Melissa Etheridge is to play the Metro Centre March 2nd with the excellent Serena Ryder opening. Tickets are on sale this Friday at 9am through ticketatlantic.com. Well holy shit, March is like my Women in Song CD come to life. Who’s next – Alannah Myles?
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Sarah McLachlan Fumbles Towards the Metro Centre
sarah mcgothlan Yep, Ms. Lilith Fair herself is coming to play a shoo at the Metro Centre on March 22nd, with Melissa McClelland and Butterfly Boucher opening. Tickets will go on sale this Satuday through ticketatlantic.com. Anyway, I just noticed that someone set her song “Silence” to a Buffy the Vampire Slayer montage on the […]
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Shut Up and Eat
I’m having a kinda crap day today and this video takes my bitch-frown and not only turns it upside down and sideways, but it bakes it into a sweet, fruity-feeling souffle of happiness. Then it throws itself in your face and is like “WHAT? IT’S OKAY TO FEEL LIKE A HAPPY BITCH!” Maybe it will […]
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Kid Koala is Coming
Friday January 11 at the Paragon. $12/$15. Tickets available through ticketpro.ca in a couple of days. He has the most fun.
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5 Silly Questions with the Nymphets
facelove The Nymphets landed in Halifax a couple of months ago on a bit of a tour (they’ve also lived in Montreal and Stockholm) and since then they’ve played a smattering of Gus’ Pub shows and charmed the pants off anyone lucky enough to see them at Rockin4Dollars. Johanna Heldebro (drums) and Jared Leon (guitar) […]
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Goo Goo Dolls “Slide” into the Cohn
Look – every so often, one of the ten people who read this blog regularly are like “Why are you so bitchy about the Backstreet Boys/Scott Stapp/David Usher/other 90s relics coming through town, you fucking cynical asshole” and yeah, you know what? It’s true. They’re easy targets. It’d be a lot edgier to rag on Cousins or Tanya Davis or some other up-and-comer that everyone loves, right? Here goes. The debut of the new, “edgy” Scene and Heard, for you, my tens of readers. (takes breath) BOTH COUSINS AND TANYA DAVIS ARE TOTALLY DUMB, AND I FART IN THEIR
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Upcoming: Crystal Method DJ set
i guess i didn’t know So Infinity Promotions – the people who nearly brought us Crystal Castles that one time – are now bringing in the Crystal Method on December 3 to the Paragon. (I like the person on my Twitter feed who quipped “Who’s next? Crystal Gayle?”) Now, mind you, this is a DJ […]
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Julie Doiron at the Seahorse, January 28
The thing I love about Julie Doiron’s press photos is that so many of them appear to have been taken in Sackville, which, as we all know, is one of the best places to be. Looking at the photo above makes me feel like I’m on vacation. Oh summer, where the hell did you go? […]
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Et Tu, Pixies?
la la love you, don’t mean maybe I dunno if you’re a fan of the Pixies on Facebook, but recently their fan page listed some interesting developments, namely that the band are playing a Canadian tour. More recently, a status update was posted that read: “We can certainly add Halifax NS to the list for […]
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Update: Crystal Castles to be rescheduled
Tipped off by Coast contrib Ryan McNutt on Twitter, we just checked and saw that Crystal Castles Facebook event and it is no longer in existence. Update: McNutt sez he got a Facebook message from the event saying the event was “fully confirmed” and the band’s management backed out at the last minute. A new […]
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Introducing The Acadian Embassy
In the midst of a pretty shitty week for Halifax’s music community, it’s nice to see new ventures rise from the ashes. Trevor Murphy and Josh “Pinky” Pothier are both staples of the scene, as well as longtime roommates/bandmates. In the wake of the demise of their band, The Establishment, the pair decided to launch […]
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Jenocide Goes Knee Deep
DEAR GIRLS AND COOL BOYS! This Saturday, your very busy electro-madam Jenocide will once again collect an eclectic and excellent array of lady musicians to Gus’ Pub to help her celebrate the release of her five-song EP collaboration with PEI-based musician Willow Bell. It’s called Knee Deep, Ya Boi DJ James Reid will be in […]
