With only three tracks, power-pop trio Golden Cinema doesn’t have a lot of time to make an impression on their latest EP. That certainly doesn’t stop them. Peachy Keen brings a blast of warmth to the otherwise cold and dreary conclusion to the decade. The tracks are coated in a haze of sunlight, with bright hooks and melodies that leave spirits high. Continue reading New Music: Golden Cinema Bring Sunshine to a Cold Day With ‘Peachy Keen’
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New Music: Juicebox Debuts With Gloriously Stupid ‘Wasted Youth’
You could say that the debut album from Juicebox is about twenty-five years too late, but if you’re already determined never to grow up then Wasted Youth is always on time. Despite the 2019 release date, the album feels like it walked out of the pinnacle of the power pop era – able to hold their own against the likes of Wheatus, Weezer, Ween, and presumably other such bands of a similarly alliterative nature. Continue reading New Music: Juicebox Debuts With Gloriously Stupid ‘Wasted Youth’
New Music: Hemineglect Highlight Creativity on ‘In Media Res’
There is a lot to like about In Media Res, the latest effort from Halifax art-rockers Hemineglect. What we have here is an interesting rock record featuring some truly great drumming and creative instrument interplay, ultimately held back by a handful of choices and limitations. Continue reading New Music: Hemineglect Highlight Creativity on ‘In Media Res’
New Music: Frantically Atlantic Celebrate Atlantic Culture with ‘Maggie In The Woods’
The folk duo of Frantically Atlantic boast of the immense number of environments they’ve found themselves performing in; kitchens, barns, churches, gardens – even movable venues like trains and escalators. It would be easier to list the places their veritable armory of instruments hasn’t been lugged to. It’s a versatility that lends itself to the tracks of their sophomore album, Maggie In The Woods. With such traditional, beloved songs in their arsenal, it’s only natural a sense of familiarity would form. Listening to them play feels like coming home to something reliable and warm. Continue reading New Music: Frantically Atlantic Celebrate Atlantic Culture with ‘Maggie In The Woods’
New Music: Còig’s ‘Carols Too’ Deftly Balances Christmas Classics and Creativity
Now that we are safely into the socially acceptable timeframe for blasting Christmas carols at any hour or in nearly any context, it’s only a matter of what we’re going to listen to. Cape Breton’s award-winning quartet, Còig put the trad in your traditional Christmas tunes and spruce up a few contemporary non-canonicals with their new holiday album Carols Too. Continue reading New Music: Còig’s ‘Carols Too’ Deftly Balances Christmas Classics and Creativity