Let’s call it a breakout album. The word ‘debut’ just doesn’t cut it for David In The Dark’s first full album,‘Fire’; it’s not sauntering about the room in an evening gown, it’s kicking down the doors . Continue reading New Music: David In The Dark Release ‘Fire’
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Updated: Harvest Jazz And Blues Announce Full Line-up
It is the early days of Spring. The ground has thawed, the birds have begun their persistent mating chortle, and likewise Maritimers have desperately adopted their summer plumage irrespective of the actual temperature. It is also the season of festival announcements; that great heralding of the days to come in which we shall crowd ourselves into tents, bars, and open fields to bathe in a sea of soundwaves and sloshed beer, our senses embracing a microcosm of experiences much as our faces embrace the warm, sticky shoulders of the stranger ahead of us. And so, like the first blossoms of Spring, Fredericton’s Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival have brought tidings of the season to come, teasing us with their line-up. Continue reading Updated: Harvest Jazz And Blues Announce Full Line-up
Exclusive: Folly Fest Announces 2016 Lineup
Folly Fest is three days of ‘getting down and dirty dancin’ in the dust’ alongside the Saint John River in beautiful little Gagetown. Well known for being the friendliest festival in the Maritimes, it’s unsurprisingly also one of the most popular with performers and festival-goers alike. Today we have the official announcement of who you can expect to find on stage. Continue reading Exclusive: Folly Fest Announces 2016 Lineup
James Mullinger Announces Biggest Comedy Show Ever
For those of you who weren’t in attendance last week, James Mullinger just beat out Jerry Seinfeld for ticket sales in an event that packed Saint John’s Harbour Station. As if that weren’t big enough, on the heels of that milestone, Mullinger has just announced what is being billed as ‘The Biggest Comedy Show Ever’. Continue reading James Mullinger Announces Biggest Comedy Show Ever
Wintersleep Show Us Amerika And The Future Of Trump
It’s been ten months. Ten everlasting months since Donald Trump first announced his campaign for the American Presidency, and worst of all, the bastard might actually win. He’s used fear, and racism, and misogyny to build a platform from which he can march across America’s collective id clear to the finish line. But it wasn’t ten months ago that we reached any sort of tipping point that set off this chain of events, or seventy years ago. It wasn’t two hundred years, or even two hundred thousand. We weren’t playing chicken with any ledge. We got here step by step, on our long journey back into the sea. We’ve been doomed from the beginning, but as some consolation we have the beauty of Wintersleep’s new video for ‘Amerika’ to remind us of our bittersweet impermanence. Continue reading Wintersleep Show Us Amerika And The Future Of Trump