If you’re planning on giving a listen to the debut LP from Nova Scotia-based Get Real!, you’ll probably want to pop a Red Bull first, because the energy is tough to compete with. Continue reading New Music: Get Real! Release Energetic Debut Album ‘Seasick Hotel’
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Single: Gianna Lauren Pens Her Angstiest Song Yet With ‘Spark’
Gianna Lauren is about to release a new EP, the curiously titled Vanity Metrics, and, like all albums created this year, in part it bears the weight of having been influenced by the events of 2020. For better or worse it’s a lot to unpack and Gianna Lauren’s first new single from the album, “Spark,” reflects that. The song centers around lyrics on social justice and the feelings of futility and frustration that will often arise when trying to champion causes much larger than ourselves. Continue reading Single: Gianna Lauren Pens Her Angstiest Song Yet With ‘Spark’
New Music: TWRP Achieves Singularity With ‘Over The Top’
Over The Top is the latest sonic hyper-jump by Halifax’s galactic immigrants TWRP. The record is a perfect collision of their unstoppable moment and the conventions of today. You will hear the expected vocoder party anthems, the slinky guitar/synth/bass riffs, and the driving beats, but this time it all comes blended perfectly with the sounds of modern ’80s pop and electro-funk revivalism.
Everything sounds bigger, cooler, better than ever — somehow more epic and more focused at the same time. The finely tuned pop numbers are sure to win big with the party crowd, while the astonishing musicianship on display and the sheer quality of the arrangements will have serious enthusiasts engaged for ages. I am comfortable calling this the definitive TWRP album. Continue reading New Music: TWRP Achieves Singularity With ‘Over The Top’
Music Video: Plural Show Polyrhythmic Proficiency on ‘Row Bought Lair’
Already known for impressively looping tasty guitar licks over some dangerous polyrhythms, Plural’s latest video shows off their skills with a live performance of their new single, “Row Bought Liar.” Continue reading Music Video: Plural Show Polyrhythmic Proficiency on ‘Row Bought Lair’
New Music: Rev Hank Crafts an Ode to Spaghetti Westerns with ‘El Camino De Los Muertos’
Ambition, when untethered from practicality, produces the kind of decadent artistic expression that I crave and the spaghetti western delivers. Rev Hank’s El Camino De Los Muertos is a gunslinger that chooses a strange and beautiful hill to die on, located in the Italian countryside, masquerading as the wild west. Continue reading New Music: Rev Hank Crafts an Ode to Spaghetti Westerns with ‘El Camino De Los Muertos’