east coast music scene with the announcement that, after a decade as one of Atlantic Canada’s most prominent bands, they’d be calling it quits… at least for the foreseeable future. Now, following a series of shows that concluded with Hey Rosetta!‘s final appearance at their annual Christmas show in St John’s, Newfoundland, frontman Tim Baker is making his first appearance as a solo act at Shivering Songs music festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Continue reading Shivering Songs: Hey Rosetta! Frontman To Appear In First Solo Show Since Band Announced Indefinite Hiatus
Single: SHRIMP Ring Launch ‘Countdown To Oblivion’ Just In Time For New Year’s Eve
S.H.R.I.M.P. Ring are going to be ringing in the new year at Wilser’s Room in Fredericton, New Brunswick and for that to happen, they’ve composed the perfect song for the occasion. ‘Countdown To Oblivion‘ is a cheery reminder of the trajectory 2017 has set us on. At least you can dance to it. Continue reading Single: SHRIMP Ring Launch ‘Countdown To Oblivion’ Just In Time For New Year’s Eve
Monthly Roundup: December 2017
It’s time to put 2017 to bed, and we haven’t decided whether we should be looking forward to 2018 or dreading it all the more. Hopefully we’ve learned a few lessons and will be all the better for it. In the meantime here’s everything we covered in December, 2017. Continue reading Monthly Roundup: December 2017