December 19, 2016—You won’t find a bigger fan of Christmas music in New Brunswick than Nick Cobham. Starting every December, and a few days earlier this year, he plays EXCLUSIVELY holiday-themed records for the duration of the month so his knowledge and collection are vast. We asked Nick to put together a playlist for us of some lesser-known gems and…
December 19, 2016—Fresh from their tour throughout Europe last month, JOYFULTALK will travel to Ontario this week for upcoming shows at London’s Winter Spectacular festival and a show with acclaimed NYC improviser Andrea Parkins at Toronto’s Music Gallery. December 17 – London, ON: workshop @ 121 Studios (matinee 1pm – 3pm) December 17 – London, ON: Winter Spectacular @ VibraFusionLab // tickets…
November 18, 2016—Sleepwalker explores the familiar conundrum we feel when we know we’re moving in the wrong direction but it’s out of our own control. It’s like we’re being drawn forward on a conveyer belt towards undesirable results, even though the voices are saying get off while you can. “Very mellow approach to electronics, vocals, and music…great…
November 18, 2016— The Shivering Songs Festival is extremely pleased to announce an impressive initial line-up for its 2017 edition: Basia Bulat, Rose Cousins, Justin Rutledge, Jim Bryson,The Wooden Sky and Donovan Woods, as well as Toronto balladeer LUKA, New Brunswick newcomer Lydia Mainville, Fredericton’s The Hypochondriacs presenting a Grand Ole Opry-style Sunday Brunch, and festival founders The Olympic Symphonium. Now celebrating…
November 8, 2016— Although you may not know Dan Misha Goldman by name, you’ve likely heard his music either via Snowblink, a project with Daniela Gesundheit, as part of Hydra, the 7-headed juggernaut with Feist, or as arranger to people like astronaut Chris Hatfield. His past solo work, under his name and as Luxury Pond, has been praised by NPR, Rolling Stone, and…
October 31, 2016— Paper Beat Scissors has teamed up with musician/director Nick Schofield (Saxsyndrum, Year of Glad) to create a music video for the song Unfazed. An abstract, sensual and emotive piece, the video features Montreal musician Alexia Avina flitting in and out in a nebulous, hazy role. The ghostly motif syncs perfectly with the lyrical theme of refusing to look your…
September 12, 2016—Crousetown, Nova Scotia’s JOYFULTALK will head overseas for the first time this November through Brussels, Copenhagen, Berlin, Paris, Zurich, Rome, Amsterdam and more, in support of popular Canadian indie band Preoccupations. JOYFULTALK is the brainchild of Canadian composer Jay Crocker, whose past work has had glowing praise from publications like The New York Times, Globe & Mail, Paris Trans…
July 28, 2016—Paper Beat Scissors will return to Atlantic Canada almost a year after the release of Go On, the “haunting” (Rolling Stone), “stunning” (NOW), and “nearly magical” (CBC) sophomore album. Since its release, the project has toured Europe twice, including dates in Spain, Portugal, and Southern France for the first times, and relocated to Montreal. These…
July 1, 2016— Canadian percussionist and producer Bob Deveau has been creating electronic music and performing under the moniker Senior Citizen for the past ten years. Perhaps best known as drummer for Grand Theft Bus, Deveau has also been a member of The Olympic Symphonium, Share, and Snailhouse. In 2009, Deveau began recording drum tracks as a base for new electronic compositions out of his parent’s…
May 30, 2016— The Olympic Symphonium are heading north this summer. The trio will perform at the Atlin Folk Festival in July alongside Bruce Cockburn before heading to Yukon for shows in Whitehorse and Dawson City. Though they’ve been a band for almost 10 years now, this is the first time The Olympic Symphonium have performed “North of 60.” They are…
April 15, 2016— Currently touring Adult Lullabies, a 5-song companion to his landmark 2015 release, The Forgettable Truth, Michael Feuerstack will bring his band to The Maritimes for a series of shows later this month. April 28 – Fredericton, NB: Wilser’s Room // tickets April 29 – Moncton, NB: Northrup Frye Literary Festival // info April 30 – Halifax, NS: The Seahorse // tickets May 01 – Sackville, NB: Bordertown Festival @ Vogue Cinema …
March 29, 2016—“Nova Scotia’s eerie electronic trio JOYFULTALK trip out to the wilderness.” – AUX Juxtaposing lush wilderness with a digital humanoid, the video for JOYFULTALK’s song Buschbabies explores narratives of love and searching. A glittering figure emerges from the Bay of Fundy, searching the wilderness for an elusive spiritual entity as time stretches and slows, and perception and memory intertwine. Watch…
March 15, 2016— Building on the success of ‘Bluegrass Brunch’ events in New Brunswick over the past few years, Alan Jeffries is taking the show to Nova Scotia with his quartet for two performances later this month in Berwick and Riverport. The return to Berwick is the band’s first performance in town since the infamous acoustic performance at the Union Street…
March 15, 2016— Paper Beat Scissors’ huge winter tour came to an end this past weekend. The two-month run took Tim Crabtree through six countries, including his first appearances in Spain and Portugal. If you aren’t able to make it to one of the shows, you can watch a new song via “Whispering” Bob Harris’ (BBC2) new video series ‘Under…
February 23, 2016—One year after his landmark album, The Forgettable Truth, Michael Feuerstack is back with 5-song companion EP called Adult Lullabies. Mostly recorded in the same sessions as The Forgettable Truth by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (Jerusalem in My Heart) at Montreal’s Hotel 2 Tango, these songs feature the same core band of Pietro Amato, Peter Xirogiannis, and…
January 7, 2016—Tim Crabtree is hitting the winter roads overseas from late January to March for an extensive run of solo Paper Beat Scissors shows that will take him into southern Europe for the first time. This tour will shine light on the quieter, more intimate moments of the new album Go On, labelled by critics as a…
January 7, 2016—Lately, you may have heard us talking about Backward Music, our experimental sister label, a little more often. Backward began releasing instrumental music from artists such as NYC’s ambient/classical ensemble Bing & Ruth and Toronto producer/percussionist Joshua Van Tassel, in late 2012 and has since grown to include the psychedelic dance music of Double Tooth, a cinematic album from Canadian guitarist Dean…
December 31, 2015— We released A LOT of music these past twelve months. Five albums, four singles, an EP, and a sampler to be exact. The results were overwhelmingly positive with airplay on NPR, BBC, CBC, and various internet stations around the world, a Daytrotter session, guesting on CBC’s q program, a feature in the Globe & Mail, charting on CMJ stations…
December 18, 2015—Selling ice cream in Northern Canada during the winter?!? Is this a metaphor for the state of the music industry or a continuation of Michael Feuerstack’s sadsack humour present in his previous videos for Clackity Clack & Scorekeeper? Draw your own conclusions by watching the new video for the 2014 song ‘Out of Season’ featuring vocals by Devon Sproule. Produced for the 48 hour Film…
December 18, 2015—The Shivering Songs Festival is extremely pleased to add Mo Kenny, Marine Dreams, Mathias Kom, and a slew of local artists to an already impressive initial lineup for its 2016 edition: Joel & Bill Plaskett, Shane Koyczan, Les Hay Babies, Jenn Grant, The Weather Station, Michael Feuerstack, literary guest Sheree Fitch, The Burning Hell, Andrew Sisk, Quiet Parade, Fortunate Ones, Alan Jeffries and The Olympic Symphonium. Now celebrating its sixth year, Shivering Songs runs January…