Since the dawn of the music industry it has been declared that June would be a month of singles being released just in time to hype music festivals and tours. Uncoincidently, it also corresponds to the spawning of a sufficient number of mosquitos to dampen any enthusiasm for the former. This is a necessary step in the circle of life: music festivals beget mosquitos, which in turn travel up the food chain until your heart gets broken in the fourth grade, leaving a void that can only be filled through a lifelong addiction to music. Thus, the cycle is completed.
Famously, science has proven that soda exists independently of this cycle, and yet arrives at the same results, but at least no one gets hurt. Life is a curious thing.
Here’s everything we saw in June, 2019.
Music News
OBEY Convention Forced to Rebrand
June 2, 2019 by Caitlin Dutt
Future Forest Prepared for Another Otherworldly Experience – Announce Full 2019 Lineup
June 10, 2019 by The East
Halifax Urban Folk Festival Announce First Wave of 2019 Lineup – Includes Matthew Sweet, Damhnait Doyle & More
June 13, 2019 by Sarah Hellingwerf
Halifax Jazz Festival Announce Full 2019 Lineup – Includes Sheila E, The Barr Brothers and More
June 15, 2019 by Sarah Hellingwerf
Polaris Music Prize: Wintersleep & Tim Baker Make 2019 Long List
June 20, 2019 by Alex Cook
Deep Roots Music Festival Emphasizes Mental Health for 2019 – Announce Lineup
June 26, 2019 by Alex Cook
Granted: A New Podcast on Music and Money from Krista Keough and Producer John Mullane
June 27, 2019 by Alex Cook
Music Releases
Single: Go, Homeboy! Hippie Turns Hip Hop With ‘A Beautiful Thing’
June 2, 2019 by Sarah Hellingwerf
New Music: Prism Shores Debut with ‘Youth In Abstract’
June 4, 2019 by Charlotte Simmons
New Music: A.J.H. Gillis & The Delusions of Grandeur Release Sister Project ‘If You Can’t Join ‘Em, Beat ‘Em’
June 5, 2019 by Maggie McLean
New Music: Jont Offers Existential Wisdom on ‘Gentle Warrior’
June 5, 2019 by Alex Cook
Single: Chris Kirby Gets Into Some Delicious Wordplay on ‘Pot of Gold’
June 7, 2019 by Alex Cook
Single: Rosemary Lawton Gets Progressive à la 1831 with ‘A Man In Love’
June 7, 2019 by Alex Cook
New Music: LAPS Break The Formula With ‘Soon Not Often In It’
June 8 , 2019 by Charlotte Simmons
Single: Liam Corcoran Gets Grungy on ‘I’m A Wreck’
June 10, 2019 by Vincent Brazil
New Music: Superfluid Collective Emphasize the Human Condition on ‘Drop’
June 11, 2019 by Heidi-Lyn O’Connor
New Music: The Beautiful Sounds of Steven Bowers’ ‘Elk Island Park’
June 12, 2019 by Maggie McLean
Single: Dennis Ellsworth Leaps to New Levels of Dedication With ‘Whatever You Want’
June 13, 2019 by Alex Cook
Single: Blue Lobelia Heads to the Other Side for ‘Above the Canopy’
June 13, 2019 by Alex Cook
Single: Dave Sampson Teases New Album as he Revisits ‘Trouble’
June 14, 2019 by Alex Cook
Single: Shotgun Jimmie Asks If We Could Maybe Be ‘Cool All the Time’
June 15, 2019 by Alex Cook
Single: Rawlins Cross Celebrates 30 Years With New Album and ‘Love Comes Around the Corner’
June 21, 2019 by Alex Cook
Single: Paper Lions get Adventurous with ‘Rhythm and Gold’
June 22, 2019 by Heidi-Lyn O’Connor
Single: Corey Isenor Laments Lost Time on ‘The Long Way Home’
June 22, 2019 by Heidi-Lyn O’Connor
New Music: Tara MacLean Gets Moody and Digs ‘Deeper’
June 22, 2019 by Maggie McLean
New Music: Nick Earle Takes First Steps on Solo Career With ‘Breaking New Ground’
June 27, 2019 by Camilo-Villamizar
Single: Bridget & Dahlia Resurrect the Bones of Folk with ‘Hide’
June 27, 2019 by Alex Cook
Single: Alexander and the Great Ones Owns up to ‘A Love Letter to Alan Smithee’
June 28, 2019 by Alex Cook
Single: The Stanfields Break Out the Kazoos for ‘Rules Have All The Fun’
June 28, 2019 by Heidi-Lyn O’Connor
Music Video: Daughter of the Moon Turns Failed Romance Into Freedom With ‘Casanova’
June 30, 2019 by Alex Cook
Video Releases
Music Video: Smaller Hearts Find Excitement in the Mundane with ‘Circuitry’
June 5, 2019 by Alex Cook
Premiere: Cyrus R.O. Quartet Offer a PSA of Sorts With ‘Space Flunky’
June 6, 2019 by Alex Cook
Music Video: Sound, Words, and Colour Meet in Michael S. Ryan’s ‘John Coffey’
June 14, 2019 by Camilo Villamizar
Music Video: Pineo & Loeb Have Been Toying With ‘Circles FT. Kayo’
June 14, 2019 by Alex Cook
Music Video: Fungus Hit a Psychedelic Surf Beat with ‘Waterboy’
June 15, 2019 by Alex Cook
Music Video: Vince the Messenger Leaves No Gray Area With ‘Blacked Out’
June 19, 2019 by Sarah Hellingwerf
Premiere: June Body go Incorporeal for ‘River Never Runs Dry’
June 21, 2019 by Alex Cook
Premiere: PINEO & LOEB Cover Arcade Fire’s ‘The Suburbs’ Ft. Bowen
June 25, 2019 by Alex Cook
Music Video: Youngtree & The Blooms Revisit Their Mortality With ‘Dirt Party’
June 28, 2019 by Alex Cook
Theatre Reviews
In Review: Trummp The Musical Delivers #Fakenews at Halifax’s Neptune Theatre
June 21, 2019 by Sarah Hellingwerf
Theatre News
Imperial Theatre Announces Schedule for 26th Season
June 15, 2019 by Micaela Cockburn
The Bus Stop Theatre: Haven for Emerging Artists Finds Funds and Hope From City Council Commitment
June 20, 2019 by Caitlin Dutt
Festival Experiences
OBEY Convention 2019: The Ups, Downs, and All Arounds of Atlantic Canada’s Most Diverse Festival
June 12, 2019 by Sarah Hellingwerf
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OBEY Convention 2019
June 12, 2019 by Sarah Hellingwerf
The Bombadils – Dalhousie 2019
June 19, 2019 by Sarah Hellingwerf
Backlot Bash 2019
June 19, 2019 by Sarah Hellingwerf