Andre Pettipas & The Giants are just on the edge of recording their sophomore album. But before they get around to laying down some fresh tracks, they’ve polished us one of their old chestnuts and announced a string of dates. Here’s “Break,” featuring Natalie Lynn. Continue reading Single: Andre Pettipas & The Giants Announce String of Dates with ‘Break’ feat. Natalie Lynn
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Big Turnips: Dartmouth Compilation Aims To Preserve Local Folksongs
It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Atlantic Canada has been punching well above its weight in the category of folk music. We’ve been topping nomination lists at the Canadian Folk Music Awards and now representing a whole ten percent of the performing artists at Folk Alliance International. Folk musicians fill an essential niche as documentarians to an entire subsection of our culture, but they’re also a curious lot. Colourful and naturally nomadic, they’re hard to pin down. Sometimes it takes a certain amount of wrangling to commit those songs to posterity, and like a modern-day Lomax, Dylan Jewers set out on a mission with Big Turnips: Vol 1, to capture Atlantic Canada’s folkscape. Continue reading Big Turnips: Dartmouth Compilation Aims To Preserve Local Folksongs
Single: Don Brownrigg Flips the Script on Break Ups with ‘Bad Timing’
Just a month and a half after the release of his single “Room for Me,” Halifax-based but Newfoundland-born artist Don Brownrigg has released “Bad Timing.” Picking up the pace, his new track flips the script of of the last, bringing Brownrigg‘s overarching theme of heartbreak full circle. Continue reading Single: Don Brownrigg Flips the Script on Break Ups with ‘Bad Timing’
Single: Wintersleep Pull No Punches In ‘Beneficiary’
Halifax indie rockers Wintersleep have dropped a brand new single, “Beneficiary,” in preparation for the release of their upcoming LP, In the Land Of. The Juno Award-winning band have brought us a sure-fire indie hit entailing how we as a society continue to benefit from the systemic oppression of Indigenous peoples. Continue reading Single: Wintersleep Pull No Punches In ‘Beneficiary’
Music Video: Neon Dreams Dance into Self-acceptance with ‘High School Dropout’
Riding on the wave of the newfound resolutions and optimism that come with a new year, Neon Dreams return with their new single, “High School Dropout.” Continue reading Music Video: Neon Dreams Dance into Self-acceptance with ‘High School Dropout’