It has been a tumultuous few months for Mark Sultan. After spending the better part of the last decade as the “BBQ” half of the King Khan & BBQ Show, Sultan left the band amid swirling blogger accounts of cancelled shows, wild drunkenness, trashed apartments and screaming arguments between the two musicians across a Pacific […]
Alison Lang
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CANCELLED: Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn unfortunately is canceling his Maritime tour due to a collapsed lung and pneumonia. He was scheduled to perform at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on October 20th. He’s planning to reschedule the dates. Get well soon!
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Roll Call: Clutch
And, uh, Children of Bodom, and Black Label Society, and 2 Cents. Do you have your ticket yet to see Maryland’s finest (and those other bands, I guess?) It starts at 7:30pm at the Cunard Centre and afterwards you can go see Orchid’s Curse, Iron Giant and Big Game Hunt for free at the Seahorse. […]
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North of America releases complete discography online
Check out these beans: http://northofamerica.bandcamp.com/ Listen. Buy something, even. They play two Halifax Pop Explosion shows: one at the Pavilion Friday Oct 22 and the other on Saturday Oct 23 at the Seahorse.
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Of Montreal Are Coming
zazzle! We just got a heads-up that a delightful little Georgian psych-pop group you may have heard of called Of Montreal are playing the Halifax Forum Multipurpose Room on Saturday, April 2nd, 2011. Well peel my potatoes and call me Shifty! SEX KARMA! (featuring SOLANGE.)
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Khyber Doom Love Party
Typically rad posters (intended to be stuck together like a Sonic Youth “Goo” version of a Mad fold-in) by Adam OReilly. This Saturday your old buddies in Data Cave will be stopping in Halifax fresh off their Pop Montreal experience on an East Coast tour with TORSO and the insanely violent-sounding AHNA from Vancouver: “Their […]
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The Establishment falls
After eight years in the music scene, The Establishment has watched Halifax evolve in countless ways. They watched their favourite bars close and new ones open; they watched bands break up and re-assemble. They saw some neighbourhoods flourish while others began to sport empty storefronts like gaps in a rotting smile. And now, even though […]
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Fresh Meat
shirt #1! shirt #2 There is lots of big big news for the busy women in Meat Curtains. After scoring $400 on the wheel at Rockin4Dollars a couple of weeks ago, the band is setting off on an Eastern Canada tour from October 8-16, playing with the likes of Dead Wife, Miesha and the Spanks, […]
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CKDU Are Going All Night Long
Good morning jerks! As most of you know, the CKDU funding drive is still in full swing (continuing to October 7th) and tonight the hardworking programmers will be broadcasting ALL NIGHT LONG. Yes, this is correct. After the regular programming day ends at midnight, staff and volunteers will be going all Jerry Lewis on your ass (minus the crotcheyness and old-man racism) in order to solicit your donations and amuse you with increasingly crazed and sleep-deprived antics. Funding drive coordinator Catherine Chapman tells us that the station is aiming to raise $26,000 by the end of the “night.” “People
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JOAN AND KATHLEEN
Oh hey, remember that Joan Jett tribute we told you about awhile back? The wrath of Hurricane Earl canceled that particular show, but tough broads always prevail. The band plays this Saturday at Reflections along with a Bikini Kill tribute fronted by Jen Clarke of Jenocide. Queens of my world! 9-11pm, $3.
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Five Questions for the Great Sabatini
take a picture cuz i won’t remember The Great Sabatini (featuring Joey, Sean, Rob and Steve Sabatini) is a bitchin’ heavy rock outfit from Montreal. Currently they are headed on a giant tour across North America, stopping in Halifax this Saturday to play Gus’ Pub with the wonderful Nymphets, Cicada and Fistfight. We asked guitarist Sean Sabatini about his favorite band and how his band deals with getting in trouble with the FUZZ. 1. Who or what is the Great Sabatini? I get sort of a powerful familial vibe from you, like Gene and Dean Ween. The Great Sabatini is
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See Homo Duplex’s first show TONIGHT
SO EXCITED MY ALPACAS Remember this post last week where I talked about Homo Duplex’s free music? Well you can see them tonight – Monday night! – also for free. They play the Dalhousie Art Gallery as part of an event called Sound and Vision, along with Long Long Long, Quaker Parents and Hunter Gatherer. 7pm! No money! But you can donate to CKDU if you want, and really, this is something you should want.