Music often imitates life: within a melody of a flute can be heard the song of a bird, orchestral arrangements can capture the fury of a storm, jazz can mimic all the complexities of bustling urban life. Rather than simply mimic life, Aaron Collier’s new piece goes a step further by allowing life itself to take on the mantel of composer. Continue reading Aaron Collier Hides Disturbing Truths in Stats Rock Single ‘2014’
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June Body’s ‘Never Here For Long’ is an Act of Catharsis That Doesn’t Pull Any Punches
At the moment, there’s an inherent problem with releasing an album with even the faintest whiff of emo lament to it: it will, inevitably, be seen and measured through the lens of our dystopian present. Every track will be shoehorned into the context of a world disaster and the whole thing cheapened for being so overly apropos.
Where Never Here For Long, the new album from June Body, may have been shaped by those events and the weight that comes with them, it stands as a testament to the band’s ability to persevere through those challenges and deserves to be remembered for that, rather than despite those reasons. Continue reading June Body’s ‘Never Here For Long’ is an Act of Catharsis That Doesn’t Pull Any Punches
Melonvine Take to the Seas for ‘Sail Away’
Melonvine has taken to the seas to become the T-Pain of the Martimes. It’s not quite a yacht they’ve commandeered, nor is the speed anything even approaching blistering, but they are most definitely afloat and in the correct state of mind for such nautical adventures. “Sail Away” sees the band raising the bar once again with their latest single. Continue reading Melonvine Take to the Seas for ‘Sail Away’
PINEO & LOEB Go For a ‘Good Vibe Feeling’ on the Streets of Los Angeles
With another Summer festival season turning out to be a bit of a bust, PINEO & LOEB have done us all the kind favour of extending the dance party well into the fall with a genre-bending track “Good Vibe Feeling,” featuring rapper FUEG and saxophonist Ellie Sax. Continue reading PINEO & LOEB Go For a ‘Good Vibe Feeling’ on the Streets of Los Angeles
Kill Chicago Cover a Lot of Bases on ‘The Rest’ But It’s Their Quiet Moments That Really Shine
When Fredericton’s Kill Chicago released their album The Fix in 2019, it came with the assumption that the band had solidified their sound with their sophomore effort. Today, with the release of Kill Chicago’s new EP, The Rest, we now know that The Fix was just easing us in. Continue reading Kill Chicago Cover a Lot of Bases on ‘The Rest’ But It’s Their Quiet Moments That Really Shine