When artists drop Christmas music, we are usually right to expect syrupy renditions of old favourites or hastily crafted ‘new’ music, which again often falls short of artistic merit that we expect from said artists. Mear, who has been dropping some seriously good music this year, has come out of the shadows to hit us with an unexpected and thunderous rally to take the fractured and emotional time head-on. Continue reading Mear’s ‘A Day of Light’ Offers an Irish Smile to Stay the Apocalypse
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Travis Cormier Prepares for Next Album With a Tale of Love at First Sight on ‘She’s Gonna Be a Song’
Travis Cormier saw a meteoric rise when, in 2016, he performed his rendition of Aerosmith’s “Dream On” on the Quebecois version of The Voice. Not only did it garner him over 7 million views on YouTube, but led to him performing with his idol, Steven Tyler, shortly after. Since then, he released his debut album, Dollars & Hearts, in 2018, opened for Bon Jovi at a sold-out Bell Centre in Montreal, and has signed with Montreal-based Agence Ranch.
Cormier has also released a new video for “She’s Gonna Be a Song” and we’re prepared to milk it for all the summery goodness we can get right now. Continue reading Travis Cormier Prepares for Next Album With a Tale of Love at First Sight on ‘She’s Gonna Be a Song’
Duke Skookum Shows Us the Truth Is Out There on ‘Last Winter’ and ‘Mystery’
I wasn’t sure what to make of Duke Skookum before listening to “Last Winter” and “Mystery.” With the Duke Nukem reference of questionable relevance, would these be raunchy, foul-mouthed, butt-rock anthems? The number of posts on the Duke Skookum Facebook page concerning aliens led to more questions than answers…. Continue reading Duke Skookum Shows Us the Truth Is Out There on ‘Last Winter’ and ‘Mystery’
Go, Homeboy! Welcomes Us to His World on ‘Tale of the Mixtape’
Fredericton’s Go, Homeboy!, AKA Matt Walls, shuffles on up to the mic to pioneer “sloth rap” on his debut album Tale of the Mixtape, bringing his laid back, unique, and supremely referential interpretation of hip hop to the masses. As he proclaims on “Don’t Trip,” “This is hip hop for hippies, hip hop for nerds, this is hip hop for anyone that likes flipping words.”
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TV Wife Soundtracks Everybody’s Self-Isolation on ‘Indoor Kids’
TV Wife describes the recording of their debut EP as being “like one of those friendships that you tried really hard to foster until finally, some months later, you look back and think, ‘What the hell did I even see in that person?'” After hearing the wacky weirdness of Indoor Kids, one gets a sense of what they mean by this. Continue reading TV Wife Soundtracks Everybody’s Self-Isolation on ‘Indoor Kids’