Bad Vibrations, Black Train (Brotherhood) Bad Vibrations has what businesspeople would call a “consistency of vision.” With Black Train, these straight shooters will take you on a ride that is continually ghostly, tenebrous and spaced-out—brain food for headbangers. Bike Rodeo, Oh Bla Duh (Independent) Some bands out there raise their quirks aloft like a giant […]
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Best music of 2011
Alison Lang Coast writer since 2007 Bad Vibrations, Black Train (Brotherhood) Bad Vibrations has what businesspeople would call a “consistency of vision.” With Black Train, these straight shooters will take you on a ride that is continually ghostly, tenebrous and spaced-out—brain food for headbangers. Bike Rodeo, Oh Bla Duh (Independent) Some bands out there raise […]
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Top 11 of 2011
Settle in and read our critics’ picks of the year. Learn about yourself and our writers in the process. Possibly a two coffee read and at least one of those coffees should have whiskey in it. MUSIC BOOKS DVDS VIDEO GAMES THE LOT OF IT
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Tom Petty is Coming (UPDATE!)
Concert promoter David Carver has announced that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will be playing in Halifax next summer.In yesterday’s Metro article, Carver confirmed that Petty and crew would be playing one show at the Metro Centre and another in St. John’s at the Mile One Stadium.Carver is the man who successfully brought Aerosmith to […]
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Divine Reason
For those already weary of holiday cheer and excess, this Saturday’s installment of No Reason for the Season might be the ideal antidote. The third celebration of artful noise—hosted by Bloodhouse and Bad Vibrations—will rattle your chains and shake you out of your Yuletide stupor. The newest addition is Transfixed, an electro-industrial duo comprised of […]
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New Local Trax
outtacontroller Something is in the air, because all this new music is coming out all of a sudden. Pretty neat. Some of these tunes are free and some of them will be on sale at various shows and the like shortly. Have a listen, have a taste, get in the Chrizzy spirit and buy something. […]
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Jenocide’s “Beachball” Video
jenocide Jenocide just dropped a video for her song “Beachball.” Like the song itself, it’s sweet, dreamy, sexy and dappled in summer lights. Enjoy.
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Apply to the 2012 Halifax Pop Explosion
yep it’s a cat photo again Hey eager beavers – you can now apply to the 2012 Halifax Pop Explosion. It’s the festival’s 20th anniversary and I imagine it will be rather epic, with rumors of all sorts of reunions and nutty happenings spreading like wildfire. Wildfire!Submissions are being accepted online at halifaxpopexplosion.com and you […]
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New Rich Aucoin Video
Rich Aucoin’s soaring new video for “It” (directed by Noah Pink) puts our favorite rock n ‘roll evangelist into a series of movie clips, creating a piece that is a “time-traveling homage to film.” How many movies can you pick out?
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Here’s a New Mike O’Neill Song
A song from Mike O’Neill‘s upcoming album Wild Lines has been posted at his website. “This is Who I Am” is pretty, honest and ruminative in the way that only O’Neill can be, bolstered by Laura Peek on piano, Mike Clattenberg on drums and Charles Austin on guitar. It’s an upbeat song that will haunt […]
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Free n’ Easy
Cursed Arrows In these economically fraught times, it’s always nice when a band elects to share its music for free. It’s even nicer when the music is local and great. If you have a free release that you would like to share, please email me about it at scene@thecoast.cascene@thecoast.ca. Here’s some new free local music […]
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Dog Day’s New Video: “Part Girl”
cuteweird! Dog Day dropped another video for your watching pleasure. “Part Girl” might make you feel a) like a fly on the wall, watching all the fun little things people do in the gaps between shows on tour b) like you want to cuddle something (what is the animal at 1:14, please?) c) groovy. Thanks! […]