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’
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’
Quote the Raven Aren’t Worried About Fitting Into a Mould on New Album ‘Can’t Hold the Light’
A pilgrimage to Nashville in 2019 to participate in AmericanaFest served as inspiration for Newfoundland’s certified rising stars, Quote the Raven to pen a sincere and hopeful album about companionship in its many forms. Jordan and Kirsten play off each other wonderfully throughout Can’t Hold the Light as they revel in newfound freedom. Continue reading Quote the Raven Aren’t Worried About Fitting Into a Mould on New Album ‘Can’t Hold the Light’
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
Top 10 | PAPAL VISIT Name the Songs Found in Their East Coast Music Shrine
PAPAL VISIT’s impending album, Five Fathom Hole, is, as they describe, “a messily ambitious twenty-five song tomb.” The Saint John, New Brunswick-based quintet gloriously revel in their affinity for lo-fi rock’n’roll on the new album, punching up from a sea of well-textured fuzz. Loaded with that many tracks means that Five Fathom Hole inevitably covers a lot of ground, showcasing the band’s vast and eclectic song catalogue, and drawing from an abundance of influences. Continue reading Top 10 | PAPAL VISIT Name the Songs Found in Their East Coast Music Shrine