Not For Me (Ep.1) :: Muchmusic Countdown

In listening to an episode of the "Nerdist" podcast, they were talking about the notion of "Not For Me". The discussion revolved around movies specifically, but I thought it might apply itself to things like the Muchmusic Countdown and the MTV Music Video awards, so here we are Episode 1 of Not For Me. There… Read More

Friday Night Soundtrack, (HPX 2013 Edition)

With the overwhelming line-up of artists/bands playing at Halifax Pop Explosion 2013, I thought I'd make an intitial list of must sees for this year's festival. Of course, my list of must sees will probably change, as we have yet to see some of the non-headliners to make the line-up. But more than likely I'll… Read More

Halifax Pop Explosion 2013 Line-up Announced!

Hey peoples, get your mobile devices out (iPhone, Blackberry, Android), and pen this into your calender. Between October 22nd - 26th, Halifax Pop Explosion is the happening thing that week, with a barrage of bands that are gonna hit Halifax. The line-up has been announced, and here's the list of who's playing... Head over to… Read More

One Track: MGMT, “Your Life Is A Lie”

http://youtu.be/Cye-1RP5jso If there's one band that has been on everyone's radar, it's MGMT. After the popular "Oracular Spectacular!, spawning such hits as "Electric Feel", "Kids", "Time To Pretend", everyone's looking for the next new hit. But after the underwhelming release of "Congratulations", expectations don't seem so high, but there's always room surprise, this is MGMT… Read More

Washed Out, Paracosm, Sub Pop

Departing from the more intimate experience of his previous effort, Ernest Greene, songwriter behind Washed Out has created an album that you can groove to, and feel good about, almost a celebration of sorts. The dreamy sound is still there, but there's a more tradition sense, since the arrangments in the instruments are more than… Read More

One Track: Paper Lions, “My Friend”

I'm actually excited for the release of Paper Lion's latest album, My Friends, which gets it's official release August 20th. After listening their earlier teaser, "Philadelphia", back in May, the Paper Lions drop us what appears to be their official first single off the album, "My Friend". It's getting quite a bit of airplay on… Read More