Prepare to have your mind blown by the new video from Walrus. Animated by Chad VanGaalen, the video is like a psychedelic Where’s Waldo exercise in nihilism. Good luck finding whatever it is you’re looking for. “Half Smoke” is everything, and it is nothing. It is the Alpha and the Omega, the best of times and the worst of times, what you had for breakfast and what you’ll eat for dinner. It is your inner demons and the salvation of self acceptance. Mostly, it is available for you to watch right now. Continue reading Music Video: Walrus’ Surreal Story of Misery Gets Over the Top Animation on ‘Half Smoke’
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Single: Beauts Fixate on the Details With ‘Good Measure’
Beauts have been working on something. Or maybe working through something. Their latest single is the two-parter follow-up on the low-key mania of their last release, “The City Loves Me.” Where the previous track questioned the merits and sacrifices of complex organic beings imposing the structure society of city life upon ourselves, “Good Measure” attempts to come to grips with the dehumanizing effects of modern living and the disconnect that can form between family, friends, and communities. Continue reading Single: Beauts Fixate on the Details With ‘Good Measure’
Single: Aquakultre Talks Perspective and Understanding on ‘I Doubt It’
Opening with a toe-curling horn section before tearing in with some gutting powerhouse lyrics and culturally drenched shout-outs, Aquakultre teases us with the first glimpse at their upcoming full-length album, Legacy, and it is dangerously catchy. Continue reading Single: Aquakultre Talks Perspective and Understanding on ‘I Doubt It’
Halifax Pop Explosion Reveals Full 2019 Line-up
Halifax Pop Explosion Music Festival and Conference pride themselves as a festival of discovery: pushing off the beaten path to bring new and emerging (and quickly skyrocketing) artists to Halifax, Nova Scotia, all while bolstering them with a healthy stable of local talents. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that they’re throwing two-time Polaris prize shortlisters Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Haviah Mighty, and Elisapie onto their 2019 line-up either.
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Music Video: Ursa Bright Warn Against Unearthly Pleasures With ‘Flesh’
Halifax’s Ursa Bright (formerly Orchards) are lost deep in fantasy with their new video for “Flesh.” Taken from their debut album, A Shining Sea of Dopamine, the track indulges in earthly desires on a cerebral plane, dropping lines like “we’re off to bed, but not to sleep”, to name one of the less explicit ones. Rather than gratuitous debauchery, the band explain that “Flesh” is actually a warning, running contrary to its sensuous lyrics. Continue reading Music Video: Ursa Bright Warn Against Unearthly Pleasures With ‘Flesh’