Dartmouth’s Book Buddies have put their second single out into the world, flung far and wide across the internet, with a simple message: social media is kind of awful.
“Dream Girl” takes a good critical look at the constant barrage of negative impacts we enduring, one post at a time, in our ceaseless quest for keeping up with our digital Joneses. Continue reading Book Buddies Get Critical of Social Media on ‘Dream Girl’
Despite the song title, the debut single from Halifax-based alt-folk duo Pillow Fite, “Playing The Fool,” does not mess around. The pair of Art Ross and Aaron Green deal in straightforward lyrics, putting the complexities of modern dating at the forefront with an homage to a promising queer romance along with all excitement and anxieties. Continue reading Pillow Fite Debut with Excitement and Anxieties on ‘Playing The Fool’
Old cars are curious things. Over time, like a good partner, we come to appreciate their little eccentricities, the things that give them character, define their personalities. Those warning lights? That’s just their way of saying they love you. But every car has its day and they all eventually head off into the sunset. The debut single from Dartmouth’s Book Buddies, “Neon,” is an ode to one car in particular, but it stands in for all the first cars we’ve all had. Continue reading Book Buddies Debut with Love Ballad to an Old Dodge ‘Neon’
Mo Kenney has been going hard on the covers for the last year. Her latest, “Hard On You” comes from Daniel Romano’s 2011 album, sleep beneath the willow, which was longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize. It’s the third in a series of covers that Kenney has released this year, which already includes Guided by Voices’ “Game of Pricks” and the Patsy Cline classic “You Belong To Me.” Continue reading Mo Kenney Releases a Lonesome Take on Daniel Romano’s ‘Hard On You’
Talk about possibilities! With his latest single, Award-winning Nova Scotian country artist Thomas Stajcer asks the most profound of questions: “If I Had One Bottle More.” The answer, if such a proposition might truly be fathomed by mere mortals and should we allow ourselves to believe in something greater than ourselves, is a resounding “absolutely almost anything within reason, but then again, maybe not.” Continue reading Thomas Stajcer Challenges the Odds, the Universe and Bad Ideas on ‘If I Had One Bottle More’
