The good folks at the Bryony House women and children’s shelter are organizing a fundraising event called In Good Company tonight. The evening will feature Ryan MacGrath, Norma MacDonald, Ria Mae, Heather Green and Lindsay Duncan singing songs, telling stories and collaborating on a song or two. Artist Sharon Hodgson will also be doing live painting and auctioning off the fruits of her labour at the end of the night. Tickets are $15 and the show begins at 8pm at the Company House.
Alison Lang
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Metallica Confirmed for Citadel Hill July 14
As promised, Cole MacLean of atlanticcanadarocks.com has posted the official announcement of Metallica’s show in Halifax today. The article (citing Harold MacKay for all the info) reports that the concert has been named “Rock the Hill 2012” and it’s happening Thursday July 14. In addition to Metallica, the lineup will feature support from Seether, Coheed and Cambria and Matt Mays. TIckets for Rock the Hill 2011 go on sale on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 12:00 noon. Tickets will be available at www.rockthehill.ca or they can be ordered by phone at 1-877-569-7767. Tickets can also be purchased at participating
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Friday Five: Pool Party Rock Steady
will james quall make a guest appearance in your weekend? The Scene and Heard Suggested Weekend Guide for May 6 -9: 1) Come home from work tonight, do your relaxing Friday thing, whatever it may be (drinking beer in the backyard, playing Call of Duty: Black Ops, writing in your diary, making dinner, snorting bath salts.) 2) Then put this song on. TIME TO FREAK. 3) Wake up the next morning and there’s weird cups all over your apartment with gross booze and ooze and wet fruit in them, your cat is hiding, and when you have a shower, a
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Tunes at Noon is On
Dawn SloaneTanya Davis plays Tunes at Noon Last week I heard that Tunes at Noon – the free lunchtime summer concert series in Grand Parade — was facing extinction due to budgetary concerns. I emailed councillor Dawn Sloane to learn more and earlier this week she happily reported that council CAO Richard Butts had put up $7,000 — the amount needed to save the program — prior to the budget vote. Says Sloane: “This not only promotes our awesome local talent, but allows the students from the Centre of Arts and Technology the ability to get hands-on experience with setup
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Anvil forges ahead
Regardless of where you fall on the continuum of heavy metal fandom, it’s pretty hard not to love the dudes from Anvil. Guitarist Steve “Lips” Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner first wormed their way into the hearts of moviegoers as the subjects of the 2008 documentary Anvil: The Story of Anvil. Directed by the band’s […]
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Metallica is Probably Playing Citadel Hill on July 14
The Chronicle-Herald just posted a story linking back to an update on the Atlantic Canada Rocks website that says Metallica is more or less confirmed to play Citadel Hill on Thursday July 14. Apparently things are being held up by delays in confirming opening acts, although – calloo callay – Three Days Grace has been rumoured as the opener. The post, written by an “unnamed source,” claims the official announcement will be coming down the pipeline later today or tomorrow. However, the Herald spoke to another unnamed source who says the announcement will be coming tomorrow, not today. Considering
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Initial Artist Announcements for Halifax Jazz Fest
The first few artist profiles have squeaked onto the Halifax Jazz Festival’s website, and it looks like 90s pioneers Digable Planets will be bringing their sublime blend of hip-hop and jazz to the Festival Tent on July 16th. Laiiiiiid back!You can buy tickets here. The lineup list so far also includes the Preservation Hall Jazz Band from New Orleans, Montreal’s fusion hip-hop group Nomadic Massive, and the Maritime-based Back Alley Big Band.The full schedule comes out May 26. Below, hear the bassline that will walk you all the way home into your recliner. Mmmmm.
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Last Call for the Paragon
me!My favorite paragon performance: Kylesa at HPX 2010 The Paragon Theatre will be hosting its last show on May 31.According to Mark Townsend — who helped run the venue along with business partners Craig Mercer and Peter Farmer — the lineup for the show hasn’t yet been confirmed, but Paragon and Gallery Pub merchandise will be up for grabs, including t-shirts and mugs. Farmer’s autographed paintings of artists like Pharoahe Monch, Jenn Grant and Thursh Hermit are also up for sale. And of course, there’s the task of whittling down the liquor inventory — “I imagine there will be some
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Ghettosocks Gets on the Vote-Train
Ghettosocks has had a pretty good year, what with his Juno nomination and that ECMA he just received for Rap Single of the Year. Now the bespectacled one has taken to Youtube to urge people to go out and vote. Overall this has been one of the most celebrity-laden elections I can remember, with pro-voting messages from Mr. Lahey, the Trailer Park Boys, Rick Mercer and those guys from shitharperdid.ca. Hear the Grand Wizzard’s take below:
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The Fed Pennies Enjoy an ECMA Cocktail
Last week the Fed Pennies took home Best Loud Recording at the 2011 ECMAs for their debut album Brain Disaster, beating out Orchid’s Curse, Last Call Chernobyl and Obsydian. For the band, it’s a career highlight (closely followed, we imagine, by opening for Ozzy Osbourne at the Metro Centre in 2008.) Lead singer Jake Smith answered a few of my questions about the award, the East Coast Loud tour and the band’s future plans. How’d it feel to hear you’d won an ECMA? I knew I wanted to keep the acceptance speech short because I can’t stand it when
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Free Luedecke
scott blackburn In celebration of his second Juno win for his fourth album My Hands Are On Fire and Other Love Songs, the perennially lovely Old Man Luedecke has offered up his first EP Mole in the Ground for free download starting May 1. Long out of print, the album was recorded in three hours and features songs about burgers and artwork by Luedecke’s wife Teresa. Cuuuuute. You can grab it at oldmanluedecke.com beginning this Sunday (also my birthday! Old Man Lang!) And you can catch him on the heels of a cross-Canada tour on May 19 at the North
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Long Long Long Go On Tour Tour Tour
let’s go for a dip Halifax’s prodigal sons of weird-pop Long Long Long have successfully managed to launch a rather massive North American tour through their own fund-raising methods. The band is currently on the road sharing bills with Cousins, Special Noise and Twin Steps, among others. The tour wraps up July 12 in Charlotte, […]