In the ’60s, there was Timothy Leary’s “Turn on, tune in, drop out.” In the ’70s, there was Howard Beale’s impassioned mantra: “I’m mad as Hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!” More recently, Kimberly ‘Sweet Brown’ Wilkins gave us the phrase to epitomize them all: “Ain’t nobody got time for that.”
Rich Aucoin did not have the greatest time in Costa Rica last year. Famously, his laptop was stolen in January, and the better part of a new album disappeared along with it. Originally intending to piece what remained of the album together before recording it in Toronto with plans of releasing it in April of 2017, a four-song EP is now slated for March. ‘The Middle’ is the second track to be released as a video from the Hold EP, and features stop-motion illustrations from animator Meags Fitzgerald, and hovers somewhere around the conundrums between the peaks and middle-age. Continue reading Music Video: Rich Aucoin’s ‘The Middle’ Animates Song Recreated After Computer Theft In Coast Rica→
Halifax based punk-rock band Gun Jr pulled a hard Jeph Loeb with their number music video, ‘Wolf,’ from their October, 2017 release, The Shakes. The first single from the album is packed with epilepsy-inducing graphics, cheesy acting, and a werewolf. Special effects budget and DIY punk-aesthetic aside, the song digs into more serious matters, and some predatory elements of Halifax living. Continue reading Music Video: Gun Jr Goes Old School Horror Flick With ‘Wolf’→
