this photo has nothing to do with the ECMAs, unless Neil Hamburger is secretly hosting and YOU ARE ALL KEEPING THIS FROM ME. Haarrumpgh! Here’s the list of artists performing on the official East Coast Music Awards’ stages as part of East Coast Music Week, which runs April 13-17, 2011 in Charlottetown. Songwriter’s Association of Canada (S.A.C.) BLUEBIRD NORTH STAGE presented by the Charlottetown Airport AuthorityVenue: The Guild Host: SAC Special Guest Dan Hill Chastity (PE), Terry Penney (NL), Thom Swift (NS), Tanya Davis (NS), The Mountains & The Trees (NL), Alex Madsen of The Divorcees (NB) Molson Canadian ROCK
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Hogan Media Becomes Red Tentacle
logo by janette rawding Metal guru Josh Hogan’s Hogan Media Relations brand has evolved and expanded into a company called Red Tentacle. Hogan has teamed up with publicist Hassan King to offer bands a broad array of services — everything from the usual mediatracking and publicity to artist management, concert promotion, financial planning and more. […]
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Wanted: old show posters
A new group popped up on Facebook this week with a purpose that I can definitely get behind: “Nova Scotia Gig Posters” creator Cara MacDonald seeks to collect all your old gig posters and put them online in a searchable archive. Holy balls that’s awesome. 300 posters have already been sent her way, and on the group’s wall you can get a tantalizing peek at the first few scanned images, including posters from the 1998 Misfits show at Olympic Gardens and an extremely old-looking “Dr. Skankworthy” poster from the Double Deuce. Check out the group and send your scanned
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Fall into Winter
Remember Fall Horsie? That sweet, dreamy ensemble led by Halifax-bred, Montreal-based musician Justin Karas? Remember their last album, Devil(e)durge, and how it was the prettiest album about Satan that you’d ever heard? Well, like most good things, Fall Horsie has adapted and evolved into a new ensemble called O’ The Fool. In an email, Karas […]
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Cousins and Duzheknew play SXSW
burrito bike, meet taco town I imposed a Facebook moratorium on myself today, but right before I did so, I saw that both Cousins and Duzheknew had posted on their fanpages that they got into SXSW. WOW that is fun. You can see the list of the bands playing so far here. (Note that Cuz/Duz […]
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Loo Loo Loo, Loo-Loo
cool dad This Sunday December 12, the CBC Radio 2 program Inside the Music will be airing a documentary called “Good Grief It’s Serendipity Vince Guaraldi: The Making of the Charlie Brown Christmas Album.” In the doc, legendary percussionist Jerry Granelli travels back to San Francisco and shares stories of playing on that legendary album, […]
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The Nymphets’ Last Show in Halifax
facelove The Nymphets, who are so cute, are playing for the last time (for a long time) at Reflections’ $Rockin4Dollar$ Monday night. They are moving to Sweden fairly soon and probably will not be back for awhile. Come down and give them all your big sloppy goodbye love.This is also the last night that baked goods will be for sale as part of the IWK Crafts for Kids campaign. Also, The Deadly Hearts will be headlining – a group of scrubbed young men who cover Eddie Cochran and lots of fun romantic 50’s-type rock songs that you will like.Last but
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No Reason for a Dead Leslie Nielsen
In some aspects 2010 was a pretty lame year, particularly when you consider that it was capped by the death of Lt. Frank Drebin. Anyway, I think we all need good music to chase away the annihilating frost of seasonal depression. I have a feeling the second annual No Reason for the Season show at […]
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A Tribute to the Gods of Metal
Since Rob Halford is on tour with Ozzy right now and I dunno, because it’s Thursday, I thought I would mention the Screaming for Vengeance/2 Minutes to Maiden show tomorrow night at the Seahorse. Here is a story I wrote on Screaming for Vengeance many moons ago. They are even better now. I poked my […]
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In the Dead of Winter line-up announced
i crave avery Another reason to look forward to 2011: the ever-intriguing In the Dead of Winter lineup, now in its sixth year. I have missed C.R. Avery the last few times he’s been in Halifax but luckily he’s being brought back for another round. The festival also features Rae Spoon, Oh Susanna, Mary Gauthier, Snailhouse, Paper Beat Scissors, The Once and many others. Jenn Grant will be closing off the fest with a release show for her upcoming album Honeymoon Punch. For a complete list of artists, go to thecoast.ca. The festival runs January 26-29th. 2011 Performers: Jenn GrantMary
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Rock of Ages
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the Rock Garden jam space closing its doors permanently, much to the chagrin of many in the Halifax music community. Well, good news, everyone – a new practice space is being put together in the same Hunter Street location. The other day I got ahold of Pete Green, who will be running the spot along with his partner, Sande Jordan. Although details are still rough, he says the new place—-tentatively dubbed Rockopolis Rehearsal Studios—-will feature four equipped rooms to be rented hourly, while the other four rooms will be rented on a
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Dickin’ Around at the Oasis
Those still reeling from the explosive Kylesa show at Pop Explosion (namely, me) might get a kick out of the Johnny Dick Project, who — based on a cursory Myspace spin — create a similar atmosphere of melodic and pervasive doom. We particularly like Heather Doran’s powerful vocals, which give us a hint of Skunk […]
