What happens when you cross Adele’s theme of 007’s Skyfall with the theme of one of Star’s albums? You get Laura Rae’s “Glimpses of Ghosts”; an airy reverb-infused piano ballad in the style of Agnes Obel. More haunting than haunted, “Glimpses of Ghosts” isn’t troubled nearly so much by voices in the dark, so much as the little voices that nag with “what-ifs”—the ghost of opportunity cost. Continue reading Laura Rae Mourns the Possibilities of Paths Not Taken on ‘Glimpses of Ghosts’
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Premiere: Nicole Ariana Asks If Love Is Free Then Why Does It Feel Like It ‘Costs a Lot’
With the release of her new single “Costs a Lot,” Halifax-based songwriter and Alt-RnB/Pop artist, Nicole Ariana says that there are two sides to every break-up and it’s just a matter of perspective as to whether you see it as a loss or an opportunity. But even opportunities have their cost.
Co-written with Breagh Isabel, “Costs a Lot” takes a looks at the toll that a relationship can take, and what it takes to come back from it. Continue reading Premiere: Nicole Ariana Asks If Love Is Free Then Why Does It Feel Like It ‘Costs a Lot’
Blair Lucas is Going to Turn Some Heads With ‘Heels’
Earlier this season, Blair Lucas, the Halifax-based singer and multi-instrumentalist of folk-pop trio The Summer Rabbit, published the results of a photoshoot in which he looked rather a lot like Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Tim Curry’s famed sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Given the proximity to Halloween, it seemed like it might be a costume but Lucas has since confirmed that it’s not a costume, it’s a lifestyle.
Blair Lucas’s debut single as a solo artist, “Heels,” has them proudly announcing to the rest of the world a slight shift in identity and pronouns (he/they). Continue reading Blair Lucas is Going to Turn Some Heads With ‘Heels’
Retrospective: Looking Back Ten Years Later on Rich Aucoin’s ‘We’re All Dying to Live’
Ten years ago, if you already knew about the release of Rich Aucoin’s debut LP, We’re All Dying to Live, it was probably because you knew Rich Aucoin. Aucoin is first and foremost an entertainer: a living, walking, breathing party and his live shows, complete with confetti canons and coloured parachute, have become the stuff of legend. Long before his music was ever a twinkle in a jewel case, he was putting in the leg work—often quite literally—by travelling back and forth across the country. Now, it’s not unlikely that you or one of your friends know Rich personally, or at least have his phone number.
That perpetual party state of mind is what powers We’re All Dying to Live. It’s an electro-pop album that desperately teeters between a world of fun and a life of responsibility. A decade later, it’s clear what side of the equation Aucoin landed on, and in celebration of the album’s ten-year anniversary, we’re looking back to see if We’re All Dying to Live still brings the party. Continue reading Retrospective: Looking Back Ten Years Later on Rich Aucoin’s ‘We’re All Dying to Live’
Dylan Devoe’s Latest Single ‘The Battle of Louisbourg’ Comes With a History Lesson
Dylan Devoe’s latest single comes with a history lesson built right into it. With elements of folk, rock and a Celtic-style blues lick, Devoe blazes through a darker moment in Atlantic Canadian history with the story of “The Battle of Louisbourg.” Continue reading Dylan Devoe’s Latest Single ‘The Battle of Louisbourg’ Comes With a History Lesson