this beat is sick Buck 65 is shooting a music video this weekend at the Bloomfield Centre and apparently he needs some zombie extras. The Facebook event announcing this opportunity adds the caveat that the zombies must be “innovative” as opposed to “blood and guts.” Titillating! You can learn more by checking out the Facebook link here.
Alison Lang
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Muppets Do Kanye West’s “Monster”
Depending on your feelings about the Muppets, this video – featuring spliced-together footage that somehow perfectly matches Kanye West’s “Monster” – is either pretty dumb or the best fucking thing you have seen all week. I am the latter, due to the fact that Miss Piggy raps all of Nicki Minaj’s lines. In leather. Also, notice that they crib some of the video footage from Cookie Monster’s “Healthy Food” rap. Remember that one? Healthy food. Tastes so good.
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MNS Open Mic Now Absolut(ely) Thursdays
Music Nova Scotia’s Open Mic has teamed up with the Carleton to become Absolut Thursdays. These evenings, held at the Carleton, will still feature an open-mic format but there will be added incentives to keep performers on their toes. These include theme nights pre-determined by the public, and tribute nights, where each performer will have […]
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A New Year’s mix tape
hello? wild party calling! I was bored so I made a New Year’s mix tape for you to download if you want. It’s a little heavy on the “Bleeps and Bloops” as my dad would say, and if you actually want to put it on, you should do so about an hour before midnight, as the “climax” comes with the “Final Countdown.” See all ya arseholes in 2011! Download tape here! Track list: Six Pack – Black FlagShe’s A Tiger – The Ding-DongsPretty Girl – The White WiresDancer – WoodhandsLoaded – Bran Van 3000Kick It – PeachesDrunk Girls – LCD
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New Year’s evil with Burnt Church
treevenge Like a lot of you (probably?) I find New Year’s Eve to be generally quite stupid. I have actually stopped looking at the Internet because of all the articles and status updates popping up about resolutions and feeling shitty because you ate some cheese balls over the holidays and quitting smoking and going to […]
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CKDU’s top-played releases of 2010
I’ve been grappling with writing a best-of songs list of the year and if I can get my druthers together between drinking piles of nog and watching Six Feet Under I’m totally gonna do it. In the meantime you can look at a list of CKDU’s most played new releases of the year as chosen […]
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Year in review: power of 10
Rather than write a comprehensive breakdown of what happened in Halifax music, I decided to talk about the things that are still resonating with me after a year of frenzied and often incoherent music bloggery. See you jerks in 2011. Amelia Curran: I really love that Amelia Curran is now a Juno-winner and a Polaris […]
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Critics’ picks: We goofed!
In the Coast’s Critics’ Picks list for Music, published last Thursday, we incorrectly identified the label that released Bad Vibrations‘ Under Pressure seven-inch. We identified the label as Brotherhood Cassettes, who actually released the Bad Vibrations/Bloodhouse split tape earlier this month. The seven-inch was actually released this past June by Sewercide Records. Even though the […]
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Merry Christmas with Gwar
Christmas With Gwar – Watch more Funny Videos This actually isn’t that different from my own Christmas at home. There’s already the breaking of things and the crying babies—just add white tequila and my dad playing “Mississippi Queen” on Rock Band drums on repeat: “JUST ONE MORE TIME, KIDS,” he says. RARERHGHGHHGHGH!
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Baby I’ve been drinking
Last weekend Whiskey Bent and Hellbound singer/guitarist T.J. Kavanaugh played me a bunch of songs from the band’s debut album, Singing Satan’s Gospel from his laptop—and lo, it is good. Produced over two days by James O’Toole, it’s clear that the band has put everything into this recording. It’s beautifully clean and precise—and yet it’s […]
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Critics’ Picks 2010: music
Aloe Blacc, Good Things (Stones Throw) Apollo Ghosts, Mount Benson (independent) It’s criminal to have so many equally passionate and comical pop songs squeezed into 25 minutes, so I plug in my air guitar and press repeat. –RH Arcade Fire, The Suburbs (Merge) Mature and grown-up without losing their trademark energy, Arcade Fire take on […]
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It’s Electric, So Frightfully Hectic
When I heard that Sweet were coming to Casino Nova Scotia on Friday, January 21, my mind logically settled upon the next question: What’s the best version of the greatest karaoke jam of all time, “Ballroom Blitz?” Original? The Damned? Or Crucial Taunt? Camera one? Camera Two. It’s also worth mentioning that all of the […]
