You probably know Gerry Dee from his hit CBC comedy, Mr. D, filmed every summer in Halifax. But you might also know Dee from his appearances on Just for Laughs, NBC’s Last Comic Standing and many more. The former teacher turned actor was first a stand-up comic. And on May 27, Dee brings his arena-sized comedy tour […]
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Quick Q&A with Mojo Martin
So Friday the 13th has been seen as bad luck since the Jesus times. Did you know that? Rumour has it (i.e. the internet) that the origin of the superstition originates from the Son of God’s last supper on the eve of His crucifixion, Good Friday, as seen here in this little-known portraiture. The idea […]
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Mel Clarke is raising the bar
Mel Clarke is at the 2015 Canadian Senior Weightlifting championships. It’s her second weightlifting competition ever. Earlier, before the panel of judges, she weighed in at 57.4 kilos—just over 126 pounds. She had qualified for nationals by power-jerking 185 pounds above her head with elbows locked. At that provincial qualifier, last November, nagging hip and […]
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Classified Ad: Extras needed for Snoop Dogg/Classified video
Earlier this week, Classified released his new jam, “No Pressure,” with a sick feature from Mr. One-Eight-Seven himself, Snoop Dogg. The original dee-oh-double-gee references Scotia and it’s tight to hear those words out of his mouth, TBH. The track comes out in advance of Classified’s upcoming album, Greatful, which will be released on January 15 via HalfLife Records and Universal. […]
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Photos: JUDAS PRIEST
Last night, at the Scotiabank Centre, legendary metal gods Judas Priest were as hard as British steel. Thousands of people shouted “Priest! Priest!” as a giant banner shielded the stage until suddenly it dropped into smoke, and Rob ‘METAL GOD’ Halford, Glenn Tipton, Richie Faulkner, Ian Hill and Scott Travis hammered into the Redeemer of Souls Tour. The […]
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Q & A with Moonsocket (Chris Thompson)
Today, Noyes Records releases Moonsocket‘s Eurydice, the first album by Chris Thompson (Eric’s Trip, The Memories Attack) in 18 years. The eleven tracks were inspired by his wife’s illness some years ago, and the songs venture there, equally “intimate, heartbreaking and brilliant.” Prompted by Chad Peck, Thompson put together this collection in the period after his wife’s death […]
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Videos of the Day: Nap Eyes at Lee’s Palace
♥ On September 24th & 25th, Halifax’s Nap Eyes opened for The Constantines at Lee’s Palace in Toronto for the Annex venue’s 30th anniversary. Two videos — “No Fear of Hellfire” and “Tribal Thoughts” — appeared online yesterday via YCTV, the channel of You’ve Changed Records, the label to which both Nap Eyes and The Cons belong. […]
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Rob Halford and a brand-new Judas Priest are in Halifax
“Music is a revolution, an evolution,” says Judas Priest’s Rob Halford. “It has the power to change the world.” For the last 45 years, the Birmingham heavy metal band has made powerful, screeching head-banging music with Halford’s operatic vocals and fantastical mythologies that battle between good and evil. Last year, Priest released its 17th studio […]
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Hot New Track: “Money” by Bsdjzs
Halifax rapper Bsdjzs sent us this hot new track, produced by falls from Minneapolis and mixed by Aux Jennings (Weirdo Click). The track, “Money,” was accompanied only by this: This song is about growth, progression & self love. Personally it’s about realizing no matter what, I’m going to get old but it’s up to me if […]
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10 Questions with Old & Weird
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 […]
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Listen to “Windows,” a new track by Gianna Lauren
Halifax singer-songwriter Gianna Lauren just released new track “Windows” via Forward Music Group. You can stream it below. “Windows” is described by Forward: “The track is at once propulsive while indulging in dueling electric guitars and competing temporal movements. The lyrics, hefty and bold, introduce suspicions of perception with lines such as ‘the world’s greatest gospel […]
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Check out nostalgic release from Halifax’s Shadow Folk
Not everyone around here knows that in the early 1960s, Denny Doherty was playing in bands in his hometown of Halifax before getting signed to Columbia Records. He soon met Cass Elliot and in 1965 Denny and Cass released “Go Where You Wanna Go,” their first single as a folk-pop quartet with Michelle and John Phillips called The Mamas […]
