TV Wife describes the recording of their debut EP as being “like one of those friendships that you tried really hard to foster until finally, some months later, you look back and think, ‘What the hell did I even see in that person?'” After hearing the wacky weirdness of Indoor Kids, one gets a sense of what they mean by this. Continue reading TV Wife Soundtracks Everybody’s Self-Isolation on ‘Indoor Kids’
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Inn Echo Gives Us Hope for Spring to Return on ‘Winter’s End’
While the members of Charlottetown-based Inn Echo come together from all over the world – concertina player Gormlaith Maynes from Ireland, fiddler Karson McKeown from Ottawa, guitarist Tom Gammons from Montana, cellist/ fiddler Tuli Porcher from Victoria – their traditional folk sound on Winter’s End feels right at home on the east coast. Continue reading Inn Echo Gives Us Hope for Spring to Return on ‘Winter’s End’
Meg Warren Blows the Doors Off with Solo Debut ‘A Thousand Ways’
The end of a year can bring about a bit of a stupor; the holidays are imminent, things are coming to a close, and releases are winding down. Sometimes it can take something meteoric to jolt you awake, your attention completely grabbed, the frigid time of year meaningless. That time is right now with Meg Warren’s debut solo EP A Thousand Ways. An alt-pop astonishment coming eight years after the singer’s tenure with her band Repartee, A Thousand Ways is immediate proof that Warren stands strong on her own two feet. Continue reading Meg Warren Blows the Doors Off with Solo Debut ‘A Thousand Ways’
Joel Plaskett Gathers Friends and Musicians for a Live Off the Floor Recording of ‘A Benefit 4 Dreamland’
Joel Plaskett’s latest project, 44, has proven to be the album that just keeps on giving. The massive celebration of his life’s work, not to mention a reflection on the corresponding number of years he’s spent on the planet, has provided no shortage of material, resulting in a Polaris Prize long-listed 11-song quadruple album.
Naturally, he didn’t go it alone. At times, he brought in an absolutely unfathomable number of musicians to perform on the album, including his recently released live-off-the-floor video for the album’s final song, “A Benefit 4 Dreamland.” Continue reading Joel Plaskett Gathers Friends and Musicians for a Live Off the Floor Recording of ‘A Benefit 4 Dreamland’
Sleepy Kicks Are All Charm on Debut EP ‘Hard Left’
The debut EP from Halifax “indieboi” four-piece Sleepy Kicks is packed with just as much charm as you might expect if you’re familiar with their online presence—from claiming beginnings through a blood oath to listing “jorts” as an official band component (contributed by Braden Kamermans, if you were curious). Continue reading Sleepy Kicks Are All Charm on Debut EP ‘Hard Left’