Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees

Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees — Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees

This Halifax electro-dance quartet sound more like they're from California than Canada's east coast on this self-titled debut. Singer Rebekah Higgs' signature sound inflects the end syllable of every word upward, which is only slightly less irritating in song than it is when listening to a valley girl speak. When Higgs isn't channelling Cher from...
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Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees

Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees — "You Don't Miss Me"

Here's Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees' video for their self-titled album's "You Don't Miss Me." It features the band playing a typically frenetic live show. Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees is the dance-punk outlet for Rebekah Higgs.
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Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees (Photo by David Waldman)

Ruby Jean's Thoughtful Bees Buzzing Around

Halifax's Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees have returned from performing in the U.K. and have scheduled 13 Canadian shows in the coming weeks. The electro-rock outfit, including vocalist Rebekah Higgs (a.k.a. Ruby Jean), writer/producer/on-stage mixer Colin Crowell, guitarist Jason Vautour and drummer Sean MacGillivray, are touring in support...
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Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees (photo by Aaron Mckenzie Fraser)

Canadians Abound At Great Escape Fest

Nearly 20 Canadian acts will play Brighton, England's The Great Escape festival from May 14 to 16. The fourth edition of the festival will feature these Canadian acts: Arkells, The Acorn, Beast, Brian Borcherdt, Dan Mangan, Duchess Says, Hey Rosetta!, Holy Fuck, LIGHTS, Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland, Metric, Rebekah Higgs and her Ruby Jean...
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Pumping: Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees - Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees

This was a strange combination of Bjork and Chromeo. The Chromeo bits made our ad sales guy say Chromeo should sue them for plagiarism.
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