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August 30th, 2011

Festivities :: Celestial City 2011 [Fredericton, NB]

From the celestial vibrations of Aaron Levin:
In our endless pursuit of marganalized rockery, we often stumble upon incredibly inspiring sources of creative energy. Case in point: the tiny city of Fredericton, New Brunswick is celebrating the second year of their newest fringe-music festival: Celestial City. Housed in the All-Ages Art Space Gallery Connexion, the festival will play host to Weird Canada favourites: Jerry Granelli, Cat Bag, Transfixed, and Saint John-native Adam Mowery. Their manifesto is simple: provide an alternative space for experimental and fringe musics while Fredericton is caught-up celebrating the ancient twangs of jazz and blues. Celestial City’s sweltering sounds will blanket Fredericton on September 16th and 17th, granting credence amongst Fredericton’s lay-folk; indeed, the new wave has come.

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July 29th, 2011

Festivities :: SappyFest 2011

From the cult-like gathering of James Goddard:
The small college town of Sackville, New Brunswick harbours a secret. Every summer while students shop for discount books in major cities, a cult-like gathering of outsiders convenes to celebrate strange sounds in large tents, vaudeville theatres, small town cinemas and railside taverns. Turning the concept of a multi-venue festival on its head each year, SappyFest finds not the alterna-side spaces where loud noises are welcome but puts all the plaid shirts, fuzz peddles and puddles of beer right on the main street. First hosting the reunited Eric’s Trip in 2006, Sappy has grown and grown. This year’s lineup promises not to disappoint, showcasing the luminaries of independent Canadian culture both new and old, familiar and not. Alongside as yet un-tauted gems such as Cannon Bros, Hash Jesus, SILKEN LAUMANN and Wooden Wives, this year’s lineup boasts sets by current Weird Canada favourites Jennifer Castle, Chad VanGaalen, Rich Aucoin, Gobble Gobble, Grimes and Quaker Parents. And that’s just the pop music. See you there?

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April 6th, 2010

Review :: Frederick Squire – Friday March 12

Frederick Squire
Friday March 12
(Self Released)
Sackville, NB
::web/sounds::


From the tantramaratic marshes of James Goddard:
There is a special bite to the wind that blows off the Tantramar. Fred Squire’s songs are modeled after that marsh wind. They wake you up. Expertly positioned, every layer arranged like a plate in a drying rack. The voice, guitar, drums, piano; one after another. Fred wants you to watch him build these songs. He draws your attention to the process, to the pedals and the microphones, the tape and the instruments; it’s an attention to recording. He’s showing you how to make something sound ecclesiastical, reverential, like the wind. While at the same time never allowing one to losing sight of the fact that underneath all that is a man with a guitar and a voice like a paragon.

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Frederick Squire – You Sing High We Will Sing Low

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Frederick Squire – Theme From a Northern Movie

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February 2nd, 2010

Review :: Adam Mowery – Port City Burning

Adam Mowery
Port City Burning
(Self Released)
Saint John, NB
::web/sounds::


From the singed mind of James Goddard:
Adam Mowery began the decade singing songs about being a cat and wearing striped socks in a well-loved acoustic indie-pop trio. Here as we enter a new decade he has re-invented himself as a sort of bizarro world Harry Belafonte. His live shows are swoon inducing rock and roll revivalism at its best. On this CD-R he treats us to 13 bad luck pop songs. The old pop-sensibility that used to dominate Port City Allstars records is now tempered by lo-fi experimentalism. His falsetto voice cuts through all the tape hiss and off-beat percussion making you believe that the rain-soaked, wind-ravaged port city of Saint John, New Brunswick really is a tropical paradise. What could be better than that?
[Levin's Note: Saint John is the new Halifax.]

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Adam Mowery – Turn Another Page

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Adam Mowery – The Dragon Boat Festival (Let’s All Go To)

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Adam Mowery – I’m Forever Diggin’ Where the Well Went Dry

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