Lou Reed is dead, long live Nigel Chapman!
Halifax’s Nap Eyes have released their latest, ‘Thought Rock Fish Scale’, an unquestionably brilliant rebirthing of Lou Reed singing Bob Dylan to slowcore surf rock, if it can be called that. Enthralling monotone delivery aside, there’s an artist authentic in his anxiety-wrought observations. Continue reading New Music: Nap Eyes’ ‘Thought Rock Fish Scale’
Halifax rapper Quake Matthews has released a video in ode to that most East Coast of foods, the noble Donair.
Continue reading Quake Matthews Releases ‘Down With The King’ Video
I won’t drag this out. Cape Breton’s ‘The Town Heroes’ are hookier than a Shelburne longliner; their 2014 album ‘Sunday Movies’ hauled in an impressive five Music Nova Scotia Awards and three East Coast Music Awards. Their third and newest album, ‘Please, Everyone’ fills some pretty big shoes. Continue reading New Music: The Town Heroes’ ‘Please, Everyone’
From Vulva Culture’s September release, ‘In Vain’, Toronto film-maker Heather Rappard has produced a series of videos focusing on the sometimes gruesome, sometimes sensual, but ultimately mundane in-between moments of life. Continue reading Vulva Culture Releases EP In Series Of Videos
Since time immemorial there have stood two pillars which one must stand astride to ascend to the Kingdom of Rock; two blazing fires to be grasped and consumed by, only to rise again as a phoenix. To suffer and endure. What doesn’t kill you only gives you something to sing about later. David R. Elliott’s album ‘Sunshine’, released earlier this summer, is a testament to the experience; his song-writing process has been a battle with those twin paradigms of Rock: a lifestyle fuelled by drugs and alcohol, and, as he puts it, “Girls. Most of it is about girls.” Continue reading The Sins And Redemption of David R. Elliott
