Music often imitates life: within a melody of a flute can be heard the song of a bird, orchestral arrangements can capture the fury of a storm, jazz can mimic all the complexities of bustling urban life. Rather than simply mimic life, Aaron Collier’s new piece goes a step further by allowing life itself to take on the mantel of composer. Continue reading Aaron Collier Hides Disturbing Truths in Stats Rock Single ‘2014’
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June Body’s ‘Never Here For Long’ is an Act of Catharsis That Doesn’t Pull Any Punches
At the moment, there’s an inherent problem with releasing an album with even the faintest whiff of emo lament to it: it will, inevitably, be seen and measured through the lens of our dystopian present. Every track will be shoehorned into the context of a world disaster and the whole thing cheapened for being so overly apropos.
Where Never Here For Long, the new album from June Body, may have been shaped by those events and the weight that comes with them, it stands as a testament to the band’s ability to persevere through those challenges and deserves to be remembered for that, rather than despite those reasons. Continue reading June Body’s ‘Never Here For Long’ is an Act of Catharsis That Doesn’t Pull Any Punches
Lizzie Loveless Reflects and Reinvents on Debut Album ‘You Don’t Know’
Setting off on your own can be a scary and uncertain thing, but former TEEN member Lizzie Lieberson makes it look effortless. Now going by the moniker Lizzie Loveless, she has released her debut solo album, You Don’t Know, a poignant collection of dreamy ponderings that serves as an exhale of the past. Continue reading Lizzie Loveless Reflects and Reinvents on Debut Album ‘You Don’t Know’
PINEO & LOEB Go For a ‘Good Vibe Feeling’ on the Streets of Los Angeles
With another Summer festival season turning out to be a bit of a bust, PINEO & LOEB have done us all the kind favour of extending the dance party well into the fall with a genre-bending track “Good Vibe Feeling,” featuring rapper FUEG and saxophonist Ellie Sax. Continue reading PINEO & LOEB Go For a ‘Good Vibe Feeling’ on the Streets of Los Angeles
Maximilian Flint Has Chosen the Road Less Traveled with Matrix-Inspired Americana Folk Song ‘Blue’
“Blue,” the new single from Nova Scotian troubador, is what he describes as a road song, paying homage to the great singer-songwriters of the American tradition and dealing with themes of “duality, idealism and, ultimately, the choice between fantasy and reality.”
That’s a real fancy way of explaining that “Blue” is an Americana Folk version of the Matrix. Continue reading Maximilian Flint Has Chosen the Road Less Traveled with Matrix-Inspired Americana Folk Song ‘Blue’