The average volume of a human tear is something like 6.2 microlitres, which, scientifically speaking, is very very small. It would take the entire population of Halifax to each cry 5,794,024 tears to fill an Olympic swimming pool, never mind—as Justin Timberlake has suggested—an entire river.

Pillow Fite, the up-and-coming queer folk-pop duo of Art Ross and Aaron Green come close though, at least with the help of director Loren Baldwin and animator Shannon Long. The new video for “Alkali” has the band quickly succumbing to the depths of their own despair, finding themselves immersed in a room of Ross’s (animated) tears. Continue reading Pillow Fite Succumb to the Depths of Their Own Despair on ‘Alkali’ →

Award-winning songwriter and performer, Ian Sherwood is coming to terms with his own colonial roots and inviting us to do the same with his latest single. “Taking Your Land” is Sherwood opening up a conversation about our collective role in our shared past and future, particularly as a nation. Continue reading Ian Sherwood Opens Up the Conversation on Reconciliation With ‘Taking Your Land’ →

“So come what may” sings Malia Rogers on her latest single, “Family Song”. Despite its shared sentiment, it’s a little more mournful than “Que Sera Sera” but that was a song full of hope and expectation. Instead, “Family Song” is about appreciation and resilience, particularly in the face of the inevitable. Continue reading Malia Rogers’ New ‘Family Song’ Shows How Love Isn’t Diminished Simply Through Absence →