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Album Review // Arkells – Rally Cry

In the history of the music industry, there are plenty of bands who have tried to extend their relevance well beyond their third and fourth albums.  Some bands change line ups, some change their recording locations and others introduce new elements into the mix.  Some bands succeed, but many more wash up, wrecked on the… Read More

Friday Night Soundtrack // We Made it Through the Week!

The Interrupters - "She's Kerosene" While I don't know if I've completely overcome my Ska Fever of the early '00s, I do dig the punk-forward sound of the latest cut from The Interrupters, "She's Kerosene". It's a dose of up-tempo aural caffeine that will be a great fit for your early morning soundtrack. https://youtu.be/Yq2jJLswL8I Dennis… Read More

Midweek Mixdown // Side B: Soggy Socks Mix

Hope you've managed to hide away from these never-ending raindrops, but man what a spring we've had thus far; until this week it's been cold and dreary, but that long awaited blast of sunshine is well overdue. That groundhog must be having a good laugh off in his burrow, now can we just flip the… Read More

Midweek Mixdown // Aural Sunshine Awaits

This week's Midweek Mixdown is a blast of upbeat musical sunshine, as we are still looking for the warm weather, so hopefully these tunes will tide you over until the warmth arrives. Harry Styles - "Sign of the Times" https://youtu.be/L8JWeesN5So Let's be honest for a moment here, I never thought that I would be including… Read More

Friday Night Soundtrack // Weekend Edition

Here we are, past the halfway point of February already, hard to believe eh? I don't know about you, but I'm fucking exhausted after this past week's trifecta of storm systems and the bucket of snow they left behind. If any of us were wondering what it would be like to live on Hoth, I… Read More

Justin’s Top Albums Of 2016

Before I begin my rant, I gotta say that 2016 was a year that totally blew me away for music, and not just music across Canada, but music that came out of my hometown in Halifax. Wintersleep, Kestrels, Adam Baldwin, Like A Motorcycle, Hello Delaware, just to name a few artists that had a stellar… Read More

Top 10 Albums of 2016 // Trev’s List

Growing up, December was always one of my favourite months as it meant the year-end issues of Rolling Stone, Spin, Blender and the countless other music mags published their yearly lists and picked their favourites from the past 12 months. Sadly, a lot of those publications have either shuttered, or gone to an online-only model.… Read More