As part of the grand scheme of normal, and our slow but unceasing march back towards it, Kiwi Jr. have done their part, contributing in their own measure and kind with the announcement of some long-overdue tour dates. Nature is beginning to heal itself.
No, it’s not Freddie Mercury come back to haunt us in the form of a Cape Breton cover band—though come to think of it, that might not be the worst—but The Town Heroes’ second installment in their upcoming concept album. Set in the midst of a Cape Breton summer, Home is the band’s fictionalized tribute to the heady days of their youth. The album’s second single, “Queen,” is the boozy rush that comes from meeting the CFA of your dreams down at dance at the Strathlorne Hall. Continue reading The Town Heroes Tease Their Come-of-Age Concept Album With Second Single ‘Queen’→
A year and a half ago, in the final days of the Before Times, The Burning Hell’s Ariel Sharratt and Mathias Kom were on the far side of the planet, preparing for the release of their newly recorded album, when the unthinkable happened. The world shut down.
Their album, Never Work, very quickly turned from an apropos tongue-in-cheek perspective on the state of the gig economy into something that bizarrely prophesied their immediate career prospects and societal collapse.
In the sixth and final season of Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw traded up New York for Paris, having recently broken things off with Jack Berger and very seriously considering a permanent relocation to pursue a relationship with artist Aleksandr Petrovsky.
More importantly, any television worth its salt is going to have a soundtrack perfectly tailored for a Parisian excursion. In the case of Sex and the City, Mikhael Baryshnikov crafted “Adah’s Theme” or “La femme avec les yeux lumineux” that romantically interweaves piano and strings and accordion in a way that might even satisfy Yann Tiersen.
Shadow Folk about half a century and an entire continent removed from the West Coast and the sounds of The Association, The Seeds, and Jefferson Airplane, but you wouldn’t necessarily know it. The Nova Scotian rock and roll/psych-pop band has tapped directly into another era to bring us “Contemplation,” a song that could have ridden in on the crest of psychedelia. Continue reading Shadow Folk Emerge with Psychedelic Sounds of the West Coast on ‘Contemplation’→
