North Lakes aim for a “smart blend of nostalgia and new.” The Charlottetown-based band claim equal parts power pop, proto-punk, and garage rock; pure-grain and punchy with a reverb chaser, carefully structured to provide a soundtrack to accompany the wind in your hair. The band name influences like Jesus and Mary Chain, Brian Jonestown Massacre, and HAIM, but with songs like “Jasmine and Flowers,” their heritage is clearly rooted in classic rock. Continue reading North Lakes Return With Psychedelia and a Penchant for Tea on ‘Jasmine and Flowers’
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Cavendish Beach Music Festival Announces 2022 Return With Country Music Star Luke Combs Headlining
The organizers of Cavendish Beach Music Festival, the largest multi-day outdoor music festival in Atlantic Canada, have announced its impending return in 2022. With that announcement comes the news of the first big name attached to headline: multi-platinum, award-winning country star Luke Combs. Continue reading Cavendish Beach Music Festival Announces 2022 Return With Country Music Star Luke Combs Headlining
Sasha’s Ambulance’s ‘Aquarius Moon’ Means Belonging But Not Together
“Aquarius Moon,” the newest single to be released by Prince Edward Island’s Sasha’s Ambulance, is a dream-pop lesson in incompatibility. The song is a reminder—mid-breakup—that between happily-ever-after and rejection is a whole galaxy of almosts: people you carry along in your heart for the rest of your life, even if you’ve recognized that being together isn’t the right path. Continue reading Sasha’s Ambulance’s ‘Aquarius Moon’ Means Belonging But Not Together
Alli Walker’s New Single is an Upbeat Introduction to the Whole Genre of ‘Country Music’
The new single from singer-songwriter Alli Walker is a treasure hunt for fans of country music. The appropriately titled track, “Country Music,” is an ode to some of the most influential country songs to have played a role in Walker’s life and drops names like we’re fighting a war for nostalgia. Continue reading Alli Walker’s New Single is an Upbeat Introduction to the Whole Genre of ‘Country Music’
Dennis Ellsworth & The Electric Stars’ ‘Endless (Nowhere Else to Go)’ is an Argument for Perspective and the Grateful Dead
Dennis Ellsworth is a master of perspective. The award-winning songwriter has a habit of looking backward and forward all at the same time; a regular denim-clad Janus, armed with a six-string. His songs often seem to have us either peering into the future from the context of golden-hued childhood or back in retrospect with the burden of hindsight.
His new single with backing band The Electric Stars — Dan Currie (guitar), Mike Montigny (bass), Roger Carter (organ), Mike Carver (drums), and Adam Gallant (percussion) — questions that perspective and whether we’re getting a clear picture of where we are at all. Continue reading Dennis Ellsworth & The Electric Stars’ ‘Endless (Nowhere Else to Go)’ is an Argument for Perspective and the Grateful Dead