Quality Block Party is no ordinary festival: it’s something Saint John has needed for a long time. The city has been nursing its fair share of underground music and art for years, it just needed someone who was willing to take a chance on it. Continue reading Quality Block Party: Bleedin’ Saint John
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New Music: Mary Beth Carty’s ‘Les Biens-Nommés’
Mary Beth Carty (formerly of Bette and Wallet), recently released her debt album ‘Les Biens-Nommés‘ and she might not be just launching a solo career, but pushing herself into the forefront of the next big genre. Continue reading New Music: Mary Beth Carty’s ‘Les Biens-Nommés’
Music Video: Rosewood Annie’s ‘Vices’
Halifax based post-hardcore outfit Rosewood Annie have just released a music video for ‘Vices’, the lead single for their upcoming album ‘To Whom it may Concern’; and in the proud tradition of punk music videos it is gloriously dumb. Continue reading Music Video: Rosewood Annie’s ‘Vices’
Music Video: Carmel Mikol Releases ‘Hold’
Some songs are made for radio. They’re just catchy enough that you can bury anything in there and people will happily sing along to them. Make it uplifting, and they’ll belt it out righteously in their car. Carmel Mikol released the video for ‘Hold’ from her new album ‘Daughter Of A Working Man’ today, and the only way we’re going to find out if it’s an anthem is to sing it together. Continue reading Music Video: Carmel Mikol Releases ‘Hold’
Music Video: Maxim Cormier Covers Bach’s Prelude for Lute BWV 999
In Maxim Cormier’s new video release today his cover of Bach’s Prelude for Lute BWV 999 is both haunting and uplifting. If the opening scene showing vibrant blues, greens, and orange as natural light streams through stained glass in a place of worship, proceeding to Cormier’s outline, his face illuminated by the colour filtered light, isn’t enough to get you shouting hallelujah, then what follows certainly will. Continue reading Music Video: Maxim Cormier Covers Bach’s Prelude for Lute BWV 999