If you’ve been on the hunt for some chunky guitar-driven rock, your search would end happily with Halifax’s Dazor. Bringing together some of grunge’s best features like the plaintive vocal delivery with perfectly placed backing vocals. Couple that with crushing guitars and a powerful rhythm section, and you have what promises to be a really great release from Dazor. Continue reading Dazor Learn Their ‘Lessons’ at the School of ’90s Grunge
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Tony Ronalds Opens His Diary for Us on His Latest Single, ‘Gone’
We’ve just finished up with the supper dishes when Tony Ronalds stumbles out of bed to start breakfast. The Cape Breton native who makes his home in Sydney, Australia is on a totally different schedule than you and I. In some ways, he always has been. Continue reading Tony Ronalds Opens His Diary for Us on His Latest Single, ‘Gone’
Squintin’ Tarantino Goes Cold Turkey and Pushes the Boundaries of Folk on ‘Sandtrails’
Rock and roll has always had a complicated, and often disastrous, relationship with drugs. Rather than the typical romanticizing portrayal of said relationship—or far worse, the demonizing sermon—the new single from Squintin’ Tarantino offers a far more complex perspective on a chemical dependency gone wrong.
“Sandtrails” isn’t the average glorification of psychedelics, nor an enthusiastic lauding of cocaine, a boast of a chronic pot habit, or even an ode to heroin. It’s a tale of prescription pharmaceuticals, casually prescribed by a well-intentioned doctor, Hippocratic Oath in hand, perhaps without fully considering the consequences. Continue reading Squintin’ Tarantino Goes Cold Turkey and Pushes the Boundaries of Folk on ‘Sandtrails’
Dennis Ellsworth & The Electric Stars’ ‘Endless (Nowhere Else to Go)’ is an Argument for Perspective and the Grateful Dead
Dennis Ellsworth is a master of perspective. The award-winning songwriter has a habit of looking backward and forward all at the same time; a regular denim-clad Janus, armed with a six-string. His songs often seem to have us either peering into the future from the context of golden-hued childhood or back in retrospect with the burden of hindsight.
His new single with backing band The Electric Stars — Dan Currie (guitar), Mike Montigny (bass), Roger Carter (organ), Mike Carver (drums), and Adam Gallant (percussion) — questions that perspective and whether we’re getting a clear picture of where we are at all. Continue reading Dennis Ellsworth & The Electric Stars’ ‘Endless (Nowhere Else to Go)’ is an Argument for Perspective and the Grateful Dead
Behrooz Mihankhah’s ‘Lydium’ Merges Notes From Across the World
Behrooz Mihankhah had already proved just what a creative force he would be when he released the title track from his new album Lydium. And if anything, the refined musicianship that was on display there was an understatement of what we would be treated to on the album proper. Lydium is all at once familiar and unknown, intimate and vast, cozy and explorative. It is a deep look into one of Nova Scotia’s preeminent jazz artists and the sights are something to behold. Continue reading Behrooz Mihankhah’s ‘Lydium’ Merges Notes From Across the World