There’s something magical about watching an accordion player in action. The rise and fall of the bellows seems to mimic the breathing of whoever’s holding it, working like one single entity. Perhaps this is why Kristen (Hatt) Lewis of The Lewinskies has experienced such personal growth when it came to learning to play the instrument. She hasn’t been playing the accordion for very long, but her connection to it stems back much further. Continue reading New Music: The Lewinskies on Zen Accordion and ‘Yesterday We Had Everything’
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Single: Sleepless Nights Get Woke With ‘Pink Popcorn’
East coast exports Sleepless Nights want to save future generations of musicians from foot-in-mouth disease with a little public service announcement in the form of a single. “Pink Popcorn” gets woke when it comes to loose language in lewd lyrics.A.A. Wallace, Sleepless Nights’ frontman, says that some rock classics are more than a little problematic in hindsight and, “Let’s not do that.”
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Premiere: The Muddle’s ‘Still Waiting On A Fix’ Combines Classic Hitters With Contemporary Hits
They say the key to creating great music is to take two steps to the left of whatever you’re familiar with. Our brains, the nifty little pattern recognizers they are, just gush with nostalgia-fuelled dopamine over the pop music of your formative years. Now imagine if you were to toss all that music into a blender and compress whatever came back out into an album. What you’d end up with is The Muddle and their debut album, Still Waiting on a Fix. Continue reading Premiere: The Muddle’s ‘Still Waiting On A Fix’ Combines Classic Hitters With Contemporary Hits
Exclusive Premiere: Steele Fox – Halifax Musicians pair up for pair of Singles ‘My Church/Consequences’
Two members of Halifax’s Matt Steele & The Corvette Sunset have teamed up for a twist. As they say, “Punks don’t grow old, they go country.” Matt Steele and Devin Fox, known collectively as Steele Fox are debuting with a pair of singles that lean hard into a classic twang. Their first release is a double A-side single, “My Church is at the Bottom of this Bottle”/”Consequences.” Continue reading Exclusive Premiere: Steele Fox – Halifax Musicians pair up for pair of Singles ‘My Church/Consequences’
Music Video: The Trews Capture the Energy of their Live Shows with ‘Vintage Love’
The Trews, those princes of Antigonish, those kings of Nova Scotia, have released a brand new video for their single “Vintage Love” from their latest album and perpetual dance party, Civilianaires. The video captures the band’s shows at The Rec Room, The Kee to Bala, The CNE, and Hard Luck in and around Toronto this summer, casually setting a new high water mark for performance videos. Continue reading Music Video: The Trews Capture the Energy of their Live Shows with ‘Vintage Love’