Welcome to the end of July! Maybe it’s just because we’ve completely lost our perception of time over the last year and a half, but this month and this summer feel like they’ve flown past faster than they have any right to. It’s hard to believe that just thirty days ago we were releasing our staff picks for The Best Music of 2021 (So Far) and we’re already staring down the barrel of back-to-school supplies.
We managed to fit in a very full month’s worth of work, especially thanks to the help of a couple of new contributors: Dan Chamberlain and Steve MacIntyre. Hopefully, you’ll be hearing a lot more from them.
Here is everything we covered in July of 2021.
Features
The Best Music of 2021 (So Far)
July 1, 2021 – The East
The Burning Hell Break the Curse of Their Latest Album to Return to Work
July 15, 2021 – Alex Cook and David Yazbek
Castaway in Nova Scotia: Nat Osborn Tells His Story on ‘The Quarry Island Sessions’
July 29, 2021 – Steve MacIntyre
News
Kiwi Jr. Releases a ‘Cooler Returns’ Comic Book and Announce Tour Dates
July 16, 2021 – Alex Cook
Legendary Drummer Jerry Granelli Passes Away in Halifax Home at the Age of 80
July 20, 2021 – Paul Baker
Music Releases
Robbie Tucker Looks to Roy Orbison and The Beatles for ‘Nevermore’ and ‘Mr. Felix Del Tredici and the Time Machine’
July 3, 2021 – Alex Cook
Absolute Losers Work Through Anxiety and Turmoil on Debut Singles ‘Astray’ and ‘Coexist’
July 4, 2021 – Alex Cook
Joshua Carter Talks About Going Solo, The Future of Coyote, and His Debut Single ‘Under My Skin’
July 6, 2021 – Alex Cook
Gold Punks Release ‘Vega’ – An Epic 26-Minute-Long Space Odyssey Inspired by the Berlin School and the Film ‘Contact’
July 7, 2021 – Alex Cook
Adam Young Flips Through His Sonic ‘Yearbook’
July 8, 2021 – Brandon Lorimer
PINEO & LOEB Get Collaborative for ‘Daydreaming’ as They Prepare for Their Return to Festival Life
July 9, 2021 – Alex Cook
Andre Pettipas and The Giants Go All Out with Relentless Exuberance ‘No Fools No Fun’
July 9, 2021 – Alex Cook
When Breakups Become Songs – Clare Follett Releases ‘Now’
July 13, 2021 – Alex Cook
Shadow Folk Emerge with Psychedelic Sounds of the West Coast on ‘Contemplation’
July 13, 2021 – Alex Cook
Wade Tarling Offers an Ode to Sex and the City With His Take on ‘Adah’s Theme’
July 14, 2021 – Alex Cook
The Town Heroes Tease Their Come-of-Age Concept Album With Second Single ‘Queen’
July 16, 2021 – Alex Cook
waants Delivers Sunset Dance Floor Dreams on Debut ‘Love U Forever’
July 17, 2021 – Brandon Lorimer
Steve Macintyre Delivers Simple but Powerful Storytelling On Self-Titled EP
July 19, 2021 – Maggie McLean
Blue Lobelia Reconnects to Nature Through Motherhood on New Single ‘Holding On Must Always Lead to Letting Go’
July 20, 2021 – Alex Cook
Lizzie Loveless Gets Personal on a Health Crisis That Changed Her Career for New Single ‘The Joke’
July 21, 2021 – Alex Cook
The Vesuvius Big Band’s Debut Live Album is a Noir Eruption
July 22, 2021 – Brandon Lorimer
Campbell & Johnston’s ‘Black Market Band’ Ain’t Your Granddaddy’s Blues
July 22, 2021 – Steve MacIntyre
Daysick Debuts With ‘Retry’ and a Warning to Carpe Diem Before You’re Asking to Mulligan
July 23, 2021 – Alex Cook
Golden Cinema Release Sunny Debut LP ‘Reels (2016-2021)’
July 23, 2021 – Maggie McLean
Moira & Claire’s ‘South Shore’ Might Mean Summer Fun for Us, but It’s a Bittersweet Single for Them
July 23, 2021 – Alex Cook
Lazermortis Picks Up Where Ray Kurzweil Left Off With ‘Autonetic Afterlife’
July 27, 2021 – Charlotte Simmons
Juan O’Quinn’s ‘The Regiment’ Gives a History Lesson Disguised as a Folk Rock Song
July 27, 2021 – Steve MacIntyre
Vinyl is the Medium of Choice for Mike Trask’s ‘TV Dinner’
July 28, 2021 – Alex Cook
Tachichi’s ‘Gremmy Sip’ is the Perfect Album for an After Midnight Snack
July 28, 2021 – Matt Hayes
John Kennedy’s ‘Iapetus’ is the Soundtrack to an Eon
July 29, 2021 – Dan Chamberlain
Hot Mondy Delivers a Country Cinematic Experience on Their Debut EP
July 30, 2021 – Brett Huestis
Mo Kenney Strikes a Simple Yet Stunning Stance on ‘Covers’
July 30, 2021 – Matt Hayes
The Trews Announce Their Seventh Album with New Single ‘The Wanderer’
July 30, 2021 – Alex Cook
Book Buddies Get Critical of Social Media on ‘Dream Girl’
July 30, 2021 – Alex Cook
Tyler Hache Specializes in Poetry but Dabbles in Eternity on ‘For Now and Forever’
July 30, 2021 – Alex Cook
Music Videos
Juicebox Challenge the Status Quo on ‘VOMIT’ Beginning with Animal Consumption
July 5, 2021 – Alex Cook
Sleepy Kicks Get In Their Last Hurrah for Hard Left With ‘Neighbourhood Watch’
July 8, 2021 – Alex Cook
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