Ever watch three hours of Prince videos straight? I did the other night, for, uh, “research” in preparation for his November 30 show at the Metro Centre. I ended up locked within a vortex from which I could not escape. “Tell me more, Prince,” I murmured as the flickering images of thrusting hips, lips and […]
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Proskates Fundraiser for Chet Kirkby
Nathan Boone Billie Dre and the Poor Boys Longtime friend and supporter of Proskates Chet Kirkby recently suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed and unable to work as a carpenter. The shop is hosting a fundraiser for Chet this Saturday, November 26 from 5 – 10pm featuring sets by the Graboids, Old Neck, Billie […]
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AGNS’ Children’s Festival Celebrates Music and Art
http://www.partneringfirstsolutions.ca drumming workshops! This Sunday, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia will be combining a variety of musical and artistic activities for the kiddies as part of their Children’s Festival celebrating International Children’s Day. The 10th annual gallery-wide festival is titled “Art Beat” and will explore how music and rhythm make us creative. A diverse […]
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Friday Five: Working for Your Weekend
working for it Weekend! Woo! Here’s some stuff you might be interested in: 1) In case you forgot, Michael’s has its grand opening as a live music venue tonight. Go see Jenocide drop a new video featuring attractive Haligonians and a boat. By all accounts, Windom Earle‘s live show is out of control right now […]
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Make It Shake It
Poster by Yorodeo Local pop-punkers Make No Gains are celebrating the release of their first 7” End of History with an all-ages whizbanger at Shake It Dance Studio (5523 Cornwallis) this Saturday. The band — a newly pared-down threesome featuring Daren Arthur, Cole Francis and Vince Macdonald – enlisted the talents of recording dynamo James […]
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Two’s company
The Famines make music that is stabby and cacophonous and brutally intelligent. A musical test-drive through the pulverizing Complete Collection of Singles 2008-2011 is exhilarating and also dangerous—in this record’s wake, a lot of other music feels disingenuous and boring. Most bands this good don’t last—they eventually shatter from within. Fortunately, Raymond Biesinger and Garrett […]
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Zuppa Theatre’s Protests
Citypages.com overcome Zuppa Theatre’s latest fundraiser Get Thee Behind Me Satan: Songs of Protest is well-timed; as the fallout from the Occupy NS eviction last weekend continues, it might do some of us good to air our grievances through song. The show, taking place at the Music Room on Friday November 18, will present some […]
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Lady Gaga In Moncton?
my hair is like eggs. A former Coast co-worker and reputed Lady Gaga enthusiast Jordan Smith (hi Jordan) posted a link to his Facebook titled “Lady Gaga in Moncton Today??” The blog he linked to features two videos that seem to suggest that Ms. Germanotta herself was strolling through the Moncton airport today with two […]
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TONIGHT: Kestrels, The North Lakes, Motherhood
kestrels My favorite band in Yarmouth last weekend was Kestrels, who played a roaring set at 1am in a hotel ballroom that ended with Chad Peck throwing his guitar across the stage. That poor guitar. You can witness the essence of Chadmania (TM) for yourself tonight at Tribeca when the band plays with The North […]
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The Shakedown Combo is Tennessee-Bound
Gil Goode Big things are happening for the Amherst-based rockabilly band The Shakedown Combo. Next week, the group —guitarist Davey Lee Goode, singer/percussionist Gil Goode and their daughter, upright bassist Kim Goode— will be headed to Jackson, Tennessee to record an album on the JAXON record label with Larry Rogers and extra help from Sun […]
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Music Nova Scotia Award Winners
Ms. Townsend Well, that was fun. List of award winners below. Biggies include Carmen Townsend, who won four awards, Three Sheet and David Myles. Meanwhile, the “Best Sandwich,” “Vodka vs. Ouzo,” “No-Pants” and “Best Elevator Trauma” awards were given out during a secret ceremony on Saturday night at around 4am. Music Awards Bell Aliant Entertainer […]
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There’s A Party In Yarmouth and Everyone’s Invited
party like the donnas, ladies Starting today, the Coast Girl Team (Tara Thorne, Stephanie Johns, Allison Saunders and myself) will be posted up in scenic Yarmouth celebrating Nova Scotia Music Week, along with a sizeable chunk of Halifax’s musicians and music-lovers. I’m fairly sure that the majority of our coterie has never attended this fine […]