Frank Turner, bona fide English rock star, passed through The Maritimes this weekend making stops in Halifax, Moncton, and Fredericton. He left behind a wake of blown away fans, and made an unexpected tour stop to take something away with him. Continue reading Frank Turner’s New Brunswick Souvenir
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Brookside Mall Announce ‘Young Champion’ EP Debut
Today Fredericton’s Brookside Mall, (the band, not the mall) announced their much awaited debut EP ‘Young Champion’ coming via Front Porch Records on March 11th. Continue reading Brookside Mall Announce ‘Young Champion’ EP Debut
The Sisterhood of Vulva Culture
It’s 26 below 0. The bouncer’s beard is full of ice as he collects cover, but stepping inside the Capital it’s warm – and busy. Onstage singing visceral songs of heartbreak and loneliness backed by shimmering, dreamy guitars, Vulva Culture has transfixed the audience. Though sad and slow music is often associated with a night alone as opposed a night out, the band still excites and connects with the crowd. Continue reading The Sisterhood of Vulva Culture
New Music: Nap Eyes’ ‘Thought Rock Fish Scale’
Lou Reed is dead, long live Nigel Chapman!
Halifax’s Nap Eyes have released their latest, ‘Thought Rock Fish Scale’, an unquestionably brilliant rebirthing of Lou Reed singing Bob Dylan to slowcore surf rock, if it can be called that. Enthralling monotone delivery aside, there’s an artist authentic in his anxiety-wrought observations. Continue reading New Music: Nap Eyes’ ‘Thought Rock Fish Scale’
Shivering Songs And The Pursuit Of Winter Happiness
Mid-winter in the downtown core of Fredericton has a capricious disposition: the windchill flickers between pacific and caustic, the sidewalks are littered with icy pitfalls, and and our doses of heavy snowstorm seem wildly irregular. In spite of all this, the weather held at a moderate breeze over the weekend, and the temperature seemed to rise a few degrees for those of us who took in this year’s Shivering Songs festival. Continue reading Shivering Songs And The Pursuit Of Winter Happiness