Carlin Nicholson and Mike O’Brien have a long musical history together. While playing in The Golden Dogs and as part of Jason Collett’s touring band, they fine tuned their easy-going pop sounds and (hopefully) have finally stumbled on the recipe that will get them the attention they deserve. I mean, we loved the Golden Dogs [...]
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Reviews:: Black Heart Brigade Fathers
The new EP – Fathers – from Brampton’s Black Hat Brigade is good. Before we get into this, I just want to make sure people realize that, because what comes next is might sound negative and almost stopped me from reviewing this EP. BHB is not Wolf Parade, nor are they as good as one [...]
Reviews:: On Film Covers EP
It’s no secret we here at the hill are homers. We’ll tell anyone that will listen – and judging by our stats, it seems that’s not many – that NS music can hold it’s own with any other area in Canada. We’ve been putting out terrific music for years, and even after a little downturn [...]
Quick Hitters:: Angela Desveaux If Ever I Loved EP
Man. What a nice surprise. It’s no secret we love Montreal based Angela Desveaux here on herohill. The Mighty Ship cracked our Top 20 last year and finding out she has a new 7″ (with three additional downloads) fixing to come out is great news. For those only familiar with Desveaux’s latest work, If Ever [...]
Reviews:: Royal Wood The Lost or Found EP
web site || buy from zunior Effortless; a term thrown around all too often in music reviews. The overused descriptor nestles up nicely beside sentiments like beautiful, epic, soaring, hazy, and “I liked their earlier stuff better” and when it comes to classic chamber pop tracks it seems to be a pre-requisite. When you hear [...]
Reviews:: Basket of Figs Oh Eye, Oh Night
buy online When I stumbled on Basket of Figs I really had no idea who she/they were, where they were from or any other information other than the songs on the 666 EP were fantastic. Even now, the myspace they once had is gone and tracking down more info requires some Burn After Reading type [...]
Reviews:: Dark Mean Frankencottage
myspace || web siteIt’s no secret I’m a big fan of the Hamilton label, Down by the Point records. The small run label is exactly the type of outfit that we bloggers should be searching out; limited-to-no PR budget, repping the hell out of their local scene and, of course, good bands with different sounds. [...]
Reviews:: The Space Between Things Songs About You
myspace Man, talk about getting hit with a wave of lo-fi bliss. Ontario native, Chris Hobson – a.k.a. The Space Between Things – finally released a digital EP, Songs About You, and the blend of static, noise, hiss and melody is remarkably strong. He combines elements that blend into and flow over top of each [...]