Adria Young

Yeah, Fat Stupids is a low-pressure kind of name. A punk name. You take a name like that and you know that no one could ever really like us,” guitarist Craig Hamlin says. “We’re just the Rockin 4 Dollars band playing Ramones chords, and you know that’s not going to be popular. Who would wear […]

It’s a numbers game. Even though the population of St. John’s is only a third of Halifax’s, its punk scene is almost like any other. “Everyone is in 10 bands,” says Weak Link vocalist Michael Phillips, “and there’s always the same old shit talk and shenanigans.” Weak Link brings the bucks with its first seven-inch […]

All the way from southern Illinois, The Copyrights return to Halifax after their last breeze-through, in 2008. What brings drummer Luke McNeill back to Canada? “Poutine, duh.” Playing with It’s Alive labelmates Weekend Dads, plus Outtacontroller and Tongan Death Grip, The Copyrights will rock Michael’s with high-energy pop-punk on Saturday. Formed in 2003 in the state […]

For most, St. Patrick’s Day means colourful binge-drinking and “Kiss Me, I’m Irish” swag but, behind the shamrocks, there are sinister sides to the fifth-century saint. Enslaved in Ireland, St. Patrick eventually rose in the early Christian church, forcing the conversion of witches, pagans and Druids—doctrinal denials of mystical and feminine natural forces. St. Patrick […]

We are basement rock and roll,” says guitarist Terry A’hearn. “As in, we play in our mom’s basement, and she’s like, ‘Shut the hell up down there, my shepherd’s pie is spoiling.’” Tonight at Gus’ Pub, Outtacontroller releases its debut LP, Don’t Play Dumb, a follow up to last summer’s EP Power Out. The LP […]

An online digital dance-music mixtape means never having to rewind. You don’t have to worry about flipping the cassette or recording over your jams. An online mixtape takes all the hassle out of dancing. And dancing is what DJs AA (Aaron) Wallace and Dubious (Jon Dacey) want you to do. Every month, the Halifax DJs […]

Imagine cruising through a Slip ‘n Slide on the hottest day of summer. Add The Ramones, The Smoking Man from The X-Files and a can of Zoodles, and you’ll only be having half as much fun as if you were at a Cold Warps show. The pop-punk sensations release the self-titled and Endless Bummer tapes […]

I didn’t know Khandalla meant ‘resting place of god,’” says guitarist Ryan Langdon. “That’s funny. We named the band after an old steamship luggage trunk.” S.S. Khandalla’s relationship to baggage from a 1930s passenger vessel is a fair description of their newest release, The Monkey Brother EP. The indie-alternative-rock band offers four tracks that unpack […]