In an attempt to keep from losing their minds during the long dark night of 2020, Bob Deveau and Tim Walker chose to get a little weird or, perhaps, weirder. Bless their little hearts. Deveau, best known as the powerhouse drummer for The Olympic Symphonium, Grand Theft Bus, and Force Fields, has been working in his off hours on his own solo electronic music production as Senior Citizen, for which he seems to recruited fellow Grand Theft Bus bandmate, Tim Walker, and pushed well into unexplored territory. Continue reading Senior Citizen & Tim Walker Continue to Push into Unfamiliar Territory With ‘The Foreign’
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Air Traffic Control Get Ahead of the Curve on ‘No Horse Kids’
Sometimes an album can make you question your place in the world. Ideally, it’s because Leonard Cohen, in his timeless fashion, has just whispered something both deeply profound and intimate, and yet universally true.
But, alas, not everyone can be Leonard Cohen. Leonard Cohen certainly isn’t Air Traffic Control either, and their newest album, No Horse Kids, is best when applied not to universal truths, but some smaller, far more pointed, subjective truths. Where Plato once asked, “what is good?” we are confronted with two far more treacherous questions: “what is good to me?” and “Good Lord! How long ago was 1994?” Continue reading Air Traffic Control Get Ahead of the Curve on ‘No Horse Kids’
Cut, Split & Delivered Releases a Smorgasbord of a Debut Album
The debut self-titled album from Cut, Split & Delivered is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It has a tendency to come off as being an entirely organic endeavour; wrought in earnest with a passion for the kind of music the band want to hear. In that regard, the Cut, Split & Delivered is inherently folk music, without necessarily being folk music.
But hidden amongst the nostalgia-drenched storytelling of Cut, Split & Delivered are some powerful grooves that grab you when least expected. Continue reading Cut, Split & Delivered Releases a Smorgasbord of a Debut Album
Celebrations of Nova Scotia Music Week Culminate With 2021 Music Nova Scotia Awards Show
During their regular sojourn to Truro, Nova Scotia’s music community held their weeklong celebration of the province’s annual cream of the crop. With artists and industry alike eager for such a major event after the lull of last year, it made for a special—culminating today with their 2021 Music Nova Scotia Awards. Continue reading Celebrations of Nova Scotia Music Week Culminate With 2021 Music Nova Scotia Awards Show
Mat Hannah Shares the Hard Lessons That Left Him Better off on ‘Back To You’
“Here’s to the times, we don’t remember,” sings Mat Hannah in the opening line of his new video, “Back To You.” Spoiler alert: it seems he remembers a lot more than he’s comfortable with. The title track from his recently released EP is all about a lopsided relationship and the hard lessons that come along with it. Continue reading Mat Hannah Shares the Hard Lessons That Left Him Better off on ‘Back To You’