Sleeps Kicks are exploring the world of Timothy Leary with their first new single since 2020. While partaking in some experience-enhancing edibles, the band began pondering the limits of our corporeal forms, only to transcend off the edge towards their own “Ego Death.” Continue reading Sleepy Kicks’ Mitch Currie Wants You to Go Low and Slow After Experiencing His Own ‘Ego Death’
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Laura Rae Mourns the Possibilities of Paths Not Taken on ‘Glimpses of Ghosts’
What happens when you cross Adele’s theme of 007’s Skyfall with the theme of one of Star’s albums? You get Laura Rae’s “Glimpses of Ghosts”; an airy reverb-infused piano ballad in the style of Agnes Obel. More haunting than haunted, “Glimpses of Ghosts” isn’t troubled nearly so much by voices in the dark, so much as the little voices that nag with “what-ifs”—the ghost of opportunity cost. Continue reading Laura Rae Mourns the Possibilities of Paths Not Taken on ‘Glimpses of Ghosts’
North Lakes Return With Psychedelia and a Penchant for Tea on ‘Jasmine and Flowers’
North Lakes aim for a “smart blend of nostalgia and new.” The Charlottetown-based band claim equal parts power pop, proto-punk, and garage rock; pure-grain and punchy with a reverb chaser, carefully structured to provide a soundtrack to accompany the wind in your hair. The band name influences like Jesus and Mary Chain, Brian Jonestown Massacre, and HAIM, but with songs like “Jasmine and Flowers,” their heritage is clearly rooted in classic rock. Continue reading North Lakes Return With Psychedelia and a Penchant for Tea on ‘Jasmine and Flowers’
Premiere: Nicole Ariana Asks If Love Is Free Then Why Does It Feel Like It ‘Costs a Lot’
With the release of her new single “Costs a Lot,” Halifax-based songwriter and Alt-RnB/Pop artist, Nicole Ariana says that there are two sides to every break-up and it’s just a matter of perspective as to whether you see it as a loss or an opportunity. But even opportunities have their cost.
Co-written with Breagh Isabel, “Costs a Lot” takes a looks at the toll that a relationship can take, and what it takes to come back from it. Continue reading Premiere: Nicole Ariana Asks If Love Is Free Then Why Does It Feel Like It ‘Costs a Lot’
Blair Lucas is Going to Turn Some Heads With ‘Heels’
Earlier this season, Blair Lucas, the Halifax-based singer and multi-instrumentalist of folk-pop trio The Summer Rabbit, published the results of a photoshoot in which he looked rather a lot like Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Tim Curry’s famed sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Given the proximity to Halloween, it seemed like it might be a costume but Lucas has since confirmed that it’s not a costume, it’s a lifestyle.
Blair Lucas’s debut single as a solo artist, “Heels,” has them proudly announcing to the rest of the world a slight shift in identity and pronouns (he/they). Continue reading Blair Lucas is Going to Turn Some Heads With ‘Heels’