10 Questions with Old & Weird

Allison, Danika, Hannah & Cher Credit: Colin Medley/Kate Giffin

Tonight at Gus’ Pub (9:30pm, $7), Halifax rock band Old & Weird will play with fellow locals Muncho Joe, Mauno and special guest iji, “absolutely perfect pop all the way from Seattle, Washington.” I’m not missing this one since it might be a few minutes before Old & Weird play Halifax again. After last summer’s release of What I Saw, they had a pretty sweet summer this year playing NXNE, Pop Montreal, Sappy Fest (unofficially, hehe) and they released a seven-inch split with Toronto’s New Fries on Pleasence Records. To get you more familiar with one of the best bands in Halifax, we played “10 Questions with Old & Weird,” but really it’s more like “40 Answers with Old & Weird,” but you know. Just roll with it. Okay cool.

1. What’s your favourite cereal?

HANNAH
DunnO’s

CHER
Cinnamon Toast Crunch

DANIKA
Well, Adria, that would have to be my
old-time delicious favrite – Granule!!

ALLISON

2. What’s your favourite fabric?

HANNAH
Soft

CHER
Silk or maybe wool. Silk wool?

DANIKA
Probably just cotton

ALLISON

3. What’s the last song you listened to?

HANNAH
Abba – “The Day Before You Came”

CHER
Relaxing Scarf Sorting for Sleep & Tingles

DANIKA
Last song of new Cindy Lee release

ALLISON

4. Who is your celebrity lookalike?

HANNAH
I got Hope Sandoval recently (Mazzy Star); that
was kind and probably too flattering. People usually
give you look-alikes as a compliment though, right?

CHER
Eminem? I don’t know.

DANIKA
Any Jennifer

ALLISON

5. Who is your cell-phone provider?

HANNAH
Koodo

CHER
Virgin

DANIKA
Kobo

ALLISON

6. Favourite instrument brand or model?

HANNAH
I’m not picky

CHER
I know literally nothing about this

DANIKA
Practice Amp

ALLISON

7. What’s your go-to karaoke song?

HANNAH
Kylie Minogue – “Love at First Sight“

CHER
Alanis Morisette – “You Oughta Know“

DANIKA
Sophie Hawkins – “Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover”

ALLISON

8. What’s your favourite place in Halifax?

HANNAH
A moving vehicle

CHER
Tea Lake

DANIKA
Recently quite liked being in the Rebecca Cohn while
the NS Symphony practiced, but I mean . . . bed, ocean,
lake, cafe, Point Pleasant and Public Gardens are
pretty good if you’re looking to the future while
appreciating the past, . . . toilet, Freeman’s?

ALLISON