This might be a good time to check in with Kiwi Jr., just to see if they’re okay. This year they’ve launched their own sub-Sub Pop imprint, the band’s own Kiwi Club, and announced their upcoming sophomore album alongside the release of a video for the album’s titular track, “Cooler Returns,” but 2020 has been a year for wearing on the gears. For anyone who is used to being on stage — crowds, dirt bikes, pyrotechnics and all — there’s an unnerving absence of everything, and it welcomes dust to collect among the gathering cobwebs. Continue reading Music Video: Kiwi Jr. Work Through the Existential Dread of 2020 and Then Some on ‘Cooler Returns’
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Music Video: KINLEY Hits the Racetracks for ‘Run With You’
One year following the release of her single “Run With You,” KINLEY is back with a video for the track. Brimming with horses and a lust for friendship, the new video touches on familiar imagery for residents of Prince Edward Island and will surely be a hit with all fans of all things equestrian. Continue reading Music Video: KINLEY Hits the Racetracks for ‘Run With You’
New Music: Indie Dream Pop Gets a Night Out While Sorrey’s ‘In Full Bloom’ Gets Remixed
Left isolated from one another in their respective confines this past spring due to worldwide circumstances with no regard for people’s health, let alone musical endeavours, PEI’s Sorrey found a way to scratch their creative itch. Continue reading New Music: Indie Dream Pop Gets a Night Out While Sorrey’s ‘In Full Bloom’ Gets Remixed
Isolated Connection is Explored in Millefiore Clarkes’ ‘Love in Quarantine’
With large scale productions and adventurous undertakings being off the table this year, the time is ripe for intimate new films. Filmmaker Millefiore Clarkes took the strange time of reflection this year gave us and put together Love in Quarantine, a documentary exploring various aspects of human connection and love within our isolated context. Released last month through the NFB, the film may reflect feelings you’ve dwelled in over these long months. Continue reading Isolated Connection is Explored in Millefiore Clarkes’ ‘Love in Quarantine’
New Music: Little Cities Release Self-Titled EP of Party Anthems
The latest offering from Prince Edward Island-based Little Cities comes at an inopportune time – the perfect party soundtrack, during a time when partying is in direly short supply. The self-titled EP feels like it exists in a singular world, booze-fuelled confessions taking place across the same hectic Friday night. Continue reading New Music: Little Cities Release Self-Titled EP of Party Anthems