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New Music: Nowhere Club’s Nebulous, Collaborative Compilation/Amusement Park ‘Broadcasts From Nowhere’ Defies Definition

Sometimes you just need to go out and create something. It’s a natural enough urge that is probably universal to the entirety of the human race and manifests in countless ways. If that sounds vague, it’s because it is. It’s the inciting instinct that has manifested everything from dad jokes to the whole of civilization and, given the right circumstances, it can snowball into something sometimes unexpected. That seems to be the case of Nowhere Club, the Halifax-based collective who have released “Broadcasts from Nowhere,” the tip-of-the-iceberg compilation album representing something vast and nebulous that defies description. Continue reading New Music: Nowhere Club’s Nebulous, Collaborative Compilation/Amusement Park ‘Broadcasts From Nowhere’ Defies Definition

New Music: Cyrus R.O. Gets Experimental with New Album ‘DECONVOLUTION’

Halifax’s Cyrus R.O.’s new solo album is deliciously weird. Eclectically esoteric and mathematically-inspired, DECONVOLUTION is a look into Cyrus’ own style and the workings of his mind outside the more familiar context of Halifax rockers Dali Van Gogh. Continue reading New Music: Cyrus R.O. Gets Experimental with New Album ‘DECONVOLUTION’

New Music: Norma MacDonald Balances Nostalgia and Hope on ‘Old Future’

During a year where so much is happening so fast, opening an album with a track called “Temperamental Year” seems comically fitting. Norma MacDonald’s newest album Old Future does just that, but rather than focusing on our tumultuous present, MacDonald instead both reminisces the past and ponders the future. Continue reading New Music: Norma MacDonald Balances Nostalgia and Hope on ‘Old Future’