“The deepest hole could swallow me until I’m gone and spit me out.” The line is just about the most 2020 thing you’d expect to hear from a band thriving on a 2002 sound.

2017 Maritime Metal and Hard Rock Festival’s battle of the bands winner, The Dead Minutes of South Shore, Nova Scotia, describe themselves as a “hard-hitting punch of hard rock music with the ominous textures of post-hardcore and alternative” reminiscent of Thrice, Fugazi or Russian Circles.

The band explains that they define their success by personal happiness, thriving on the love of music, the emotions it sparks and the memories that are created and restored. Given the state of things, however, it’s still understandable that their latest release is named “Sadness.” Continue reading Music Video: The Dead Minutes Feel Right at Home With ‘Sadness’ →

On February 29th, 2020, just two weeks before the nationwide quarantine lockdown, Andrew Waite performed to a sold-out room at the Mackenzie Theatre. Without knowing what was to come, the band planned to have the show recorded, and part of what was captured includes this beautiful cover of Curtis Mayfield’s “People Get Ready” featuring Joce Reyome, effectively commemorating some of the last properly live music that many people would see for months to come. Continue reading Music Video: Andrew Waite Takes on Curtis Mayfield With a Live Performance of ‘People Get Ready’ at The Mack →