All posts by Alex Cook

Jont Openheart Releases Single In Advance Of ‘An Old Innocence’

Despite the amount of music that passes across my desk, dance parties are few and far between around here. It’s just not the sort of thing we go in for all that often, and when they do happen it’s strictly an involuntary flailing of limbs. Jont & The Infinite Possibility have that quality of being infectiously dancy, and their new single is the stuff radio play dreams are made of. Continue reading Jont Openheart Releases Single In Advance Of ‘An Old Innocence’

Halifax Jazz Fest Announce Another Amazing Headliner

TD Halifax Jazz Festival made an announcement this morning about the lastest band to join their growing line-up. While Miles Davis has sadly been unavailable these last twenty-five years, his absence has opened opportunities for other acts to make headway on the jazz festival circuit, introducing brass fans to the likes of little known sensations Metric. Continue reading Halifax Jazz Fest Announce Another Amazing Headliner

The 8th Annual Feels Good Bonspiel

Feels Good, for those not in the know, is an art and music community. Which is a technically accurate description, in the most lacklustre square-peg way.  They are the party makers of New Brunswick. They are who you call if you want to have a good time. These are the people who are responsible for Folly Fest, arguably the best summer festival in the province, the Feels Good Christmas Party, and that must-have event for any civilized organization: the annual Bonspiel. Continue reading The 8th Annual Feels Good Bonspiel

New Music: The Burning Hell’s ‘Public Library’

Matthias Kom has written a novel, a real bastard of a piece that has clawed fragments of his universe together and horse stitched them into a monster of imagination and pop culture. Then he goes and sings the whole thing, like Finnegan’s Wake set to music, except more enjoyable. Continue reading New Music: The Burning Hell’s ‘Public Library’