Songwriter and poet Tyler Hache eyes up an eternity through the perspective of a writer with his latest single “For Now and Forever.” It’s a romantic view of a relationship that is just laying out its foundations, but with a confident surety whose only obstacle is a finite amount of time. Continue reading Tyler Hache Specializes in Poetry but Dabbles in Eternity on ‘For Now and Forever’
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Book Buddies Get Critical of Social Media on ‘Dream Girl’
Dartmouth’s Book Buddies have put their second single out into the world, flung far and wide across the internet, with a simple message: social media is kind of awful.
“Dream Girl” takes a good critical look at the constant barrage of negative impacts we enduring, one post at a time, in our ceaseless quest for keeping up with our digital Joneses. Continue reading Book Buddies Get Critical of Social Media on ‘Dream Girl’
The Trews Announce Their Seventh Album with New Single ‘The Wanderer’
No one has been more eager to hit the road than Antigonish-expats The Trews. While many bands released music over the last year and a year that lamented their woeful circumstances, the loss of their livelihood, the lack of live audiences, and languishing without being able to do what they love most, few did it on the same scale as The Trews did with their single “I Wanna Play” — though they did get to play to a max capacity arena at the time (read: empty).
According to the band, this lackluster period of our lives has not been without a silver lining. It’s been the percolator that’s brought their newly announced seventh studio album to a boil, simultaneously bringing about a bizarre source of inspiration while stripping them of all distraction. The album’s title track, “The Wanderer” was released today. Continue reading The Trews Announce Their Seventh Album with New Single ‘The Wanderer’
Vinyl is the Medium of Choice for Mike Trask’s ‘TV Dinner’
TV Dinner is the high-water mark of Mike Trask’s musical career. Which isn’t to say that his latest full-length album has shown us Trask’s final form—every time he has released an album, we’ve consistently had to ask ourselves if this new and bizarre manifestation is peak Trask and he continually shows us that there is still more behind the curtain—rather, he’s arrived exactly where he’s meant to be all this time: on vinyl. Continue reading Vinyl is the Medium of Choice for Mike Trask’s ‘TV Dinner’
Moira & Claire’s ‘South Shore’ Might Mean Summer Fun for Us, but It’s a Bittersweet Single for Them
Moira & Claire have hit the ground running for tourism season with a musical itinerary for your trip to Nova Scotia. Their latest single, “South Shore,” is a bubbly little bundle of fun that screams summer and is perfectly tailored to fit into the next commercial for Tourism Nova Scotia. They’re pretty much set to be the Tomato/Tomato of Lunenburg. Continue reading Moira & Claire’s ‘South Shore’ Might Mean Summer Fun for Us, but It’s a Bittersweet Single for Them