Monthly Roundup: November 2017

It was a damp, drizzly November in our collective souls. Angry mobs took to their social media with pitchforks and torches and memes like an online version of The Purge, and they razed a swath of degradation through whatever was left of our surviving celebrities.

In the meantime, in an arena that has been ceded to the absurd for so long that we no long question it, Kim Jong-un and Donald have switched from hurling insults across Twitter to lobbing ballistics and threatening to wipe the rest of us out.

Back at home, Erin Costelo makes history as the first woman to win the Nova Scotia Music Award for Producer of the Year. It’s a shame we don’t get more excited about the victories that don’t involve bloodshed. 

Here’s everything we covered in November, 2017. Continue reading Monthly Roundup: November 2017

East Coast Crafted: New Book Documents Atlantic Canadian Craft Breweries, Immediately Becomes Outdated

They say you can never step into the same river twice. Capturing the current state of craft brewing in Atlantic Canada is much the same. The ever-increasing flood of new and developing breweries across the four Atlantic provinces is hard to track. That’s why when beer enthusiasts Whitney Moran and Christopher Reynolds set out to compile their definitive guide, ‘East Coast Crafted,’ they knew it could only ever be a snapshot. It just happens to be a glorious one at an exciting time in the industry. Continue reading East Coast Crafted: New Book Documents Atlantic Canadian Craft Breweries, Immediately Becomes Outdated

Catherine MacLellan, The East Pointers, Ashley Condon, and Dennis Ellsworth & Kinley Dowling Tied For 2018 Music PEI Awards

How many award-winning musicians can you fit on an island? The upcoming Music PEI Week in January should be able to answer that as they cram almost every one of their musicians and industry professionals into a conference  room. We’ve even got the list of nominees for their 2018 Awards to give us an idea of who will be attending. Continue reading Catherine MacLellan, The East Pointers, Ashley Condon, and Dennis Ellsworth & Kinley Dowling Tied For 2018 Music PEI Awards

Music Video: Construction & Destruction Travel Through Berlin In ‘Running Glass’

Colleen Collins and Dave Trenaman of Construction & Destruction recently unleashed their newest music video ‘Running Glass’ from their album Noli Timere. The video was filmed in Berlin by videographer Rice Master Yen (Helga & Gabi) while the couple was on tour in Europe with The Burning Hell. Continue reading Music Video: Construction & Destruction Travel Through Berlin In ‘Running Glass’

New Music: Tomato/Tomato Go Full Nashville With Their Christmas Album ‘Pinecones & Cinnamon’

We knew this was coming. We could see it coming six months out. I don’t necessarily mean the timely arrival of Pinecones & Cinnamon, Tomato/Tomato’s new Christmas album; I mean that with a certain inevitability, Tomato/Tomato were going to go full Nashville. Continue reading New Music: Tomato/Tomato Go Full Nashville With Their Christmas Album ‘Pinecones & Cinnamon’