With the ashes of 2016 now relegated to the annals of all time greatest dumpster fires, we might peruse with somber clarity what we’ve just endured (good luck 2017!). Not all of it was bad though, and sifting through that wreckage we’ve found that we’ve been left with a hefty collection of musical gems. So we’ve asked the experts what they thought, and according to them this is the best the year gave us. Continue reading Peer Review: The Best Music Of 2016
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Peer Review: The Best Art Of 2016
The arts and culture limelight doesn’t always given divvied up evenly. Often the most attention goes to whoever makes the most noise, and between artists and musicians, the musicians are guaranteed to win. While they’re out performing, selling copies of their albums, and generally getting themselves in front of crowd most nights of the week, artists will quietly toil away in their studios working towards what is likely a showing six months down the road at a single gallery. So as the end of the year lists have been rolling out, showcasing all the top songs to come out that year, we thought we might shed a little extra light on the artists by producing our own list of the best art created by East coast artists this year, as suggested by the people who know best: other East coast artists. Continue reading Peer Review: The Best Art Of 2016
The Best Music Of 2016
2016 will forever be remembered as the brutish year that waded through the music industry with a scythe and a heavy hand. It took from us the likes of David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Prince, Sharon Jones, two thirds of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, George Michael, Glenn Frey, Merle Haggard, Maurice White, and Leon Russell. It’s the sort of year that future generations will look back on and ask, “Did it seriously start because somebody shot a gorilla?” We’ll pat them on their little heads and tell them to finish eating their soylent, while we continue to stare uncomfortably into the abyss that our lives will have become. Continue reading The Best Music Of 2016
Cassette Tapes: The Resurgence Of A Dead Medium
Just like your Grandpa’s old turntable is now coveted goods, if you still have an old Walkman, or an early 90’s boom box kicking around your house, they might soon be worth something again, because cassette tapes are currently enjoying a resurgence in popularity. Continue reading Cassette Tapes: The Resurgence Of A Dead Medium
A Letter To Professional Artists In New Brunswick
Pauline Bourque is the former Executive Director, as well as the former President of the Board of Directors, of the New Brunswick Arts Board. In an open letter to the artists of the province she describes what is at stake with ArtsNB being absorbed by the Department of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture. Continue reading A Letter To Professional Artists In New Brunswick