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New Music: Moncton Bluesman Andrew Moore Pulls no Punches on ‘Moth’

New Brunswick blues artist Andrew Moore has released his new album dubbed Moth off the back of his stint in China, where his work with music director Tan Yi Zhe opened the door to working alongside prominent artists in the region. Moore pulls no punches as he flaunts keys, strings, and poetry on this spectacular album. Continue reading New Music: Moncton Bluesman Andrew Moore Pulls no Punches on ‘Moth’

Music Video: The Follow Ups Hit Hard and Fast with ‘No Remedy’

Give me something hard and fast and short and sweet and sounds like I’m riding a shopping cart through a drugstore window. Most people would mistakenly believe that sounds a lot like screaming and a shattering of glass, followed almost immediately with all kinds of alarms and sirens. The truth is that it sounds a lot more like 2002, the rush of hormones and, more recently, The Follow Ups. For a brilliant minute and a half they’ve captured the sense of being seventeen again with their single, “No Remedy.” Continue reading Music Video: The Follow Ups Hit Hard and Fast with ‘No Remedy’

New Music: Tampa Release New Material Ahead of Area 506

Even though it’s only August we’re confident that Tampa released one of our favourite albums of 2018 back in March. Rising from the ashes of Danger Cat, the Moncton band’s reincarnation blew us away with their debut Belated Love. But the album proved to be more fruitful than initially advertised. A pair of tracks, “Unless” and “Intro/Heartfelt,” have reappeared after temporarily displacing themselves to the cutting room floor. Continue reading New Music: Tampa Release New Material Ahead of Area 506

New Music: The Galpines Offer Bad Behaviour and Good Tunes on ‘Sorry Mom’

If great art is produced through authenticity and relatability, then The Galpines are the great troubadours of our time. Their music rings out with a peel of honesty as a true zeitgeist of our generation. Unsurprisingly, I could hardly listen to Sorry Mom, their appropriately titled full-length album, while my own mother was within earshot.  Continue reading New Music: The Galpines Offer Bad Behaviour and Good Tunes on ‘Sorry Mom’

Festival Inspire Prepares For Its Fourth Artistic Extravaganza

Moncton’s annual Festival Inspire will be hitting the murals for the fourth time from July 9th to 14th. Throughout Moncton’s downtown area, festival-goers will once again have the opportunity to engage with art of all genres, locally and internationally, and will be presented with fan-favourite, free-of-charge activities, such as the Colour Party paint fight. Continue reading Festival Inspire Prepares For Its Fourth Artistic Extravaganza