The debut album from Saint John-based Ladd & Lasses is what the term ‘musical journey’ was created for. There’s an epic quality to the swelling strings and soaring vocals that drive every song, each one feeling like the soundtrack to its own individual movie. Continue reading New Music: Ladd & Lasses Tug At Heartstrings With Debut Album ‘She Wanders’
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In Review: Next Folding Theatre Company’s Final Production, ‘Songs Of The Seer’
Next Folding Theatre Company presents ‘Songs of the Seer,’ a “creative collaboration” showcasing a world of intercontinental imagination. The play features two cultures at war with one another and their individual responses to conflict. It ultimately begs the question: do actions under duress constitute a place within the muddled dichotomy of good and evil? Continue reading In Review: Next Folding Theatre Company’s Final Production, ‘Songs Of The Seer’
11th Mile: Fredericton’s New Cocktail Bar And Restaurant Goes The Extra Distance
It is an understatement to say that cocktails are having a moment; they are, in fact, having a decade. With the return of classics, old favourites, and a train-load of new concoctions and ingredients, cocktails have not been this front and center of the Stained Wood stage since the weeks following prohibition.
Eager to meet that task, 11th Mile has thrown down quite the gauntlet in a city with its fair share of bars and mixers to work them. Continue reading 11th Mile: Fredericton’s New Cocktail Bar And Restaurant Goes The Extra Distance
Music Video: CHIPS ‘Modern Days’ Probably Won’t Be On The Next iPhone Commercial
Remember getting your first flip phone? It was probably so incomprehensibly advanced that you could store all your friend’s phone numbers in there, and if you were really lucky, you might have even be able to play snake on it. The postal service was alive and well, people still read books, and occasionally you got shuffled off from in front of the television if your parents thought you weren’t getting enough sunlight. Those were simpler times. “Modern Days,” the new video from Fredericton’s CHIPS, is not about those times. Continue reading Music Video: CHIPS ‘Modern Days’ Probably Won’t Be On The Next iPhone Commercial
Premiere: Sheik Release New Single ‘Alone In The Dark’
Saint John dream-pop trio Sheik have just released their first single since the departure of their bassist. Coincidently, “Alone In The Dark” is all about the challenges of a new relationship. Continue reading Premiere: Sheik Release New Single ‘Alone In The Dark’