Artist Spotlight
Red Grace – The Time
Fuelled by sultry grooves and old-school rock n’ roll, Edmonton’s Red Grace is dropping their latest single “The Time.” The track was created as the opening theme song for an independent podcast called “A STO Life: Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outages,” a show highlighting the “underdogs” in society amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The message of the hard rock tune is simply “Time is a constant so don’t waste it” and reinvigorates the golden rule, do unto others as… you know the rest.
The track rips with its live-off-the-floor punk rock recording style, utilizing face-melting riffs, a bit of slide guitar, rhythmic bass, and warpath drumming. Red Grace also throws in some three-part vocal harmonies to make the track feel huge. It’s a song for partying but also realizing you have to make the most out of life.
“Life passes us by in the blink of an eye and you want your time remembered as a positive contribution to the world,” Red Grace says of the message of the song.
Red Grace takes its name from the feeling of every one of their tracks—loud and abrasive (with the recordings usually peaking at the red) but also having moments of sweet graceful reprieve. Each member has been playing in various projects since high school, but always finds a way to make music together. Red Grace is a more recent collaboration after the group’s past band, Ravensword called it quits.
The members of Red Grace like to keep it fresh and strive to release a new rock n’ roll offering every few months, so keep your ears and eyes peeled.
Artist Spotlight
“Keep T Moving” shows Meas & Riddie’s fresh approach to house music
Meas & Riddie release their debut, “Keep T Moving,” a fusion of youthful vigor and classic electronic character. Meas & Riddie produced the track, and these two young artists have already built a clear connection with House music while still leaving room to experiment and make music on their own terms.
“Keep T Moving” is a powerful electronic and house record that speaks to the duo’s love of fusing old-school 909 sounds with more modern synths. This distinction gives the track its main artistic direction, fusing a familiar electronic base with a modern edge. Meas & Riddie see those influences as part of the sound they are beginning to make their own.
As their first independent Spotify release, “Keep T Moving” also captures the thrill of a beginning, of two young musicians stepping into the scene without putting unnecessary limits on where their sound can go. 17-year-old Riddie and 15-year-old Meas share an uncommon sense of youthful dedication on their debut release. Their age is part of the story, but more interesting is their willingness to explore on their own terms. “Keep T Moving” definitely sets the direction, but leaves plenty of room for Meas & Riddie to build on their sound with future releases.
Artist Spotlight
Max Ceddo captures one-sided communication on latest release “So You Say”
Max Ceddo takes a frustrating one-sided conversation and makes it the centerpiece of “So You Say,” a song built around communication that never seems to go anywhere. It’s a relatable portrait of the frustration of constantly trying to engage another person in conversation, only to be met with little reciprocation.
The lyrics make that imbalance clear from the beginning, “All you seem ever to say is So you say.” Every time someone calls to talk to me, the narrator says, the other person listens and says nothing, and the narrator wonders why they even called. Even the greeting seems to be limited: “all you ever say is hi at the beginning.” The repetition signals a relationship caught in a frustrating pattern.
What gives “So You Say” its character is how directly it complains. There is no need to dress up the problem, one person wants communication, while the other seems unable or unwilling to give it. “You cant speak cause all you ever say is so you say” brings the idea back around, so the repetition is part of the message itself. Max Ceddo captures the weariness of talking when no one talks back.
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