It’s fitting that Adam Baxter chose home and family as the theme for his latest album, ‘Domestic.’ Aside from the obvious lyrical themes, the sound itself is warm and encouraging, reminding one of times spent with family around a fire or kitchen table. Continue reading New Music: Adam Baxter Brings Us Home With Latest Album ‘Domestic’
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New Music: The Town Heroes Explore New Territory in ‘Everything…’
Halifax band The Town Heroes have released their fourth album, Everything (will be fine when we get to where we think we’re going). Taking on a quieter tone than their previous three, Everything still features The Town Heroes’ signature sound and catchy style but comes at it from a new angle. Continue reading New Music: The Town Heroes Explore New Territory in ‘Everything…’
New Music: Harley Alexander’s ‘Woof’ is Whimsical and Delicate
Woof, the latest effort by Harley Alexander, operates with a laid-back ease that ebbs, jerks and flows through itself with all the breeze and innate topicality of a summer evening. It swings from oddball psychedelia to opaque lo-fi and stirring bedroom pop, jangling with occasional bursts of vocal exuberance and electric flourish. Continue reading New Music: Harley Alexander’s ‘Woof’ is Whimsical and Delicate
New Music: Campbell & Green Explore the Spectrum of Life in ‘On Being Human’
Nova Scotia duo Campbell & Green have released their latest album, On Being Human. Inspired by their tours across Europe, Canada and the human experience itself, the folk posse of Robert Campbell and Cailin Green address life’s highs, lows and everything in between. Continue reading New Music: Campbell & Green Explore the Spectrum of Life in ‘On Being Human’
New Music: The Galpines Offer Bad Behaviour and Good Tunes on ‘Sorry Mom’
If great art is produced through authenticity and relatability, then The Galpines are the great troubadours of our time. Their music rings out with a peel of honesty as a true zeitgeist of our generation. Unsurprisingly, I could hardly listen to Sorry Mom, their appropriately titled full-length album, while my own mother was within earshot. Continue reading New Music: The Galpines Offer Bad Behaviour and Good Tunes on ‘Sorry Mom’