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LOCAL BANDS
Radio Stations In Halifax
Submitted by Bryan H on 10.8.07 at 9:14am.
Even with the addition of two radio stations in Nova Scotia, there is still a huge gap in the music we tune our car radios in to. The selection is very limited and the stations play the same songs over and over again. Radio used to have the market beat on local talent, but unless you have sold an...
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Switchblade Valentines Will Stake Your Heart. Not Literally.
Submitted by Jon Careless on 09.14.07 at 2:54pm.
Those of you who are feeling in the mood to try something new should make a date to see Switchblade Valentines this Wednesday at Gus' Pub. Their music is a combination of alternative rock and rockabilly, creating a sound the band calls "psychobilly."
After listening to their songs on myspace h...
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BA Johnston Loves To Party. He Also Likes Music.
Submitted by Jon Careless on 08.28.07 at 2:20pm.
Until today, I'd never heard of BA Johnston. Apparently, this Halifax born wild-man has been performing for years in clubs all over the Maritimes.
Johnston is a big, chubby, lovable type who, if you see him, you'll likely see the mirror image of your alcoholic father/uncle swaying drunkenly be...
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Building A History Of
Submitted by Carsten Knox on 07.9.07 at 9:54pm.
Jeff Parker is ordering t-shirts in bulk. This isn’t an unusual activity for the guy in an indie band who manages the business side of things, and it’s a necessary evil if you want to make a little extra money on merch. That the t-shirts, designed by Paul Hammond at Yo Rodeo, need to be ready fo...
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Just Barely, Good Friends
Submitted by Carsten Knox on 07.2.07 at 9:27pm.
If you are American, and that would be OK (no yank bashers here), you might be looking forward to getting all this Canadian nationalism out of the way, and enjoying your country’s 231st birthday on July 4th.
Now you have an extra reason to celebrate: local music collective Just Friends are ha...
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Insomniacs United
Submitted by Carsten Knox on 06.14.07 at 8:59am.
It’s ironic that The Sleepless Nights’ new EP—which is in fact a self-titled reissue of their earlier release Hang Up—leads off with a song called “Godspeed You Deathwolf”, a tongue-in-cheek commentary on all those musicians who felt they had to go to Toronto or Montreal to make it big.
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Old Man Luedecke and Catherine MacLellan, Live at Ginger's, June 8
Submitted by Carsten Knox on 06.8.07 at 10:43pm.
The two folk singers used the Friday night stand at Ginger’s to debut new material in an unusual format. Instead of the ordinary opening act-headliner scenario, the banjo wizard and the songstress traded sets, two each, with Luedecke starting at just after 10:30.
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Punks Go Country With Whiskey Kisses
Submitted by Carsten Knox on 05.30.07 at 8:27pm.
In 1975, it would have been unheard of. The generation gap was a chasm, not to mention the sheer opposition in values, but as time as passed, country music and punk rock have rubbed up against each other in a salacious and fertile fashion.
Fabian O’Brien has been a longtime punk musician, but...
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Rich Aucoin: 88 Keys x 25
Submitted by Carsten Knox on 04.15.07 at 2:34pm.
For gigs at Tribeca or Gus’ Pub, a local multimedia multi-instrumentalist is simply listed at Rich Aucoin. But on Sunday, April 15, playing at the Music Room, he will be Richard Aucoin, a distinction that probably has more to do with the image of the venue than the pretension of the artist.
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A Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Submitted by Carsten Knox on 04.6.07 at 9:10pm.
Thirty-five days on the road might make a lesser band go to ground. Pulling into town, they’d have their feet up, enjoying the kind of sleep you only get in your own beds. But Down With The Butterfly isn’t slowing down at all these days. One Friday night off in Halifax, having played Fredericton ...
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Hot New Halifax Rock Band
Submitted by Jake on 03.29.07 at 10:45am.
Thanks for supporting local talent!
Check out the following link for Halifax's
hottest new all original top 40 rock band.
http://www.myspace.com/afterthreedays2
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Pure Pop Keeps Coming Back
Submitted by Carsten Knox on 03.26.07 at 1:53pm.
Pure pop songwriting is just something that keeps coming back in musical culture. The influence of 60s pop pioneers such as The Beach Boys is heard again and again, and though we can count four decades and the distance of a continent since that California band reached its peak, the pure joy of vo...
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Winterfest: Music That Pummels
Submitted by Carsten Knox on 03.16.07 at 12:48am.
I spoke too soon when I said things were all quiet on the eastern front. The all-ages scene never stops here in Halifax, largely due to the efforts of Chris Smith, the fellow who runs the Pavilion. This weekend is Winterfest, a three day live music event bringing together an interesting cross-sec...
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A Fine Vintage
Submitted by Carsten Knox on 02.28.07 at 1:29am.
Brian Greenway has been playing with April Wine since 1977. That makes this year an anniversary, 30 years with the rock warriors, minus a few years there in the late 80s when the whole band decided to call it quits for awhile.
The classic rock scene is very different these days than it was in...
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I Still Can't Hear Anything
Submitted by jon Careless on 02.24.07 at 3:09pm.
Last evening I saw a band that I'd never heard of, and I'm almost positive you've never heard of them either. Their name, Skinned Roadies is an ode to hillbilly legends Lynard Skynard, who are well loved by the band. I would come to find out later on, they are certainly nothing like Skynard.
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The Many Worlds of Feral Bliss
Submitted by Carsten Knox on 02.21.07 at 12:34am.
“Sometimes silence is the better way,” sings Feral Bliss in “Silence,” a track espousing thoughtfulness and consideration from her forthcoming full-length release White Noise Intermission.
The Feral Bliss camp will be anything but silent in the days to come, and the buzz has been practically ...
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Queen of the Slipstream
Submitted by Carsten Knox on 02.13.07 at 5:58pm.
The St. George Round Church was a chilly place on Saturday night, the over 200-year-old structure doesn’t hold the heat very well. Fortunately, the stellar line-up of musicians made the place feel very cozy indeed.
At the top of the bill, closing out the In The Dead of Winter festival was Jil...
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We Are In The Dead of Winter
Submitted by Carsten Knox on 02.8.07 at 11:01am.
After weeks of consistently arctic weather, could this folk festival have a better name? It really does feel as though we have reached the basement of our seasonal journey, so what better time to gather in a dark, intimate space and listen to some of the best musicians this town —nay, the country...
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Gordie Sampson wins music's highest honour, a Grammy
Submitted by Carsten Knox on 02.5.07 at 3:06pm.
Versatility. It’s a descriptor often ascribed to artists these days by wags such as myself. It seems almost everyone you meet is a hyphenate, pursuing multiple dreams of creative expression. It’s when you talk to someone who actually is able to walk the walk that you’re impressed.
Gordie Samp...
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Concert Review: Jan. 26th at the Halifax Pavilion- For Pluto, Gamma Gamma Rays, Great Plains, Ask th
Submitted by Simonsna on 01.27.07 at 5:08pm.
In This style (the quite multi-talented drummer of For Pluto) kicked off this great show with an accoustic set while the room in the small all-ages club began to fill itself up. His voice and guitar complimented themselves quite well, and he was very easy to listen to. He didn't play for very lon...
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If cinderella wore cowboy boots
Submitted by Carsten Knox on 10.12.06 at 9:25pm.
“You have to be strong to go it alone,” sang Tom Waits on one of his earliest songs. He was sharing his views on bachelorhood, but he could have just as easily been talking about running your own business, or making a go of it as an independent singer. That’s what country singer RyLee Madison doe...
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For the cool kids, and the crowd, too
Submitted by Carsten Knox on 10.6.06 at 4:22pm.
It flummoxes record company marketing divisions and radio programmers, but some bands just don’t fit into easily definable categories. To be safe, you could say “pop” or “rock,” or some sub-genre of either, but there are the bands that just won’t sit under any comfortable label. Internationally, ...
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The incessant pulse
Submitted by Marwood on 09.26.06 at 11:38pm.
Music doesn’t have an expiry date. Even rock and roll, built on the altar of adolescent hormones, is constantly renewed and remixed as new generations discover what went before. That said, it’s not every day a 21st century band shares a musical vision inspired by legendary jazz guitarist Django R...
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Many "Myles" Been Traveled
Singer-songwriter David Myles' second full-length album, "Things Have Changed", is the latest in a long line of musical achievements.
At age eleven, he was a finalist in the Connaught Street School lip synch contest for his version of "Heartbreak Hotel". Ten years later, Myles played with a bl...
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Givin' It What He's Got
Submitted by Jon Careless on 08.23.06 at 5:33pm.
The guy you're looking at in the picture, his name's Matt Sullivan, and he's a singer. Yes, I know that's obvious from looking at the picture., but if you haven't had the pleasure to hear his band The Blank Stares perform in person, allow me to give you a proper introduction.
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Let There Be Rock! Give Us Your CBGB’s (Country Bluegrass & Blues)
Submitted by Stuart Sharpe on 08.15.06 at 11:55am.
The great rock journalist Lester Bangs once stated that music was the most democratic of all modern art forums.
Here at Infomonkey.net we want to spread the musical democracy by giving every musician and band a place to share their sound.
We have no preference in sound or genre at Infomo...
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The Chronicles
BIO (as written by the band): As we walk through the pages finger flipping scripture, occasionally we turn back to previous chapters and stories committed to heart to remember when. We floated towards the not to distant horizon, grooving, as we witnessed what we hoped would be the future. The sou...
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Windom Earle
Submitted by boostventilator on 06.13.06 at 1:01pm.
“An '80s retro drum-machine foundation is corrupted beautifully by eccentricity…Windom Earle gives techno such a wedgie, it might be more human.”
—Doug Taylor (June 8, 2006, The Coast – Halifax's Weekly)
Originally based in Charlottetown, Windom Earle reside in Halifax and feature Stephan Mac...
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Over The Hill And Far Away
Signal Hill are considered by many to be Halifax's premiere maritime rock group. Regulars at many of the downtown pubs, like the Lower Deck, Cheers, and the Pogue Fado, Signal Hill are a high energy band that consistently brings "it" to every show they perform in.
Playing many of the old rock ...
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Rock With A Razor's Edge
Sharp Like Knives is a five-piece dance-rock band. They perform high-charged dance-punk that meants to shake you to your core.
Based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sharp Like Knives is made up of Greg Boone, Mark Gillis, Paul Hammond, Matt Packman and Adam Seward.
Influences include "Gang o...
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By Any Means Possible
"Means of Egress" are a three piece hard rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Members Joey Wyllie(vocals, drums), Scott Nolan (bass) and Shawn Nolan(guitar, vocals) released a three song demo which they recorded and mixed in three sessions at Idea of East recording studio in early '05.
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Rockin' Underneath The Sun
Under the Sun was formed originally in November of 1995. Good friends Jason Williams and Mike Peck brought together Matt Williams and Alan Hill who in turn brought in Kevin McKegney. The band was formed strictly for fun and kicks to play an open mic night at a local university.
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It's Pronounced C-a-p-e-r
With a strong emphasis placed on "the good of the audience" Kapyr's Celtic performances are described as nothing short of a musical melting pot.
It's not about the band, or even the songs, it's about what brings the audience in and keeps them coming back.
Kaypr performs selections from di...
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Punk Rock With Splinters
"The Broomhandles" are an experimental punk group with a big, ferocious sound and even bigger aspirations. Their playing style is somewhat similar to other progressive rock bands like "Radiohead" and "Motion City Soundtrack".
With large, sweeping guitar riffs and percussive beats punching up ...
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Ready For Combat
Descending into Metro, Tomcat Combat bring their unique, instrumental post punk sound to the nightclub masses. The group is all about loud guitars, big drums, and vibrating bass guitar electrotech.
Tomcat Combat is made up of five members: Gary Staple (drums), Noel Macdonald, Chris Purchas (gu...
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Chaotic Punk Rock
Gilbert Switzer are described quite accurately, as a chaotic, rock n roll spectacle.
They play straight-to-the-bones punk rock. Sources of inspiration include the Germs and the French Revolution, Andy Warhol, perverse, disgusting horror movies, and trash television.
Not to say this band i...
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