As the new year begins, Wicked Vices set a resolution of their own with their latest release, “Sharks.” It’s the type of song that might be the catchy tune played at the end of a coming-of-age movie. It speaks of a lesson learned and a better life moving forward. Continue reading Single: Wicked Vices Leaves the Haters and Brings out New Sound
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Peer Review: The Best Music of 2015
2015 has always been premembered as the year we all get hoverboards and self-lacing shoes. Instead we got Islamophobia, Star Wars, and more of Miley Cyrus expressing her orifices. A mixed bag in general, but inarguably not our most brilliant moment this decade; a harbinger of our downward spiral, and the seemingly inevitable rise of President Trump in 2016. So what has brought us to this? If music is the articulation of our cultural zeitgeist, then what does the soundtrack to 2015 sound like? Rather than impose on you our tastes in music, we asked some of our favourite East Coast musicians about their favourite songs to come out this year by other East Coast musicians and this is what we got. Continue reading Peer Review: The Best Music of 2015
New Music: Earthbound Trio’s ‘Ditch Flowers’
From the emphasis of the reggae phrasing in their music, to country-esque ditties, to fast-paced drum beats that nod to the rock legends of old, to irregular tempos found in blues and funk tracks, Earthbound Trio’s latest album, ‘Ditch Flowers’, has it all. Continue reading New Music: Earthbound Trio’s ‘Ditch Flowers’
New Music: Kenny James’ ‘Tougher Than Nails’
Driving an old beat-up car down a dirt road with no endpoint in mind, canoeing on a favourite lake, or sitting around a campfire and swapping the best stories and knee-slappers you can muster, this is what Kenny James’ album, ‘Tougher Than Nails’, brings to mind. Continue reading New Music: Kenny James’ ‘Tougher Than Nails’
In Review: SJTC’s Mary’s Wedding
Pippa Wennberg and Neil Bonner shine in the Saint John Theatre Company’s remounted production of Mary’s Wedding under the detailed direction of Scott Thomas. It is the touching, sometimes gut-wrenching, tale of young love blossoming at the beginning of the Great War, WWI. Continue reading In Review: SJTC’s Mary’s Wedding