Hailing from Halifax but with a sound like Chicago, The Tin Pan Darlings’ five-year-long project, Inside a Melody, is finally out to the public. Where the current musical landscape is heavily defined by digital drum beats and emphasis on contemporary sound, the five-member jazz outfit dares to take us back to the roots of it all, scattering their talents across the nine tracks to bring a vintage brand of jazz back into the fray. Continue reading New Music: The Tin Pan Darlings’ ‘Inside A Melody’ Is The Speakeasy Soundtrack You Didn’t Know You Needed
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New Music: Ladd & Lasses Tug At Heartstrings With Debut Album ‘She Wanders’
The debut album from Saint John-based Ladd & Lasses is what the term ‘musical journey’ was created for. There’s an epic quality to the swelling strings and soaring vocals that drive every song, each one feeling like the soundtrack to its own individual movie. Continue reading New Music: Ladd & Lasses Tug At Heartstrings With Debut Album ‘She Wanders’
New Music: Rachel Beck Branches Out With Self-Titled Solo Debut
Rachel Beck and her sister Amy are probably most readily identifiable as half of 2013 CBC Searchlight finalists The Beck Sisters duo. Now Rachel has gone out on her own (along with producer Daniel Ledwell at Echo Lake) to record her self-titled debut album. It covers a lot of bases, but it’s anchored to a piano, and about that… Continue reading New Music: Rachel Beck Branches Out With Self-Titled Solo Debut
New Music: Less Is More With Nap Eyes’ ‘I’m Bad Now’
Halifax’s Nap Eyes have, once again, quietly raised a middle finger to what the world around them sounds like and dug their heels deeper into a sound that would happily emanate off the walls of a house party they weren’t invited to. Continue reading New Music: Less Is More With Nap Eyes’ ‘I’m Bad Now’
New Music: Tachichi Creates The Best Dad Rock Hip-Hop Has Seen With ‘Chico’s ’90s Project’
Much like how anything Donald Trump does, by default, is somehow “presidential,” there comes a time in ones life, like it or not, when the music you enjoy might be labelled as “dad rock.” There’s nothing you can do about it. You just sprout a few gray hairs, accept things, and throw yourself into the moment when the music you’ve enjoyed all your life suddenly becomes cool again. Halifax rapper Tachichi’s Chico’s ’90s Project might not be dad rock, but then again, if you enjoyed it …. Continue reading New Music: Tachichi Creates The Best Dad Rock Hip-Hop Has Seen With ‘Chico’s ’90s Project’