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David Simard “The Heavy Wait” (Independent, 2016)

December 13, 2016 Jonathan Aird 0
The second full length alum by Vancouverian David Simard is a dark toned thing.  Mordant meditations on love to a funereal accompaniment are the grist that fills David Simard’s mill. So much so that when he […]
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Derek Senn “Avuncular” (Independent, 2016)

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“Avuncular” is one of those words that you didn’t know you needed until you learned what they meant, and then you’re just itching to use it, waiting for the right opportunity to drop it into a […]
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Red Moon Road “Sorrows and Glories” (Independent 2016)

December 12, 2016 Michael Farley 0
Red Moon Road are a Winnipeg based three piece, two guys, one girl, with a wide range of styles. “Sorrows and Glories” appears to be their third CD release and a very worthy and quality piece […]
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Silas Lowe ‘’Wandering Father, Forgotten Son’’ (Independent, 2016)

December 12, 2016 Nick Jarman 0
Written as an ode to an absent father, ‘’Wandering Father, Forgotten Son’’ is an album of many textures, with the stylistic differences between Roy Michaels, the father, and Silas himself being mixed throughout the record, as […]
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Martin Scorsese “No Direction Home–10th anniversary edition” (White Horse Productions, 2016)

December 9, 2016 Jonathan Aird 0
It would be a huge exaggeration to say that Martin Scorsese’s documentary film on Dylan‘s early years in Greenwich Village reignited his career but, when it was initially broadcast in 2006, it did serve to increase […]

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