Tag Archives: Album Review

New Music: Botfly Show Us a Softer Side With New Ep ‘At Home With Alex’

Halifax hardcore trio Botfly has decided to go… well, a little less hardcore for their newest EP At Home With Alex. This is not a permanent change in direction for the band, only a stripped-down view into their minds in the current state of the world. Continue reading New Music: Botfly Show Us a Softer Side With New Ep ‘At Home With Alex’ →

Corey Isenor Doesn’t Care What You Think

Corey Isenor doesn’t care what you think. The Halifax-based musician doesn’t care about professional musicianship or the music industry. He doesn’t care if you read this article and he doesn’t care if you have heard his record Absinthe & Smoke before. We at The East care because we think Corey Isenor is one of the best songwriters in Atlantic Canada. Continue reading Corey Isenor Doesn’t Care What You Think →

New Music: Dylan Menzie’s ‘Lost in Dreams’ is Definitely a Dylan Menzie Album

Dylan Menzie, the folk powerhouse of Prince Edward Island, has returned in style with Lost in Dreams, a 10-track extravaganza. The album is incredibly multi-faceted, with Menzie electing to release it in three separate parts, each one focusing on one of Menzie’s many styles. With a solid quantity of the artist’s top-notch style and the presence of some experimentation, there’s plenty to unpack here; most of it fantastic. Continue reading New Music: Dylan Menzie’s ‘Lost in Dreams’ is Definitely a Dylan Menzie Album →

New Music: Joel Plaskett Releases Four-Album Mega Project with ’44’

If it’s taken you this long to fully digest Joel Plaskett’s latest offering, you’d be excused. 44 is Plaskett’s most ambitious project to date, a collection of four full albums released just before his 45th birthday – Carried Away, Just Passing Through, If There’s Another Road, and The Window Inn. The project serves as a spiritual successor to Three, a similar release by Plaskett in 2009 which consisted of three albums. Continue reading New Music: Joel Plaskett Releases Four-Album Mega Project with ’44’ →