https://atwoodmagazine.com/author/beau/ For the Love of Music Fri, 26 Jul 2024 20:24:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://atwoodmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Atwood-Magazine-Circle-Logo-2020-32x32.png https://atwoodmagazine.com/author/beau/ 32 32 68941247 https://atwoodmagazine.com/wpfs-wild-pink-the-fences-of-stonehenge-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/wpfs-wild-pink-the-fences-of-stonehenge-song-review/#respond Sun, 28 Jul 2024 08:00:09 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=200201 The process of reinvention when things seem to be at their peak, or at least near the top of a wave about to crest, is a funny thing, and more easily said than done. But Wild Pink is nothing if not a soul-searching journey, the perfect outlet for frontman and band leader John Ross, and a reinvigorated sense of purpose grips a roaring new single.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/wpfs-wild-pink-the-fences-of-stonehenge-song-review/feed/ 0 200201 https://atwoodmagazine.com/fpii-fold-paper-idle-idle-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/fpii-fold-paper-idle-idle-song-review/#respond Mon, 22 Jul 2024 14:01:49 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=199966 Winnipeg post-punk band Fold Paper’s song “Idle Idle” crackles and simmers with intensity, a roaring bass line and a nod to classic post-punk tracks by heroes like Fugazi.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/fpii-fold-paper-idle-idle-song-review/feed/ 0 199966 https://atwoodmagazine.com/mcnv-milky-chance-naked-and-alive-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/mcnv-milky-chance-naked-and-alive-song-review/#respond Sun, 30 Jun 2024 18:41:24 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=199397 Milky Chance are far from content to rest on laurels, which includes an impressive run of streaming stats, live shows and now “Naked and Alive,” an easily danceable earworm of a new single!]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/mcnv-milky-chance-naked-and-alive-song-review/feed/ 0 199397 https://atwoodmagazine.com/scdc-shannon-and-the-clams-dalis-clock-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/scdc-shannon-and-the-clams-dalis-clock-song-review/#respond Mon, 03 Jun 2024 20:00:56 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=198011 The eclectic “Dali’s Clock” jumps from beat to beat, as worthy of a second listen as a deeper look at the surrealist painter’s famed works, all the while nodding to a deep loss for Shannon Shaw of Shannon & The Clams.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/scdc-shannon-and-the-clams-dalis-clock-song-review/feed/ 0 198011 https://atwoodmagazine.com/rbsv-rebounder-sunset-vision-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/rbsv-rebounder-sunset-vision-song-review/#respond Fri, 24 May 2024 16:00:40 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=197713 The first single off Rebounder’s second studio EP ‘Sundress Songs’ inflects the Dylan Chenfeld-led group’s sunny sound with some surf rock energy, and speaks of bigger things to come for the energetic quartet.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/rbsv-rebounder-sunset-vision-song-review/feed/ 0 197713 https://atwoodmagazine.com/wpvs-oh-vibrant-sky-wild-pink-wyatt-c-louis-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/wpvs-oh-vibrant-sky-wild-pink-wyatt-c-louis-song-review/#respond Sun, 28 Apr 2024 09:00:05 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=196224 Wyatt C. Louis and Wild Pink’s new single “Oh Vibrant Sky” arrives off the Plains Cree singer/songwriter’s forthcoming debut album, and showcases the delicate, nuanced and subtly rich nature of what both sides do best: Make harmonious music that invites a second (or third) listen.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/wpvs-oh-vibrant-sky-wild-pink-wyatt-c-louis-song-review/feed/ 0 196224 https://atwoodmagazine.com/tmwp-shannon-and-the-clams-the-moon-is-in-the-wrong-place-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/tmwp-shannon-and-the-clams-the-moon-is-in-the-wrong-place-song-review/#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2024 21:13:05 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=195192 Shannon and the Clams’ “The Moon Is in the Wrong Place” is the celestial title track off an album tinged with devastation, memory, a higher power, and a unique strength coursing throughout.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/tmwp-shannon-and-the-clams-the-moon-is-in-the-wrong-place-song-review/feed/ 0 195192 https://atwoodmagazine.com/adfy-wild-pink-air-drumming-fix-you-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/adfy-wild-pink-air-drumming-fix-you-song-review/#respond Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:00:28 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=194776 With warm brass and a rich undercurrent tinged with hints of new wave groove, Wild Pink push the boundaries once again on their surprise EP’s lead single, “Air Drumming Fix You.”]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/adfy-wild-pink-air-drumming-fix-you-song-review/feed/ 0 194776 https://atwoodmagazine.com/rwylf-rebounder-where-are-you-later-on-forever-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/rwylf-rebounder-where-are-you-later-on-forever-song-review/#respond Sat, 16 Mar 2024 13:00:51 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=194018 With seemingly each passing season and month, New York City’s Rebounder lean further into their billing as the next big thing out of the Big Apple, with a fashionable strut and stomp to songs like “Where Are You Later On, Forever?” – matched only by a rapturous audience at packed live shows.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/rwylf-rebounder-where-are-you-later-on-forever-song-review/feed/ 0 194018 https://atwoodmagazine.com/pwtm-future-islands-people-who-arent-there-anymore-album-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/pwtm-future-islands-people-who-arent-there-anymore-album-review/#respond Thu, 15 Feb 2024 11:53:56 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=192939 Future Islands are a band to grow with, a band to embrace both heartbreak and joy, dark and light, sometimes one right after another. It all comes to a head in the group’s beautiful, yearning and cathartic new LP 'People Who Aren’t There Anymore,' released last month on acclaimed indie label 4AD.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/pwtm-future-islands-people-who-arent-there-anymore-album-review/feed/ 0 192939 https://atwoodmagazine.com/fisg-future-islands-say-goodbye-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/fisg-future-islands-say-goodbye-song-review/#respond Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:01:07 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=191695 Just days ahead of a new album gracing the airwaves, Future Islands are, once again, “all in” – betting big (as they always have) on the idea that love and loss can make you stronger, and that a deep longing in the soul can yield worthy dividends.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/fisg-future-islands-say-goodbye-song-review/feed/ 0 191695 https://atwoodmagazine.com/ajbnb-asha-jefferies-brand-new-bitch-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/ajbnb-asha-jefferies-brand-new-bitch-song-review/#respond Sun, 21 Jan 2024 16:46:08 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=191567 Listening to Australian rocker Asha Jefferies, there’s almost a clear definition to her sound that cuts across the airwaves and the distance between the continent to, well, most anywhere else. Her new single “Brand New Bitch” speaks to self-discovery, putting one’s foot down and, as Jefferies says, “getting free and moving on.”]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/ajbnb-asha-jefferies-brand-new-bitch-song-review/feed/ 0 191567 https://atwoodmagazine.com/tkrd-the-killers-spirit-rebel-diamonds-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/tkrd-the-killers-spirit-rebel-diamonds-review/#respond Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:00:52 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=189917 Brandon Flowers talked about The Killers’ latest (greatest) hits compilation as somewhere between Bowie and Brando, in name at least. Packed with iconic songs from an illustrious twenty-year career, new single “Spirit” reminds us that, as Mr. Flowers says, “What’s remembered lives.”]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/tkrd-the-killers-spirit-rebel-diamonds-review/feed/ 0 189917 https://atwoodmagazine.com/gfcn-gulfer-clean-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/gfcn-gulfer-clean-song-review/#respond Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:14:00 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=189441 Montréal's Gulfer showcase a blend of emo and indie rock on their biting new track "Clean," which boasts a “wall of sound” approach and a surprisingly upbeat music video.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/gfcn-gulfer-clean-song-review/feed/ 0 189441 https://atwoodmagazine.com/wwin-david-maine-is-david-am-what-was-isnt-now-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/wwin-david-maine-is-david-am-what-was-isnt-now-song-review/#respond Sat, 18 Nov 2023 09:00:41 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=188876 Lately, David Maine – formerly of Frankie Cosmos – has explored electronic music as a solo artist. But with his first release under new solo project David AM, Maine taps into early 2000s guitar influences and enlists the help of trusted collaborators (including former Frankie Cosmos bandmate Greta Kline and his older brother, Aaron Maine of Porches).]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/wwin-david-maine-is-david-am-what-was-isnt-now-song-review/feed/ 0 188876