The music industry may have taken a proverbial arrow to the knee this year, causing everyone involved to rethink their career paths. Some musicians are eager to pivot and capitalize on our new reality, others are prepared to pack it in, and Michael S. Ryan is preparing to weather the storm. The latest in his series of monthly singles, “This Way” is an ode to “believing in the path you’re on, inspiration, and the thing inside us all that motivates us to do what we do.” Continue reading Single: Michael S. Ryan’s Decade Old Song About His Last Career Setback, ‘This Way’
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Music Video: Beauts Return to a World We May Never See Again on ‘Shut In’
Beauts ask a big question with the release of their brand new video for “Shut In”: Do you remember fun? Taken from the release of their debut full-length album, the song has proven to be somewhat prescient. Continue reading Music Video: Beauts Return to a World We May Never See Again on ‘Shut In’
New Music: Halifax’s Quiet Parade Skew Pop-Rock With ‘The Will to Weather the Storm’
Halifax’s pop-rockers Quiet Parade have not been staying quiet with the release of their new album The Will to Weather The Storm. Some changes have come along with this record which have shifted the band from their former folk-rocker portrayal to what we now hear as their new pop-rock identity – and it’s good! Continue reading New Music: Halifax’s Quiet Parade Skew Pop-Rock With ‘The Will to Weather the Storm’
Music Video: Wordburglar Describes the Universal Constant of ‘Your Friend’s Brother’
When Wordburglar brings up “Your Friend’s Brother” there’s a good chance that you know exactly who he is talking about. The song might even be further evidence that the universe is nothing more than a poorly scripted simulation filled with cookie-cutter NPCs and recurring tropes. At least Wordburglar’s description of this character is charmingly familiar, even if it does sound like they were pulled directly from the packaging of a Garbage Pail Kid and given a decade or so to grow sweet retail. Continue reading Music Video: Wordburglar Describes the Universal Constant of ‘Your Friend’s Brother’
New Music: Jon McKiel’s ‘Bobby Joe Hope’ Provides Hope for East Coast Art-Pop
Jon McKiel has given us greater cause to revoke his status as Atlantic Canada’s best-kept secret with his latest album, Bobby Joe Hope. An ambitious psychedelic record, Bobby Joe Hope, steps well beyond hand-holding, or even aligning itself all that closely to genre or style, instead, McKiel masterfully manipulates wild elements into producing a projection of mode and mood. Continue reading New Music: Jon McKiel’s ‘Bobby Joe Hope’ Provides Hope for East Coast Art-Pop