Keonté Beals is back with a new video that hammers home the idea that if you’re not going into 2021 as a more empathetic person you have wasted your year. “KING” frames stoicism as toxic masculinity, the weight of which can negatively impact anyone’s mental well-being, but as Beals explains, under societal pressures and rigid scrutiny as a black man it can become a lifelong prison. Continue reading Music Video: Keonté Beals Challenges Toxic Masculinity on ‘KING’
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Single: Mo Kenney Releases Heartfelt Version of 1952 Classic ‘You Belong to Me’
Back a year after her single release of “Ahead of Myself,” Mo Kenney is here with her subdued rendition of a heartfelt classic: “You Belong To Me.” Though the track differs slightly from her usual style, it still contains Kenney’s signature sound — but with an extra dose of softness and sweetness.
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Single: Dog Day Returns After Seven-Year Hiatus With ‘Hell on Earth’
Marking the end to their seven-year hiatus and ahead of their upcoming album, Present, Dog Day has released a shoegazey and hazy track to help us ride out the rest of the summer. “Hell on Earth” puts the pop in pop-punk but adds a lo-fi twist.
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Music Video: Jont Dances up a Lot of Positivity on ‘Surrounded by Love’
Jont knows his forte. The lanky Englishman, who has made Halifax, Nova Scotia his home, works fairly strictly in the medium of positive vibrations, often reinforced by unbridled bare-foot dancing. His latest video, “Surrounded by Love”, is a fine example of that and very likely the sort of musical catharsis the world could make use of at the moment. Continue reading Music Video: Jont Dances up a Lot of Positivity on ‘Surrounded by Love’
Music Video: Kestrels Pile on the Vintage Noise on ‘Vanishing Point’
Halifax “fuzz aficionados” Kestrels have released “Vanishing Point,” the second single from their upcoming album and a decades-removed descendant of Dinosaur Jr. Looking like something that came off of some late-night Much Music programming circa 1994, the track’s accompanying video has no shortage of colourful, blurred images and, best of all, cats. Continue reading Music Video: Kestrels Pile on the Vintage Noise on ‘Vanishing Point’