NEW MUSIC FRIDAY – Anti-Anti-Vax Edition
OH, SO YOU LIKE CLICKBAIT? I apologize, I realize now that I may have confused ‘not able to get any vaccine’ with ‘a meme some trollbot made told me vaccines are bad and I believe it’ Quite the opposite, we…
Author Archives: Aron Harris
New Music Friday – Change Is In The Air Edition
Happy Friday, Quaranteens and other Locked Down Generations. Here in Toronto, we’ve had amazing weather that just injects some hope. But not a vaccine. In Canada, that’s as rare as hen’s teeth or frog feathers. That sentence was for the…
NEW MUSIC FRIDAY – Inside Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ Carnage
Few artists claim the job title as deeply as Nick Cave. His career ticks many boxes of an art enthusiast’s checklist. On top of his day job as a singer and songwriter with his band, The Bad Seeds, Cave…
New Music Friday – Polar Vortex Edition
Well, winter arrived in the sleepy burg of Toronto this week, plunging temperatures down to the minus double digits. This means the brief walks that have helped retain my sanity over the last ten plus months include lots of skin…
New Music Friday – Almost Time To Stop Saying Happy New Year Edition
Happy Friday! Or, just Friday, if that’s your speed today. I get it. Here we are, halfway done the first month of 2021. A year full of SO much promise, despite the dark fates trying to derail the Hope Train….
Making The Best Of The Worst – 2020 in Review
I don’t want to dwell on the details of 2020, no one doesn’t know all one needs to know. We lost so much in 2020, from the monumentally important things like friends and family, jobs, livelihoods, mental and physical health,…
NEW MUSIC FRIDAY – Black Friday Edition
Happy(?) Black Friday! It’s the start of a busy retail weekend. I guess if you’re buying gifts for those you love and yourself, why not get a deal? Well, please make sure you spend a little extra internet sweat trying…
New Music Friday – Halloween 2020 Edition
What could possibly be scarier than Halloween of this dumpster full of medical waste on fire year a few days before America decides whether or not to continue aiming the steering wheel towards the edge of the existential cliff like…
New Music Friday – The Last Warm Day of 2020 Edition
Nice and warm here in Toronto. Hope the same for you, wherever you’re reading this. Unless you’re reading from Antarctica. Then stay frosty. This week is a mish-mash, which is always my goal with NMF posts. There are major label…
New Music Friday – Mid-October Edition
Yeah, I didn’t think of a theme this week. Sue me. But I did curate a four-fingered hand of great artists for you. FOR FREE. Speaking of which, buy music, if you can. Or maybe buy a band’s t-shirt. Or…
New Music Friday – Thanksgiving Edition
Wow, where does 32 weeks go? Did anything happen since then? Was any new music released? Today is called the Thanksgiving Edition because I’m thankful to be back writing these pieces up. It’s been a long time and while we’re…
Eddie Van Halen – 1955-2020
Sigh. I guess every generation hits a period where their heroes start to leave this mortal coil. The last five years or so have not been kind to mine. Sadly, to undisputed guitar god Eddie Van Halen, we said goodbye…