A year and a half ago, in the final days of the Before Times, The Burning Hell’s Ariel Sharratt and Mathias Kom were on the far side of the planet, preparing for the release of their newly recorded album, when the unthinkable happened. The world shut down.
Their album, Never Work, very quickly turned from an apropos tongue-in-cheek perspective on the state of the gig economy into something that bizarrely prophesied their immediate career prospects and societal collapse.
In the sixth and final season of Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw traded up New York for Paris, having recently broken things off with Jack Berger and very seriously considering a permanent relocation to pursue a relationship with artist Aleksandr Petrovsky.
More importantly, any television worth its salt is going to have a soundtrack perfectly tailored for a Parisian excursion. In the case of Sex and the City, Mikhael Baryshnikov crafted “Adah’s Theme” or “La femme avec les yeux lumineux” that romantically interweaves piano and strings and accordion in a way that might even satisfy Yann Tiersen.
Shadow Folk about half a century and an entire continent removed from the West Coast and the sounds of The Association, The Seeds, and Jefferson Airplane, but you wouldn’t necessarily know it. The Nova Scotian rock and roll/psych-pop band has tapped directly into another era to bring us “Contemplation,” a song that could have ridden in on the crest of psychedelia. Continue reading Shadow Folk Emerge with Psychedelic Sounds of the West Coast on ‘Contemplation’→
Clare Follett didn’t mean to release an album of breakup songs, but when it came time to put together Reclamation she certainly had something on her mind. It’s not quite Rumors, but it’s not far off. The whole album documents the process of breaking down and then finding herself again. You can probably guess where Follett’s very eviscerating single “Now” falls into that process. Continue reading When Breakups Become Songs – Clare Follett Releases ‘Now’→
Andre Pettipas and the Giants aren’t big on sleeves. Not that we’re in the habit of regularly judging any band by its arm covers, but that fact alone can and should tell you an awful lot about Andre Pettipas & Co.. These are natural performers with a big sound and they don’t take themselves, or their sleeves, too seriously. It’s all spelt out in the title of their new album, No Fools No Fun. Continue reading Andre Pettipas and The Giants Go All Out with Relentless Exuberance ‘No Fools No Fun’→
