Boy, it’s been forever since The Nerdz tore up the stage back in 2007. For Peter MacDonald, who goes professionally by the diminutive moniker ‘Pete’, it was his first chance to play in a band—he was in the fifth grade—but not his first crack at performing. That’s something he’s been doing his whole life having grown up in the theatre. His parents, Peter MacDonald Sr. and Ronalda Hutton MacDonald operate a musical theatre production company. Since he was five years old, MacDonald has lived in the glow of stage lights. Continue reading Pete’s ‘Songs for Theo’ Just Gave Us the Perfect Soundtrack for Nap Time
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Piero Baiani’s ‘All You Desire’ Takes You Back to the ‘80s Without All the Fuss of Hairspray and High-Tops
I think it’s safe to say that if we took a peek at most people’s Christmas list this year, the desire to go back in time might be high on a lot of them. The uncertainty of the past year would almost certainly wane if we could only go back to the times before all of this madness, right?
Enter Piero Baiani and his debut album All You Desire. While he may not have a magic wand to wave at time travel or hypotheticals, what he does have is a solid rock and roll record that will take you back to a time long before rapid tests and gathering limits. Continue reading Piero Baiani’s ‘All You Desire’ Takes You Back to the ‘80s Without All the Fuss of Hairspray and High-Tops
Nick Doneff Delivers Laid-Back Lessons on ‘The Late August Days’
On the surface, Nick Doneff’s The Late August Days feels like a laid-back listen. And in a way, that feeling tracks. Still, as you start to peel back those layers of nonchalance, you’ll find an album rife with nostalgia and quiet life lessons. Continue reading Nick Doneff Delivers Laid-Back Lessons on ‘The Late August Days’
Dylan Devoe’s ‘Words and Sounds’ Proves You Only Need Two Ingredients to Make a Great Record
Cape Breton Island is a speck of rock sitting on the map. Just a little brother hanging around the heels of Nova Scotia, so it’s often easy to miss. Maybe this is why it has always felt the need to yell so loud.
It has hit above its weight in the music scene, been a kingpin in the coal mining industry, and secured its place in the history books by being home to the fortress of Louisbourg; an integral location in the French/English battles that shaped much of what Canada is today. It’s here that we start the conversation about Dylan Devoe’s latest album, Words and Sounds. Continue reading Dylan Devoe’s ‘Words and Sounds’ Proves You Only Need Two Ingredients to Make a Great Record
Mitch Currie Plays the Hand He’s Been Dealt on ‘Good Enough for Now’
Mitch Currie. Twenty-six years old. Ageing rock star.
It’s a precarious position to find oneself in; the tail-end of a burgeoning music career as the window of possibilities grows increasingly narrow. Whether that holds true or not is an entirely different matter—with countless examples to the contrary—and what truly matters is that the near-side of thirty has lit a fire under Currie’s butt.
Good Enough For Now, Currie’s debut solo EP, is the result: a lesson that something is almost always better than nothing. Good Enough For Now even skews a bit humble in that regard. Continue reading Mitch Currie Plays the Hand He’s Been Dealt on ‘Good Enough for Now’