Uncharted Lost Legacy Review

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Naughty Dog brings us a lengthy DLC, from the Uncharted series featuring a story following the events of Uncharted 4 with Chloe and Nadine. You take control of Chloe in this case; as she is on the hunt for the Tusk of Ganesh, and tries to beat a war lord by the name of Asav. Who is in the middle of a war himself. The lost legacy takes place in India, which is great because it is a new location. But 90% of it takes place in a jungle like all of the other Uncharted games (a change of scenery would be nice in this series). 

 

In the beginning of the game, we see the characters struggle to trust each other and work together. As the story continues we find out a little bit more about the history of the characters. Especially Chloe, and who her father was. Come to find out she is finishing what her father began. Nadine’s story is a bit different and is satisfying to find out what has happened to her and shoreline, and how she acquired the organization. The characters seem to get closer as the story progresses with some minor bumps along the way. 

Lost Legacy is a great expansion of the series and I hope to see a full triple A title featuring these two characters in the future.

 

Uncharted Lost Legacy: 9/10

The Lunchbox Interview: Natalie Pickard & Debbie Thomas (NBACL)

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Sometimes you just need an ally to help you reach your dreams, to make your art.

My guests today are Natalie Pickard and Debbie Thomas. Debbie works with the New Brunswick Accociation for Community Living (NBACL), an entity that works with people who need help making their way in society. Natalie is an artist working with the NBACL on a program that helps people get started on creating a sustainable business. Natalie’s artwork can be found on postcards, currently for sale at Covey’s on Prospect St. We talk about how the program helps people like Natalie, and how Natalie has gone on to create this artwork.

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The Lunchbox Interview: David Ivany (The Hollywood Star Room 4th Anniversary)

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Even when you are driven by passion, it takes a certain kind of energy to sustain it year after year.

My guest today is David Ivany, co-creator of The Hollywood Star Room, a music venue located in his livingroom in Ripples, NB. They’re celebrating their fourth anniversary this weekend, and David takes some time to reminisce on how it all got started, what it’s been like and how they plan to celebrate the birthday.

The 4th Anniversary celebration features a reunion of Southern Justice and a performance from Paula Tozer’s latest project. Join them on Saturday, August 19 at 10pm.

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Homemade Jams 2017-08-15

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Track Listing: 

1.) Gavin Simms – Not Old Yet

2.) Gavin Simms – Our Love Is A Lonely Fate

3.) Heat and Lights – Maybe We Like The Blues

4.) Jessica Rhaye – Sun Will Shine For You

5.) Pretty Archie – She Was Perfect

6.) Ian Kelly – Montreal (Montreal, QC)

7.) Sleepy Driver – Underneath The Shadows

8.) Stewart Legere – If You Have The Time ft. Jenn Grant

9.) Tyler Hache – Hide & Seek

10.) Grand Theft Bus – Don’t Treat Me Like That

11.) Grand Theft Bus – Insane Man’s Mind

12.) Loveland – Blue Sun

13.) Jessie Brown – Debt (We Ain’t Got No Money)

Her Turn 2017-08-15

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Track Listing: 

1.) Audrey Ochoa Trio – De Mi

2.) Sarah Beatty – Holy Smokes

3.) Programm – Like The Sun

4.) Ariane Moffatt – Debout

5.) Lake Street Dive – Close To Me

6.) Sulfur City – Kings Highway

7.) Jen Cloher – Strong Woman

8.) Jen Cloher – Waiting In The Wings

9.) The Heirlooms – Melt Down

10.) Rabies – Celtic Frost

11.) Savages – Slowing Down The World

12.) Roya – End Times

13.) Gum Country – Brain Song

14.) Kool Krys – Amazon Hot Wax

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Bondo chats with Raveen – Interview

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2017-08-15 Every once in awhile there’s a sound that you can’t quite describe. Dark, but not ominous. Beautiful, but not delicate. Montreal’s Raveen fits into this category.

Their latest release, Always, had Ride The Tempo call them “the Pink Floyd of the new millennium” which are some pretty big words… but I get it. There’s something big, ethereal and calming about this music all at the same time.

Check out my chat with Raveen vocalist Eric while we talk about the music, Montreal, and their upcoming East Coast tour.

Raveen are playing The Capital with Property// and Year of Glad August 26, 2017.

 

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RFYL Episode: NoMeaningEP32

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Run For Your Life! – the psychobilly rock show of zombie sharks

 

Another episode flies off the handle and brings you all the sizzling tracks before the summer fizzles out! What the hell did I just write?

Anyway, there’s a lot of great tracks coming from both my rediscovered archive AND from the 2017 releases earlier this year. It’s hard to believe we’re at the later half of the year already, but there you have it. I request some requests from you folks! What are you listening to these days? Other than my music, of course. Fire it off to me online here, RunForYourLifeCHSR@gmail.com or tweet at me as RFYLMatt! Do it!

Playlist:
Down To The Bottom – Dorothy
Got What You Need – Young Rival
Miss-Taker – Double Fuzz
Trojan Horse – JPNSGRLS
Freak Machine – Fit For Rivals
Out The Door – The Holy Snappers
Gunnar Hansen – Freeze the Atlantic
Delusion – Kitchen Witch
Down On The Road – Electric Mountain
Rally – Sumo Cyco
Cleanse The Bloodlines / Call Me Immortal – Unleash The Archers
Black Sunshine – White Zombie

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Anything Goes 2017-08-12

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Track Listing: Anything Goes with Bondo – there is so much great new music out there

1.) Lucy Rose – Strangest of Ways

2.) Eckhardt and the House – Don’t Look Back

3.) Smiles With Teeth – June

4.) Foonyap – The Fun Machine

5.) Konrad – Are You (Really There)

6.) Alt-J – In Cold Blood

7.) Deerhoof ft. Jenn Wasner – I Will Spite Survive

8.) Mermaids Exist – Intellect

9.) The Burn Ins – Worry

10.) The Districts – Violet

11.) The Sylvia Platters – Faith Healer

12.) Designosaur – Laughter

13.) The Damn Truth – Plastic Flowers

14.) Methyl Ethel – Drink Wine

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Crash Bandicoot N’Sane Trilogy Review

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Crash Bandicoot is back with a whole new make over. Activision brings us the three original games that originally came out in the 90’s, Crash Bandicoot, Cortex strikes back and Warped. Does this hold the nostalgic feelings we deserve or does it leave us frustrated with no end to be seen? let’s find out.

Crash Bandicoot is a wonderful platformer that took me back to the days of Mario, Donkey Kong & Mega Man. Your evil nemeses in these games, of course, is Doctor Neo Cortex who is trying to get all the power crystals, so each level you go through in the second & third game collecting those power crystals is a must; other than that getting from the beginning of the level to the end is the main goal, and defeating enemies by jumping on them or spin attacking them is just awesome. That is only the tip of the ice berg when it comes to these games collecting apples to get enough for extra lives, destroying all the boxes for an extra gem at the end of the levels.
Let’s talk about the levels, some of the levels in this game are absolutely gorgeous when it comes to the new design and updated graphics; with that being said some of the levels are so difficult in parts it will make your turn gray if you are in your twenties like me, some of these levels would take me up to forty-five minutes to beat but none the less I had a great time with them and the game took me less than a week to beat which is great. I never got bored I was being challenged but not to the point where I wanted to give up. I found as the games went along though they were getting easier, I don’t know if that is because I was getting accustomed to the challenge or if they were made intentionally to be easier.

The N Sane trilogy may have been beaten but it will not soon be forgotten it is everything I needed in a game right now, it may have been frustrating at certain points but I had fun every step of the way.

Crash Bandicoot: 8/10
Reviewed by ICE at Gamers of the Round Table
to buy or rent Crash Bandicoot N’Sane trilogy go to Gameaccess.ca

Homemade Jams 2017-08-10

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Track Listing: 

1.) Adam Washburn – Lift Me Up

2.) Spoutnique – My Blue Sky Turns Teal

3.) Shaun LB – Dawn

4.) Jessie Brown – Someone Else

5.) Kurtis Eugene – So Far

6.) Nap Eyes – Stargazer

7.) Cellerghost – Mothic

8.) Little You, Little Me – Racket In My Brain

9.) Not You – Soup

10.) Not You – TwoFour

11.) Incredible Woman – Dilemma

12.) District Avenue – Panic Drive

13.) The Motorleague – Wounded Animal

Fuzztone Mania Episode 20

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 Hello all hope you all had a great weekend and are having a good week so far. we heard some great tune by some great bands on this show her are just a few bands we listen to. The 4 horse men ,Lynch Mob,Warrant,Ozzy Osborn ,Megadeath and more…

 

Play List for 04/08/17
1. Ted Nugent -free for all
2. Scorpions – Tease me Please me
3. Nazareth – This flight tonight
4. Ozzy Osborn – Deamon alchole 
5. The 4 horse men -Rockin is ma buisness
6. Heart – Perfect Strangers
7. Motorhead – Killed by death
8. Dio – Stand up and shout
9. Aprilwine – Just like that
10. Skid Row – Peace of me
11. Rainbow – since you been gone
12. Jeff Healy – Can you see the light
13. Blackfoot -Higway song
14. The Guess who – Bus rider
15. Lynch Mob – Wicked sensation
16. Warrant -Uncle tom cabin
17. Rush – fly bye night \in the mood
18. Pink floyd – One of these days
19. Led zepplin – Trappled under foot
20. Triump – Rocky mountain way
21. Zz top – La grange
22. Ozzy Osborn – Crazy babies
23. Lee Aaron – Tom boy
24. Led zepplin -Stairway to heaven
25. Megadeath – Peace sells
26 . Steppenwolf – Skulldugery

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The Lunchbox Interview: TJ Webb

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Creative people are constantly re-inventing themselves — sometimes by re-visiting themselves.

My guest today is TJ Webb, a musician from Halifax who has declared this to be “The Summer of TJ Webb”. He’s re-releasing some of his earlier albums to produce momentum for new works. We talked about where this part of his musical journey came from and what’s coming up in the near future.

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Homemade Jams 2017-08-09

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Track Listing: 

1.) Some Dads – Stupid Doesn’t

2.) Quinn Bonnell – The Night

3.) Rabies – What A Shame

4.) Rabies – Crucify

5.) New Swears – Dance With The Devil (Ottawa, ON)

6.) CHIPS – The Game

7.) Erin Costelo – Everyday

8.) Chillteens – Sweet Bay

9.) Chillteens – Sunflower

10.) Jane Blanchard – seven

11.) Port Cities – Don’t Say You Love Me

12.) Gavin Simms – Evergreen

13.) Ben Caplan – Seed of Love

The Lunchbox Interview: Richard Hornsby (NB Summer Music Festival)

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Imagine what rock & roll will be able to do after a few hundred years of refinement.. And then go listen to the amazing work in classical music.

My guest today is Richard Hornsby, Director of Music at UNB and one of the organizers and participants in the NB Summer Music Festival. While primarily a festival celebrating music created a century or two ago, the festival also presents a modern blending of music in the FUZE sub-festival, as well as music from other traditions. This year, the theme is España, the music from Spain.

The festival runs August 7-19 in various locations across the city. See the festival website for a full schedule.

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Homemade Jams 2017-08-08

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Track Listing: 

1.) MELONVINE – Break The Cycle

2.) Saint-Jack – Madame

3.) Dance Movie – Penny

4.) Partner – Play The Field

5.) Mermaids Exist – Call Me A Liar (Toronto, ON)

6.) Gavin Simms – Fire in My Heart

7.) Dennis Ellsworth + Kinley Dowling – Panorama High

8.) The Barrowdowns – Landlocked

9.) Jon Fidler – Ten Years

10.) Mike LeBlanc – Rich man, Poor Man

11.) Matthew Byrne – Long Years Ago

12.) The Tortoise The Hare & The Millionaire – She’s Alright

13.) Dylan Menzie – Looking Back

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Her Turn 2017-08-08

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Track Listing: 

1.) Sorry Edith – Beautiful Burner

2.) Partner – Play The Field

3.) Shilpa Ray – EMT, The police and the Fire Department

4.) Pale Lips – Don’t Take Your Switchblade To New York

5.) Teen Vice – Y U WNT 2

6.) Moon King – In & Out

7.) Mise En Scene – I’m OK

8.) Rabies – Crucify

9.) The Burn Ins – Ain’t Nobody Watching Me

10.) KALO – One Mississippi

11.) Scarlett Taylor – Children Of The Sun

12.) Lucky + Love – Full Moon

13.) Sofia Imas – Cold

14.) Camille Delean – Daylight Soothes My Fear

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Anything Goes 2017-08-05

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Track Listing: Anything Goes with Bondo – there is so much great new music out there

1.) Chad Vangaalen – Pine and Clover

2.) Aron D’Alesio – Diamond Ring

3.) PAVEL – The Wild One

4.) Fake Billy & the Lost Prophets – Book of Job

5.) Nachtschade – Better Learn

6.) Sleepy Sun – Seaquest

7.) METZ – Cellophane

8.) The Electro-Lights – The Ballad of Scruff McGruff

9.) Gogol Bordello – Walking on the Burning Coal

10.) Elliott Brood – ‘Til The Sun Comes Up Again

11.) Death From Above 1979 – Freeze Me

12.) Portugal. The Man – Noise Pollution

13.) Kedr Livanskiy – Ariadna

14.) Mappe Of – Nimbin

 

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RFYL Episode – WhatILikeEP31

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Run For Your Life! – the psychobilly rock show of zombie sharks

So here we are, another Friday down on year seven. How do we go from here? Up, of course! Send in your requests to RunForYourLifeCHSR@gmail.com or just share about some music you love in the comment section here. Or on Facebook. Or wherever, do your thing, just enjoy some tunes!

This week we revisit some of my archives and realize, oh yeah, lots of wicked stuff has already come out. I’ve also totally lost track of  time and can’t believe it’s August already, which is something I only just now noticed because of the date showing on this episode.. 31 episodes down for this year already. Crazy!

 

Playlist:
Blood On The Snow – Stone Iris
Turn It Up – Sheer Mag
Don’t Waste Your Time – Kitchen Witch
Bridges In The Sun – Napalmpom
You I Want – Ruby Bones
Magnetoscope – Freeze the Atlantic
Groove Is Black – HALF Gramme of SOMA
New Stone – Parasol Caravan
Fear The Fire – Orbital Express (Official)
The Coward’s Way – Unleash The Archers
Wandering – Rockyard

 

 

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Rocking The Riverfront

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The rural area of Pictou County is known for two things, their fantastic pizza and for shutting down their downtown core once a year for their signature event, the Riverfront Jubilee. This festival has hosted some of the best east coast talent such as Classified, Joel Plaskett, The Sheepdogs and Great Big Sea while also providing a hometown spotlight for local artists on both their main and small stages. A cornerstone event in both the community and Atlantic Canada, Jubilee weekend brings the small town together and engages it with the incredible music scene in which it occupies. In it’s 22nd year, this year’s line-up is one of the festivals best, with main stages of headliners from top to bottom and a unique palate of late night stages to satisfy attendees who just can’t get enough.

 

Friday Night

 

The festival kicks off Friday with a roster of acts you can’t help but sing along to. Area regulars Grooveback will infect the audience with their seedy, funky blues rock while fellow regulars Andre Pettipas and the Giants will saturate the stage with their soulful rock and roll. Then the dancing shoes come out with the multi-platinum selling band Haywire from Prince Edward Island. Their infectious 80’s sound will pair perfectly with closing act PC Pop Classic’s, who will take over the reins of the nostalgia train by covering a slew of 60’s and 70’s hits; all complete with era-appropriate attire.

 

On the late-night stage is a second showing of Grooveback and Andre Pettipas and the Giants at Wranglers Bar and Grill. ECMA-nominated hip-hop artist Quake Matthews, who just released his fifth full length album “Celebrate The Struggle”, will bring his raspy poetic hip-hop to the Commune along with DJ Cashis.

 

Saturday Night

 

On Saturday, the dulcet tones of Matt Mays take the stage sporting new music from the follow-up to his Juno-winning album “Coyote”. “Once Upon A Hell Of A Time” is a complete 180 to it’s predecessor, it’s rambunctious, crashing rhythms reinvigorate Mays as an artist and bring back the uplifting folk-rock anthems that his fans have grown to love. Mays is joined by Wintersleep, who’s track record includes appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman, opening for Paul McCartney and recording a song with legendary Canadian bass player Geddy Lee. They are crowd favourites all over Nova Scotia so expect a packed crowd and cracked voices for this one, especially if they break out their hit “Weighty Ghost”. Also on the bill are The Town Heroes, who return to the Jubilee stage as a quartet after recruiting bassist Tori Cameron and guitarist Aaron Green of the band Hello Delaware. Recently nominated for two ECMA’s for their album “Please, Everyone”, the bands extended line-up is brought forth by their growing sound that has evolved from punchy tracks such as “Berlin Wall” to more mature, atmospheric tunes such as “Baton Rouge”. These islanders will perform a second set as well at Wranglers as a part of Late Night Stages along with Halifax songstress Natalie Lynn. Over at the Commune, DJ Night Feast and Lonely Kid round out Saturdays line-up.

 

Sunday Night

 

Sunday’s finale showcases both up and coming and established heavyweights of the east coast music scene. Folk-rock duo Fortunate Ones have received a plethora of recent honours including the 2016 Juno for Contemporary Roots Album of The Year and 6 ECMA nominations over the past two years. Fellow opener Matt Andersen headlined the ECMA Big Ticket Showcase and had a strong showing with his 7th studio album “Honest Man”. Finally, is festival headliners Alan Doyle and the Beautiful Gypsies. The last time Doyle played the Jubilee was with Canadian icons Great Big Sea back in 2013. Their headlining show that Sunday was the first sold out show in the history of the festival and being the great showman that he is, Doyle will likely be looking to top that. Accompanied by his band The Beautiful Gypsies, Doyle’s signature voice fits into a spectrum of uplifting, playful and powerful songs that remain true to his Newfoundland roots.

 

One the bright new faces of Pictou County’s music scene, Stonehouse, will close out Late Night Stages along with the Mike Bochoff Band. DJ Tlee & Technikyla and Pineo and Loeb will wrap things up at the Commune.

 

The 22nd New Glasgow Riverfront Jubilee will run from this Friday, August 4th to Sunday August 6th, 2017. For tickets and more info visit http://newglasgowjubilee.ca/#