Another Evolve has come and gone. As usual, it went by way too fast, and as usual I’m grungy and chunks of dirt and food are still falling out of my hair (after two showers!) But my head still feels like a mellow, happy swamp. This year is probably the busiest and craziest Evolve I’ve […]
Alison Lang
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Get Ready for Sappy
I got back from Evolve yesterday and I’m still picking out gnarly clumps of festival from my hair and playing catchup on everything I missed. Festival updates coming around lunch! Hold onto your butts! In the meantime, for those of you going to Sappyfest this weekend, you can see two local bands on the bill […]
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Here’s What I’m Doing At Evolve
I’m leaving for Evolve right after work tonight at 5pm to camp with my pals. This is my fifth Evolve – and is it just me, or does it seem like people are exceptionally excited to go this year? Maybe it has to do with the lineup, which is pretty good this year, or perhaps […]
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Dawson City Makes You Pretty
chartattack.com The teeny Yukon hamlet of Dawson City seems like one of those places that is basically perfect in every way if you can handle a bit of chilliness and can somehow get your ass out there. The Dawson City Music Festival in particular has made a name for itself by hosting consistently strong and […]
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Friday Night Lives at Gus’
I write this to you from wedding central in Toronto, wearing last night’s dress and drinking a lot of water. If I was in Halifax tonight I would be cleaning myself up in preparedness for a rather ripping show tonight at Gus’ featuring Scribbler and friends Mess Folk, Omma Cobba and the always-perfect Quaker Parents […]
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New Tunes: The Graboids – Aftershocks
Those delightful curmudgeons The Graboids are releasing a 5-song EP today titled Aftershocks. The band’s first EP and the new one can be bought as a single CD called The First One Years a la Black Flag. If you enjoyed their first EP (and who didn’t really) the second features a similar blend of hijinks, […]
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Tunes at Noon Starts Today
quake The lunchtime concert series at Grand Parade Tunes at Noon begins today with Marko Simmonds. The full lineup is re-printed below, and we’re happy to see that it features an eclectic group of musicians, including Ria Mae, Daniel Matto and the Urban Surf Kings.And it’s particularly nice to see some hip-hop on the bill […]
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Dad Rock Roundup 2011
skinny bachman still throws me for a loop Thinking of ways to show your parents that you love them and regret your spiteful, pitted teen years? You are in luck, for Dad Rock Season 2011 is nigh. First up, we have former Men at Work frontman Colin Hay playing two solo shows at the Carleton […]
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Coheed and Cambria’s Bassist Robbed a Drugstore
The bass player from Coheed and Cambria – one of the bands opening for Metallica this Thursday in Halifax – was arrested yesterday for robbing a Massachusetts Walgreen’s for Oxycotin. Michael “Mic” Todd allegedly walked into the store early yesterday afternoon and told the clerk he had a bomb that would be set off if […]
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Get Outta My Head, Outtacontroller
This past weekend, my friend claimed he never gets songs stuck in his head because, in his words, “I have too many ideas running around in there.” I challenged him to listen to the following song by new local punksters Outtacontroller and see if this still held true. “Sloppy Princess” is a true earworm, with […]
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The “Dog Days” Of Summer Are Here
beast in repose Here’s the post where we do the usual blathering about how it’s Friday and we’re going to drink mojitos or whatever, and garden badly, and burn off our friend’s arm hair with the BBQ (this actually happened last week) and try to hang out with as many dogs and cats as possible. […]
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D’oh! We’re Doomed Show is Friday July 8
In this week’s paper we incorrectly listed the We’re Doomed EP release show with Glory Glory and the Stogies as happening tonight. It is, in fact, happening tomorrow night starting at 10pm at the Seahorse. The Coast regrets the error.