It’s nice to imagine what Moncton’s Short For Arthur might sound like at an honest-to-goodness, living, breathing music festival. The eclectic and electric brand of indie rock rubs up against the flanks of blues, jazz, electronic and, most importantly, psychedelic jams in a way that inspires all the high-energy head fuzz of a late-night dopamine binge. Their singles have consistently kicked over the can of absurdist nonsense to indulge in a playful form of art rock, but not without hiding some very poignant needles in their metaphorical haystack.
Dayna Manning, Damhnait Doyle and Tara MacLean, three great friends, songwriters, labelmates and fellow travellers, will be coming together for a special performance in recognition of the fact that our ongoing existence is largely dependant on a thin veneer of hydrogen, oxygen and carbon compounds, that have been roughly scraped over the surface of a rock that is hurtling through the vacuum of space at mind-boggling speeds, or “Earth Day” as some call it. Continue reading Dayna Manning, Damhnait Doyle and Tara MacLean Perform Online Earth Day Show via Home Routes – ‘Grounded’→
StoneHouse might be one of our favourite bands to catch live, but it’s been a minute since we were last able to confirm that. Like all of us, they’ve been hunkered down for the last year, and they’ve been using the time for a bit of reinvention. The New Glasgow four-piece has become a three-piece and they’ve scrapped their tour funds to build a studio. Now they’re exploring their new sound as “three guys locked in a basement in a small town” with their latest single, “Holy Water.” Continue reading StoneHouse Explore a New Sound as a Trio with ‘Holy Water’→
With festival season fast approaching and vaccination roll-outs getting underway, organizers and audiences alike are asking the big question: do we or don’t we?
This week, a handful of festivals have made announcements about their intentions for their summer events (some with all the optimism of mice and men) but, given the variety of those announcements, it is obvious that festival season in Atlantic Canada has organizers divided. Continue reading Lineups in a Dangerous Time – Atlantic Canadian Music Festivals Divided→
The annual celebration of Atlantic Canada’s authors, scholars and poets, the Atlantic Book Awards, is coming together for a digital event, with virtual author readings and more taking place from May 6 to 12 and concluding with a virtual awards gala on May 13. This year, Nova Scotian author Tyler LeBlanc leads the way with four nominations for a compelling tale of family history, Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion, published by Goose Lane Editions. Continue reading Tyler LeBlanc Leads Nominees for 2021 Atlantic Book Awards→
