After the past year of hardship, negativity, and depression for all, Brandon Howard Roy is choosing to start off 2021 with a message of optimism and hope. His new song, “The Fear” chronicles Roy’s dealings with anxiety, and serves as a message of perseverance for anyone going through the same struggles. Continue reading Brandon Howard Roy Tackles His Own Anxiety on ‘The Fear’
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Kiwi Jr. Hits With Hooks Capable of Planetary Destruction on ‘Cooler Returns’
Kiwi Jr.’s punchy new record, Cooler Returns, delivers a Kamehameha wave of hooks capable of planetary destruction. Of its thirteen tracks, even its weakest is more powerful than Raditz. If you are looking for a jangly record that reminds you a little of The Kinks if the Davies were raised by a sentient PlayStation 2, look no further. Continue reading Kiwi Jr. Hits With Hooks Capable of Planetary Destruction on ‘Cooler Returns’
Kiwi Jr. Explore a Line-less and Empty Toronto on ‘Waiting in Line’
Apparently, during times of great distress, people will actively and instinctively embrace whatever shreds of nostalgia can be scraped together off the floor of our existence and mushed back between our collective ears in a desperate attempt to regain the familiar comforts of a happier, safer era. So when Kiwi Jr. go all Kodakchome— complete with a Super 8mm frame effect—on their new video for “Waiting in Line,” we are more than ready to gobble it, despite having little no idea what they’re on about. Continue reading Kiwi Jr. Explore a Line-less and Empty Toronto on ‘Waiting in Line’
Vince the Messenger Paves His Own Road on ‘Black Sheep’
Hands up if your 2021 BINGO sheet had a Prince Edward Island-based rapper releasing a nursery rhyme-sampling track that name drops Caillou. No one? That’s what I thought – yet somehow this is where we are. Vince the Messenger adds another plot twist to the New Year as he once again showcases his wit, lyricism, and depth on his latest release, “Black Sheep.” Continue reading Vince the Messenger Paves His Own Road on ‘Black Sheep’
Dennis Ellsworth Pivots Away From Streaming Services Ahead of Triple-Album Release
Dennis Ellsworth, award-winning and prolific singer-songwriter of Prince Edward Island, is on the edge of a massive triple-album release over the next six months. His Bound by Love “project”, as it might be more accurately referred to, consists of 32 new songs spread across 3 albums and 3 EPs. Rather than the free-for-all bonanza of online streaming that has become the norm of a modern release, Ellsworth is bucking the trend in favour of something he might actually stand to make a living from. Continue reading Dennis Ellsworth Pivots Away From Streaming Services Ahead of Triple-Album Release