Fredericton rock ensemble Free To Grow have dropped a brand new EP, Miracle. The independently-released album is dedicated to Bruce Hughes, a musician and active supporter of the East Coast music scene who survived a series of strokes in May 2017, dubbed by his nurses as a “miracle man.” Continue reading New Music: Fredericton’s Free To Grow Details the Medical Marvel of Bruce Hughes with ‘Miracle’
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New Music: The Saint John String Quartet Take on the Country’s Biggest Songs with ‘Canadian Hits: Unplugged’
It’s no small task putting your own mark on the canon of CanCon, but the Saint John String Quartet have stepped up to the challenge. Their newest album, Canadian Hits: Unplugged, has the Quartet working with Rebecca Pellett to make their own instrumental arrangements of some of the biggest songs the country has ever turned out. The question is: can they really improve on the original? Continue reading New Music: The Saint John String Quartet Take on the Country’s Biggest Songs with ‘Canadian Hits: Unplugged’
New Music: Kral Majales Dreamily Reflect on Youth with ‘Belief in Beauty’
Dream pop rockers Kral Majales have just teased us with the four-track EP, “Belief In Beauty.” The EP is the first of three such releases that the band have planned to put out this year, so they aren’t leaving the studio (AKA “Zach Mazurkiewicz’ place by Cam Corey & Marshall’s house”) anytime soon. Continue reading New Music: Kral Majales Dreamily Reflect on Youth with ‘Belief in Beauty’
Single: Shotgun Jimmie Asks If We Could Maybe Be ‘Cool All the Time’
Adopted Sackvillian sweetheart, Shotgun Jimmie is returning with a follow up to his Polaris Prize-long listed 2011 album, Transistor Sister, without staying too far from the mould. The new album, appropriately enough, is titled Transistor Sister 2, which might suggest Jimmie is once again taking aim at a Polaris Prize, while also setting some lofty goals with the first single: “Cool All The Time.” Continue reading Single: Shotgun Jimmie Asks If We Could Maybe Be ‘Cool All the Time’
Future Forest Prepared for Another Otherworldly Experience – Announce Full 2019 Lineup
Future Forest, the only natural conclusion for two consecutive decades of re-watching Hook on VHS, have just announced their 2019 lineup along with the release of their poster. The EDM (and all genres contained therein) festival features more than 140 artists, is located on 200 acres of forest in Ripples, New Brunswick forty-five minutes outside of Fredericton, and it all takes place between July 26 – 29, 2019. Continue reading Future Forest Prepared for Another Otherworldly Experience – Announce Full 2019 Lineup