Halifax hardcore trio Botfly has decided to go… well, a little less hardcore for their newest EP At Home With Alex. This is not a permanent change in direction for the band, only a stripped-down view into their minds in the current state of the world. Continue reading New Music: Botfly Show Us a Softer Side With New Ep ‘At Home With Alex’
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Corey Isenor Doesn’t Care What You Think
Corey Isenor doesn’t care what you think. The Halifax-based musician doesn’t care about professional musicianship or the music industry. He doesn’t care if you read this article and he doesn’t care if you have heard his record Absinthe & Smoke before. We at The East care because we think Corey Isenor is one of the best songwriters in Atlantic Canada. Continue reading Corey Isenor Doesn’t Care What You Think
Music Video: Rich Aucoin Announces New ‘United States’ LP, Shares Anti-Gun Protest Anthem ‘Reset’
If the best way to get to see a country is from the back of a motorcycle, Rich Aucoin should be intimately familiar with a good swath of American. Aucoin has famously toured by bicycle, giving him ample opportunity to take in the country at the ground level and enough experience to compose a song for each of the 12 states he pedalled through for his next album.
Naturally, “Reset,” his latest release, is an anti-gun anthem. Continue reading Music Video: Rich Aucoin Announces New ‘United States’ LP, Shares Anti-Gun Protest Anthem ‘Reset’
Music Video: Jont Manifests Positivity Through an Exercise in Gratitude with ‘Thank You For My Happiness’
Spiritual, but not necessarily religious, is probably the best way to describe displaced Englishman and Haligonian songwriter Jont Openheart. His music has progressively been making the journey from the commercial (“Someone to Love Me”) to something more therapeutic. His latest release, “Thank You For My Happiness” is a straightforward exercise in gratitude and bootstrapping as Jont manifests an aura of positivity. Continue reading Music Video: Jont Manifests Positivity Through an Exercise in Gratitude with ‘Thank You For My Happiness’
A Word with His Holiness — A Q&A with Papal Visit’s Adam Mowery on ‘Where Do They Swim?’
Adam Mowery has lived in Halifax ever since I’ve known him, but I’ve always considered him the Monarch of Saint John. He doesn’t know that, nor can I confirm that Saint John’s order of succession makes him the rightful ruler of his hometown. Mowery’s latest EP, Papal Visit’s Where Do They Swim?, however, would be worthy of the church’s blessing at his coronation. Continue reading A Word with His Holiness — A Q&A with Papal Visit’s Adam Mowery on ‘Where Do They Swim?’