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Dang, I'm old
Submitted by Daimnation on 06.30.08 at 6:19am.
Skippy, in a post about the elusive new Guns N' Roses album:
Here’s a little bit of context on how long W. Axl Rose has been out of commission. When his last albums or original material, Use Your Illusion I & II were released in September of 1991, Stone Temple Pilots were playing clubs in San Di...
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Make Mine Music?
Submitted by theblah-blah on 06.29.08 at 12:25pm.
I want to write and record two songs by the end of the summer.
That will make me feel accomplished this summer.
I'll probably need to start learning how to play an instrument of some sort. I'm assuming that would help with the whole composition bit. Luckily the fam has an unused piano sitting i...
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Powered Speakers
Submitted by Music Before The Money on 06.28.08 at 8:53am.
I’m not a techno guy. Although I’m a bit more far removed from the musician who just plugs the stuff in and turns it on I don’t memorize specs and spend hours talking gear.
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A restraining order waiting to happen
Submitted by Bboudreau on 06.21.08 at 8:22am.
This morning, I am posting from the comfort of my own apartment. Usually, that wouldn't be worth mentioning but up until yesterday morning, the plan was to be camped outside the box office with friends. We would each have a cell phone for calling and each have a cell phone for online shopping in ...
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New Coldplay worth it
Submitted by Keith Torrie on 06.21.08 at 8:11am.
Earlier this week I picked up Coldplay's new effort Viva la vida or Death and all is friends and I have to say it is great.
It is full of tracks that continue to grow on you the more and more that you listen to them.
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Kyle’s Six Pix - Vol. 45
Submitted by Cuzoogle on 06.20.08 at 6:10am.
Thanks to the musical ear of a man simply known as Kyle, every week Cuzoogle will feature six songs/videos that you should check out. This week Kyle is liking the sounds of The Brighton Port Authority, Octopus Project, Mates of State, Ladyhawk, The Hispital Bombers and of course his No. 1 pick.
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Tanya Davis Releases “gorgeous morning”
Submitted by A Quiet Revolution on 06.19.08 at 6:01am.
Says Tanya:
I made a record, over one long Halifax winter. I invited all of my talented musical friends to play on it with me. I arranged some grandiose songs, and some simple ones. I sang words both forthright and true.
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RIP Humphrey Lyttelton
Submitted by Gifted Typist on 06.19.08 at 5:58am.
I’m not normally one to make a hero out of someone, but if I ever had a hero, this guy would be it.
He died 25 April at 86. And somehow I missed his passing. I must have been busy that week and didn’t tune into BBC Radio 4 as I normally do. But when I clicked on this morning and noticed the trib...
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I love this record, baby, but I can't see straight anymore
Submitted by No Ordinary Rollercoaster on 06.18.08 at 9:14am.
I'm big big big into music. I've been to Dolly Parton and Alicia Keys concerts. My playlists show Bloc Party rubbing elbows with Armand van Helden. Like Deutlich, I like it in all musical shapes and sizes.
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Concerts Announcement: Summersonic Festival
Submitted by Sonic Blog on 06.16.08 at 6:16am.
We're excited about this! I, personally, am excited for Wintersleep to come home and to see Black Keys again. For two dudes, they can certainly make themselves heard.
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Martin Backpacker GuitarI was in Arizona about 13 years ago and a few of us were sitting around the
Submitted by Music Before the Money on 06.15.08 at 6:27am.
I was in Arizona about 13 years ago and a few of us were sitting around the pool on night when I guy came out with a strange-looking instrument that featured a guitar’s neck and a triangular body like a shaved balalaika.
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Tomcat Combat: New Album, release show, FREE CDs
Submitted by A Quiet Revolution on 06.14.08 at 8:01am.
Quickly as the show is upon us….TOMCAT COMBAT have a new album out on Noyes Records.
It is excellent. The recording done by Charles Austin and Dave Ewenson at the Echo Chamber does the band proud. This album simply sounds great [I find myself enjoying instrumental albums a fair bit lately too….]
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Kyle’s Six Pix - Vol. 44
Submitted by Cuzoogle on 06.12.08 at 7:18am.
Thanks to the musical ear of a man simply known as Kyle, every week Cuzoogle will feature six songs/videos that you should check out. This week Kyle is liking the sounds of The Old 97’s, Radiohead, Kevin Drew, Dr. Dog, The Gutter Twins and of course his No. 1 pick.
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Live Review - Islands: The Man is an Island
Submitted by Blogger on 06.10.08 at 7:45am.
The May 29th Islands show at the Phoenix Theatre was hottly anticipated for several reasons: it would be the first show I’d attend in Toronto, I’d tried and failed to see both Islands, and the Unicorns in the past and I just really loved their last record “Return to the Sea.” So it’s with a heavy...
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Maritime Beatle Event Fulfills the Fans
Submitted by Music Before The Monkey on 06.10.08 at 6:38am.
Last weekend’s Martime Beatle Event thrilled all the lovers of The Beatles and those forever in tune with 1960’s music. Again Hal Bruce filled the stage with eager performers who combined a huge Beatle repertoire with songs from other groups of the 1960’s for an action-packed 12 hours of music.
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I am a Canadian Idol virgin
Submitted by Gifted Typist on 06.5.08 at 5:34am.
OK, I admit it. I am no longer an American Idol virgin.
I watched the show this year beginning-to-end. And I must say, I enjoyed it, thanks in no small part to the excellent and hilarious post-show deconstructions of BeckEye and Chancelucky.
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The Real: The Young Buck and The Chainless
Submitted by My Balls and My Word on 06.3.08 at 6:55am.
The Young Buck and The Chainless from jeff on Vimeo.
I can't believe how fast they put this together. LOL @ "With all of Curtis' enemies it could have been Jeffery, or Joe, or Jason or Jayceon with a Y"
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3rd Maritime Beatle Event Picking Up Steam
Submitted by Music Before the Money on 05.31.08 at 6:14am.
The 3rd Maritime Beatle Event is only a week away and ticket sales have been going quite well. headlined by the Hungarian-based band The Blackbirds it proves to be an awesome event.
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"Rock Band" versus iTunes
Submitted by A Quiet Revolution on 05.30.08 at 6:18am.
Single sells five times as many copies in “Rock Band” versus iTunes
Following a recent report that many bands were signing on to Guitar Hero and Rock Band as a new way to distribute their music comes the news that singles released in the games are outselling even the dominant music store, Apple’...
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Halifax's Maddison Avenue: Maroon 5 Meets Steely Dan
Submitted by Ron Foley Macdonald on 05.30.08 at 6:04am.
Halifax-based rock quartet Maddison Avenue are the lastest entry to the East Coast's musical sweepstakes.
And while the band has been around for a couple of years - they managed to score a much-desired showcase when the Junos were held here two years ago - it has only recently gotten around to...
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An evening with Joel Plaskett
Submitted by Gifted Typist on 05.28.08 at 6:18am.
Joel Plaskett was on stage Monday night at a new restaurant in town, and I was lucky enough to get a great seat. It was less a concert and more like being invited into his living room for a performance for friends and family.
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Where Is the Music?
Submitted by Blogger on 05.25.08 at 6:33am.
I constantly hear people my age (around 45-50) say that “Music has gone to the dogs, man!” They bemoan rap and dance music, as well as the drugstore cowboys who wail about their own favorite topic: “My baby done gone.” Well, Sparky, as an oldtimer who remembers Bobby Riddell in Bye Bye Birdy, I h...
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If Bob Dylan were on American Idol...
Submitted by webmaster on 05.23.08 at 6:10am.
Randy would have said he could sing the phonebook.
Paula would have said she loved him for who he is.
Simon would have said he had bad song choices.
All I can say is thank god there was no American Idol back in ‘63 when Dylan started out.
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Thunder on the Mountain
Submitted by topbanana on 05.23.08 at 5:41am.
The man's voice is ridiculous. I have been describing it as what an elderly Muppet would sound like if it swallowed a dirty sock. Throw in a pack of smokes and I'd say I'm damn accurate. The concert last night was a lot of fun. Dylan's band was great, and leaned a lot towards a rockabilly, someti...
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Storytelling is a Music Art
Submitted by webmaster on 05.22.08 at 5:36am.
It’s a chicken-and-the-egg question: Which came first, the music or the lyrics? I guess you’d have to get a good definition of what each word means. If music means a cave man imitating animals or pounding on a long and lyrics means grunting to some thought then we are at a stalemate.
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Guess: Is It Flash Fiction or Liner Notes from the 60s?
Submitted by webmaster on 05.20.08 at 5:33am.
Guess whether the following is a) a bad piece of flash fiction I found on a pseudo-literary erotica site or b) the text on the back of Nancy Sinatra's 1966 album Boots.
"How should I sing this?"
"Like a 16 year old girl who's been dating a 40 year old man, but it's all over now."
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Everyone’s Gone to the Moon
Submitted by webmaster on 05.20.08 at 5:06am.
One of my favorite all-time songs of the ’60’s was Jonathan King’s Everyone’s Gone to the Moon. It peaked at #17 in 1965. In fact I liked it so much I recorded it in 1985. However, I never released it. It was actually a big hit Noel Harrison, Rex’s kid.
King has had a different career. He was,...
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Four Random Rants
Submitted by webmaster on 05.20.08 at 5:04am.
Sometimes I don't even have a purpose for posting. Sometimes I don't have enough content to fill a Word document. So sometimes I just want to rant about any random sh*t that bothers me. Sometimes they don't even bother me, they're just generally stupid. So with that, here's four of 'em.
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Here's a man still working for your smile
Submitted by The Dartmouth Soundsystem on 05.19.08 at 7:00am.
I had my worries. The troubadour was older and out of practice. The range of his voice was in question, and I didn't think a long set was in store for us. I did not know what to expect from Leonard Cohen, last night, and in turn he and his band blew me away.
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Iceland’s national export = MUGISON
Submitted by topbanana on 05.15.08 at 6:44am.
Mugison
I went to the QOTSA show last night and left with something I haven’t had in a while…a true excitement about a new band. I’m not entirely sure what more I can say other than this band were awesome and for me, the highlight of the entire evening (sorry Queens fans).
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Metallica's Mission: Take Your Money
Submitted by RGM Unlimited on 05.13.08 at 6:10am.
I've been a Metallica fan for a long time now, just a bit longer than NIN. I've seen them 5 times, in three different provinces and one U.S. state, in the span of just over a year. I was a member of their fan club for 5 years.
Today, I shake my head in disgust.
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Divorce Records - Obey Convention - Nadja Profile
Submitted by A Quiet Revolution on 05.7.08 at 6:11am.
Last year’s Obey Convention was excellent, but this one looks as if it’s going to overshadow it by far. Darcy Spidle, owner of Divorce Records, has been pulling some strings and has managed to pull in a variety of very excellent local and national acts. I’m going to profile a few artists, startin...
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The Ventures Make Hall of Fame
Submitted by Music Before The Money on 03.19.08 at 4:59pm.
It always interests me how history is re-interpreted by each new generation. For example, a month ago in Russia Vladimir Putin began rattlings that Joseph Stalin was a great leader and wanted to resurrect his memory. What that means is to reinvent the man and ignore him as Hitlers’ bunkmate for t...
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My Top 10 Christmas Tunes!
Submitted by AineCaitriona on 12.18.07 at 6:10pm.
A nasty flu has been keeping me from actually seeing any live music over the past week (or live people, for that matter), however working in a mall full-time assures me that I get to enjoy more X-Mas music than is recommended for any one person. I swear, the ho-ho-ho's and jingle-jangles have bee...
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Hidden Cameras bound for hibernation.
Submitted by David Missio on 12.17.07 at 10:56am.
The Hidden Cameras had a stop over in Halifax on their recent East Coast tour, helping to end 2007 with a brilliant performance at The Attic. Though the Cameras have been debuting some newer material into their set and Joel Gibb claims to have started demoing and recording, don't necessarily expe...
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Where is Jason Collett?
Submitted by Peter Gorman on 11.27.07 at 5:31pm.
It’s been close to two hours since the guy was supposed to call me to do this interview. Sipping tea and reading Illich, waiting on a phone call that just ain’t coming, like some poor heartbroken schoolgirl (minus the Earl Grey and anarchist social theory). Does he think it’s supposed to be at 2p...
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A Mecca of intense indie rock
Submitted by Adam Miller on 11.27.07 at 2:11pm.
Last Friday at the Marquee wasn’t just a release party for the Medium Mood CD, it was a powerful testament to the diverse and unique sounds that the Halifax indie scene has to offer. It was shocking to see the club I associate most with hip-hop and thug life in this city, completely transformed i...
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Wintersleep Bring It Home
Submitted by AineCaitriona on 11.25.07 at 6:23pm.
Halifax's Pier 21 is a Canadian landmark, its fame grown from a history steeped in immigration, when in years gone by it acted as a gateway to Canada for those from far away. Last night, however, the Cunard Centre, situated right behind the historic landmark, took on the role of home beacon for l...
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Delahunt Dazzles with SNS
Submitted by Isabelle on 11.23.07 at 6:41pm.
Pianist Walter Delahunt dazzled in a concert with Symphony Nova Scotia in Halifax Thursday.
Delahunt, a native of Wolfville who has performed with many of the world’s great classical musicians, was the soloist for Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor.
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Rancid: Oldies But Goodies
Submitted by AineCaitriona on 11.22.07 at 8:05pm.
Say what you will about the attack of the sell-outs, Rancid rules. I bought the self-titled album when I was, like, 14, and used to dance around listening to "Rats In The Hallway" thinking I was soooooo hardcore. I had this major crush on Tim Armstrong and when I got my driver's license I pierced...
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The two "Schus" with Symphony Nova Scotia
Submitted by Isabelle on 11.21.07 at 7:26pm.
Canadian pianist Walter Delahunt will be playing Schumann's brilliant Piano Concerto Thursday Nov. 23 with Symphony Nova Scotia.
Also on the program is Schubert's Symphony no. 4 (the "Tragic") and Respighi's suite The Birds.
Delahunt is a magical performer and it will be a treat for Halif...
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Celine Dion Feels Unwelcomed In Halifax
Submitted by Bryan H on 11.21.07 at 12:13pm.
Celine Dion was scheduled to play at the Halifax Commons next year. She later backed out because she felt that she was not wanted in Halifax. An article in the Halifax Daily was singled out which was titled "Like her or not, it's good news"
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Medium Mood To Light Up The Marquee
Submitted by Jon Careless on 11.21.07 at 1:31pm.
The hot ticket for this weekend is at the Marquee that is hosting the CD release show for alternative rock band Medium Mood on Friday, November 23rd at 10 pm.
According to band member Adam Hartling, the group has hired a team of live audio professionals to set up speakers around the club to cr...
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Elliott Brood: An interview with guitarist Casey Laforet
Submitted by David Missio on 11.20.07 at 5:35am.
The last time Elliott Brood played Halifax, guitarist Casey Laforet was floored by the response. The Brood are known for their raucous shows, but last year the reception they received was one that the hard-touring Toronto band deserves each time they take the stage.
Tin Type, the Brood's debu...
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Band Troubles
Submitted by adam miller on 11.19.07 at 9:41pm.
I never thought it would be so hard to get a band together in Halifax, yet now I feel like it's not worth the trouble. I've been a sort of abstract drummer for years, with my own style and technique, playing with bands incorporating genres ranging from bluegrass to reggae, yet when I got to Halif...
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Meet Me At The Seahorse
Submitted by AineCaitriona on 11.18.07 at 4:16pm.
Last night the Seahorse Tavern on Arygle Street bore witness to some fantastic talent and some, uh, other.
Construction and Deconstruction opened. This would be the "other". Yeah, um, not so much. I'm always wary of "bands" that only feature two members, even though time and time again it's b...
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Shotgun Jimmie and his Solo Songs
Submitted by Trevor Murphy on 11.15.07 at 7:21am.
Moving into a farmhouse at the onset of winter; writing songs about sleeping the days away or about life in cities now abandoned; recording a solo album in seclusion. It could be the plot to one hell of a Canadian singer/songwriter biopic, but this is what Jim Kilpatrick (aka Shotgun Jimmie) has ...
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Jimmy Rankin Is Cool
Submitted by AineCaitriona on 11.16.07 at 8:34pm.
The best way, in my opinion, to start an interview is with a simple "hey. How's it going? What's up?" I'm sure that there are some purists out there who would disagree with me, but I didn't go to no fancy-ass journalism school. Luckily, Jimmy Rankin isn't terribly thrown off by my familiar tone.
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Symphony Nova Scotia, chorus and soloists shine in Brahms' Requiem
Submitted by Isabelle on 11.12.07 at 6:46pm.
Symphony Nova Scotia closed its three-concert Brahms Festival Sunday night with an energetic performance of the composer’s seminal choral work, the German Requiem.
The symphony, led by music director Bernhard Gueller, was joined by guest soloists Donna Brown, soprano, and Olivier Laquerre, ba...
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Beware! The Fuzz
Submitted by Trevor Murphy on 11.11.07 at 7:41pm.
When he decided to call his new album “Beware! The Fuzz,” Myles Deck probably wouldn’t have guessed that this ominous warning might be taken so literally by the members of his own band.
Earlier this year, shortly before what was slated to be their first tour, the bass player in Deck’s backup b...
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Jesse Cook's virtuosic brand of rumba flamenca
Submitted by Pete Gorman on 11.12.07 at 11:58am.
Don’t be fooled by those long, golden locks (akin to those of Michael Bolton or Kenny G) or that Canadian Smooth Jazz Award sitting atop his mantelpiece. What Jesse Cook makes (mostly) ain’t no easy-listening dinner-music. The Paris-born, Toronto-bred guitarist has been tearing up stages across C...
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Apex Beat Reminds Me Of Gentler Times
Submitted by Jon Careless on 11.9.07 at 2:27pm.
Thursday night at The Attic saw local band Apex Beat perform a long, often quirky set of prog-pop that I must say was fun to listen to, partly because the songs all sounded so strange.
The artsy, music geek stage presence they displayed was warm and welcome, and they appeared to stay in the mo...
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Oldies But Goodies... Prince
Submitted by AineCaitriona on 11.7.07 at 8:24pm.
I don't know if I'll ever get over how sexy Prince is. Seriously. I was listening to Prince's Greatest Hits at work today (and realizing for perhaps the first time how inappropriate many of the tracks actually are) and couldn't help but marvel at how The Purple One has managed to more or less esc...
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Commitment, Dammit!
Submitted by AineCaitriona on 11.1.07 at 5:48pm.
Band tattoos seem like a less regrettable decision than, say, a boyfriend's name or a butterfly on one's ankle. For a while, it seemed like band logo tattoos were strictly for either punkers or die-hard AFI fans (the Despair Faction? WTF?) Now, however, it seems like the tides they are a-changing...
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Music: Weekend Roundup
Submitted by David Missio on 11.1.07 at 3:30pm.
Hallowe’en may be over but I’m glad I got to see The Sleepless Nights in full Kiss regalia Tuesday night. As they head out on tour with Jon McKiel, November is shaping up to be quite a month for bands making the trip out to us. With Feist, Jason Collett and Final Fantasy coming through town in th...
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Liverpool Takes Centre Stage For Nova Scotia Music Week
Submitted by Jon Careless on 11.1.07 at 2:42pm.
Local music scenesters should start making travel arrangements to Liverpool soon as Nova Scotia Music week gets rolling on Thursday, November 8th at the Astor Theatre.
This music festival/awards show sees a long line-up of up and coming musicians from around the Maritimes performing at small ...
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A/V and The Moist Towelettes @ Tribeca
Submitted by Joss Conway on 10.19.07 at 10:15am.
Despite playing a very short set to a small crowd, A/V gave a powerful performance with his drum machine, tambourine and synthesizer. I had a great time dancing to his music and I wish the one-man punk and electro act from Gaspereau Forks, New Brunswick could have played a longer set. A/V shouted...
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HPX: Zoooooboooombs.
Submitted by Music on 10.19.07 at 9:12am.
By all accounts (AkA, people I've talked to) things have been going really well for the 15th anniversary of the Pop Explosion. Festival pass holders seem to be happily mapping out their nightly destinations and for those with the extra cash, the Cunard Centre and St. Matthew’s Church shows have y...
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Brother Ali @ The Attic (Wed Oct 17)
Submitted by Adam Miller on 10.18.07 at 1:38pm.
Brother Ali exploded at the Attic last night with a wild group of DJs and MCs that produced some of the best hip hop to hit Halifax in a long time.
Toki Wright was the first of 2 opening acts, he is a tactical lyricist who at times seemed more like a comedian than an MC, and who managed to get...
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Halifax Pop Explosion - Day One
Submitted by Trevor Murphy on 10.17.07 at 9:36am.
My friend Steph says that to her, Pop Explosion is better than Christmas. I don't know if its necessarily better per say, but it is definitely on par. I don't get the chance to travel to fancy cities to see fancy festivals like NXNE, SXSW, or Pop Montreal - so I'm glad my city has its own extrav...
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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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Mother Mother
Submitted by Citrus Malicious on 10.9.07 at 7:30am.
Vancouver band Mother Mother is an original and refreshing addition to the Halifax Pop Explosion. With only two years behind them as a group, Mother Mother has a very mature sound. Their 2007 album, Touch Up, has folk and indie roots and combines male and female vocals to get their message accros...
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Pop Montreal (day 3)
Submitted by David Missio on 10.7.07 at 7:15pm.
I'm sad to say that I got really, really lost.
I meant to make my way to the artists' lounge to do a posting for "day 3" on Saturday, but the map given out by Pop Montreal is a lot like that Krusty Burgers Across America map from the Simpsons, read: really shitty. Besides which, one would thi...
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I Like This, You Should Too v.1
Submitted by Trevor Murphy on 10.7.07 at 8:09am.
This week, I've got three albums rocking the discman (yes, I still use a discman).
#1 - The Hold Steady: Boys and Girls in America.
I only heard this album for the first time last week, but already I am in love. It is a refreshing take on pop-rock with its talk-it-out vocals and happy-go-luc...
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Show Leaves Me Needing Medical Attention
Submitted by Jon Careless on 02.5.07 at 10:36am.
Gus' Pub continues to startle me with its devoted following of local music scene-sters who continue to pack the place on a regular basis during shows. The reason being, Gus' Pub owner Dimo Georgakakos has made a commitment to bringing in lots of fresh, young talent from around the city. Fortunate...
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The Tribeca
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights spent at the Tribeca have become a weekly ritual for many a Haligonian hipster. The sleek metal decor gives the inside that neuvo T-dot look, and the pretty young bar staffers seem to fit right in with their surroundings.
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Robert Lawrence forms group to buy Taz Records
Submitted by Top Banana on 12.3.06 at 10:01am.
Taz Records, a Halifax institution for almost a quarter of a century has been purchased by a trio of local partners including current store manager Robert Lawrence along with Matthew Grimson and Robert Russell.
Robert Lawrence is a former owner of Vortex Records in Toronto’s Queen St. West en...
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