“Let’s go to the fuzz tone opera” is Papal Visit’s answer to MxPx’s “Let’s go to the punk rawk show.” It’s a line buried halfway through the second side of their new album, Five Fathom Hole, but it might have stood in as the album’s overture. Five Fathom Hole is Papal Visit’s glorious ode to their medium of choice: lo-fi rock. Continue reading Papal Visit Burn Through Twenty-Five Songs in Forty-Three Minutes on ‘Five Fathom Hole’
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Jesse Cox Takes You for a Twirl on the ‘Threshing Floor’ With His Debut Release
“Down North.” In the traditional sense these directions will get you nowhere, but ask anyone from Cape Breton, and they’ll point you in the direction of the Highlands; a place of unparalleled, rugged beauty. Every inch of the highlands speaks a truth, so it only stands to reason that Jesse Cox, a native of Bay St Lawrence follows suit. These days Cox splits his time between Cape Breton, and Rexton, New Brunswick, but his heart never left the place he was born. Continue reading Jesse Cox Takes You for a Twirl on the ‘Threshing Floor’ With His Debut Release
Hilary Ladd Releases ‘Doin’ Just Fine’ From Upcoming Narrative Concert
For many, motherhood is a time of learning and empowerment. It’s no different for Hilary Ladd, who’s used this time to find the strength to draw boundaries after a long time of bending backwards to please people. Continue reading Hilary Ladd Releases ‘Doin’ Just Fine’ From Upcoming Narrative Concert
Mawzy Ditches the Break-Up Songs and Changes His Style on ‘Hold Your Hand’
The craft of an artist is often a deeply personal, fine-tuned one; from conception to release, every detail baked into the result is a piece of the mosaic that is the artist.
The style put forth by indie-pop whiz Matt Cooke (aka Mawzy), has historically occupied the melancholic, break-up vibe, but his latest venture, the comparatively bouncy single “Hold Your Hand,” dares to depart from the usual style of an artist. Continue reading Mawzy Ditches the Break-Up Songs and Changes His Style on ‘Hold Your Hand’
No, It’s Fine. Expose a Hilarious, Brilliant, Painful and Relatable Stream of Anxieties on New Album ‘I Promise’
“I’m really good at only writing songs about things that I’m not really good at, like being honest with anyone,” sings Cailen Pygott on the new album from No, It’s Fine. And while that seems like a self-fulling prophecy, I Promise has emerged as one of the most exciting releases of the year, even it is sort of a quirky confessional that Pygott has set to music. Continue reading No, It’s Fine. Expose a Hilarious, Brilliant, Painful and Relatable Stream of Anxieties on New Album ‘I Promise’