Nick Earle is a rebel without a cause. “Make a Change,” the second single to come from Earle and his band & The Reckless Hearts, is a rallying cry, a call to arms, a fire under your ass, for whatever…. It’s the Choose Your Own Adventure of anthems. Pick a cause and get at ‘er. Continue reading Single: Nick Earle & The Reckless Hearts Want You to Giv’r for Whatev’r with ‘Make a Change’
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Music Video: The Trews Release an Isolation Video for ‘God Speed Rebel’
The Trews might be in isolation like the rest of us, but that’s not enough to keep them from releasing new music. Well ahead of the curve for live-streaming, with the bandmates each having performed their own solo streams, the next step was obviously an isolation-collaboration on their new single “God Speed Rebel.” Continue reading Music Video: The Trews Release an Isolation Video for ‘God Speed Rebel’
The Nova Scotia Kitchen Party That Took Over Facebook
The world is a very different place from what it was just a month ago. COVID-19 has run amok with our social calendars, and the first casualty of the virus was just about every concert and festival planned for the foreseeable future. Not everyone was prepared to take to their isolation in silence. A group of Nova Scotians were determined to have their party, kitchen or no kitchen, and the result has turned into one of the largest celebrations of East Coast music to be found anywhere. Continue reading The Nova Scotia Kitchen Party That Took Over Facebook
New Music: Elephant Skeletons Bring Us to Whole New Worlds With ‘Sleep’
Twenty-four hours ago, in the far, far away galaxy of Halifax, Nova Scotia, the latest album from psychedelic electronica guru Elephant Skeletons was conceived in a UFO somewhere above Peggy’s Cove. The end result, Sleep, was beamed down onto our doorstep before immediately ejecting itself from its pod, after which it attempted communication with us in each of its six different languages. Given that we’re neither xenobiologists nor xenolinguists, all we know for sure is that the sounds this album makes are not of this world, but as connoisseurs of the arts, we can readily identify these sounds as a very trippy and most-excellent experience. Continue reading New Music: Elephant Skeletons Bring Us to Whole New Worlds With ‘Sleep’
Single: Michael S. Ryan Heads Deep Into Melancholy on ‘Lightning’
Eight months into his “Song a Month” series, Michael S. Ryan, aka approximately one half of The Town Heroes, has released “Lightning,” a song so sad that it advocates for Russian novels as romantic guides. Continue reading Single: Michael S. Ryan Heads Deep Into Melancholy on ‘Lightning’