Despite already teasing a fresh single for the new year, Halifax’s Nathaniel Cole didn’t waste the opportunity to surprise us with a little Christmas magic this morning. While “Spend It Right” sounds like the sort of tune you’d listen to while celebrating the holidays aboard a G8, the message is decidedly one of an anti-capitalist nature, with Cole reminding us that the best gift we can give over the holidays is our time. Continue reading Single: Nathaniel Cole Wants You to Take Time This Christmas to ‘Spend It Right’
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New Music: Golden Cinema Bring Sunshine to a Cold Day With ‘Peachy Keen’
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’
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’
Single: Brandon Howard Roy Catapults Into the Pop Spotlight With Debut ‘Little Reasons’
“Little Reasons,” the debut single from Charlottetown’s Brandon Howard Roy, has more polish on it than any debut single has a right to. Absolutely resplendent in pop glory, the single is an ominous harbinger of dance parties to come. Continue reading Single: Brandon Howard Roy Catapults Into the Pop Spotlight With Debut ‘Little Reasons’