As Hurricane Dorian swoops in to wipe away any remaining ounce of summer for this year, Kenny James has released his new single, “Don’t Leave Me July,” along with a video lamenting the the end of warm (and dry) weather.
Continue reading Music Video: Kenny James Takes a Pelting with ‘Don’t Leave Me, July’
North of Nowhere, a rock band with punk sensibilities out of Amherst, Nova Scotia, have released their a video for “HER,” their latest single about love and addiction. Continue reading Music Video: North of Nowhere Sing of Love and Addiction on ‘HER’
Even those who remember the past are sometimes doomed to repeat it and Dillon Ryan positively revels in it. His latest video is the best argument that time is an unending loop. It cycles back to 1986 with a cover of Real Life’s “Send Me An Angel” from the film RAD, which somehow combines the plots of The Wizard and Dirty Dancing with BMX racing. Continue reading Music Video: Dillon Ryan Redlines on 80s Nostalgia With Cover of Real Life’s ‘Send Me an Angel’
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’
Canadian prog rock legends Rush have been providing staple cover songs for technically proficient bar room rockers for half a century now, but none come to mind that quite nail Geddy Lee’s polarizing vocals like Partner’s Josée Caron. The band released a cover of “Limelight” from their Polaris Heritage Prize session, and it’s eerily spot on. Continue reading Music Video: Partner Perform an Uncanny Cover of Rush’s ‘Limelight’
