There was no Warped Tour in 2021, even though pop-punk’s pulse rattled loudly enough for the first time in a decade to warrant its snot-nosed, guitar-thrashing return—as evidenced from WILLOW’s Travis Barker-christened Lately I Feel Everything to the global dominance of Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour. A local ripple of the trend’s cresting wave? Halifax’s No, It’s […]
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Review: David R. Elliott, Strawberry Grass
If a Jeff Tweedy-type fronted White Fence, you’d have a good opener for David R. Elliott. Controversial opinion: On Strawberry Grass, I also hear everything I like about Steve Miller Band. Fight me, I don’t care. The psych-rock Ty Segall-ish guitar on songs like “Due Time”, “Letter To My Son” and “I’m Not Him” (note: […]
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Review: Wake Rider, Wake Rider
Indie pop mellow melody makers Wake Rider’s recently released its first eponymous full length EP, and the chillness is extremely real. The technical prowess of music students is evident here, but Eric Skinner’s icy, disaffected vocals coat it evenly, blending well with the songs, as some Diamond Dave-type (lol can you imagine) would push this […]