Tonight at the Wooden Monkey, there will be a concert featuring Mary Stewart and Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers to raise money for Stewart’s mom Emma Lee Stewart. Last month in this article on the lovely Mary and her song-a-day blog, we mentioned that her mom is seeking alternative treatments for metastatic breast cancer. The event will also feature a tree auction – 300 evergreen trees will be auctioned off, with the proceeds going to treatments for Emma Lee. “Suggested donation is $20,” says Stewart, “but really we just want them to go into the ground, so as
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Orchid’s Curse Release an Album, and Last Call Chernobyl has a Close Call
orchid’s curse eat the rich After a summer chewing up the road on Vans Warped Tour, Last Call Chernobyl take the stage this Saturday at Coconut Grove with Black Moor supporting their buddies Orchid’s Curse, who are celebrating the release of their latest album Voices: The Tales of Broken Men. We asked LCC bassist Jay Szetzo if they had any stories from touring across the United States—-and, well, did you know they almost died? Szetzo: “We arrived in California two days before our first show. We decided to hit the beach. Being from the East Coast, we were extremely loud
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Music Nova Scotia Music and Industry Nominations Announced
Congrats to all. Not to brag but we’d like to point out that the Coast’s Sue Carter Flinn has been nominated for Media Professional of the World. I mean, year. Woot woot Suzay. Complete list of nominees below. Awards will be presented during Nova Scotia Music Week. Bell Aliant Entertainer of the Year — Public […]
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MNS Next Big Thing
three sheet throw down tonight Tonight marks the first preliminary round of Battle of the Bands: HMV Next Big Thing. Tonight No Flyers Please, Three Sheet, Glory Glory Man United, Kristina Trites and Keith Mullins will punch each other with chords and dancing and raps and beatboxing. Whoever is left standing will join the winners […]
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Mesrine Wants Your Metalface
mesrine’s hurricane kicks Oh metal folks, I feel you: With Hatebreed, GWAR and the Children of Bodom/Clutch/Black Label Society shows looming ever closer, I imagine your black, charred hearts are getting a little antsy. This weekend has offerings that may briefly sate you—-Montreal grind godfathers Mesrine play two shows this Saturday to support their new […]
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5 Questions With Ann Denny
rescue me Delightful local musician/comedienne Ann Denny/Anna Danova makes the leap to the Plutonium Playhouse starting tomorrow with her band, the Rescuers, in the Fringe show Emotional Condom. The show features Danova’s original music (including the title song.) We asked her a bunch of questions about it, and she graciously replied between rehearsals via email. […]
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Finally, A Joan Jett Tribute Night
a-guh guh guh guh guh guh The Coast’s favorite rock heroine with a bad reputation will get her due at Reflections this Saturday. Craig Hamlin, Matt Grace, Ben Manuel and Myles Deck form The Blackhearts while the sultry-voiced Chantal Caissie (of Audrey and the Agents) will don Joan’s leather pants. “I’ve always really liked what […]
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Part of the Weekend Never Dies
party cat wants to have it all How great was this past weekend? You probably still have salt in your skin from the beach, or maybe your shirt still stinks like coal and hot dogs from camping, or maybe you’re still cross-eyed and sloshy in the guts from all the beer you drank. But hey, […]
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Mary Stewart’s Daily Song
For Mary Stewart, blogging was the ideal way to call her own bluff. The Halifax singer-songwriter was wrapped up in interviews for her self-titled EP last year when she found herself telling people she practiced up to five hours a day. “I told people I write a song a day anyway—-and then I wondered if […]
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Sarah Harmer Comes for a Visit
Sarah Harmer will be here on October 29 at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium as part of her fall Maritime tour. She is supporting the first album she’s released in five years! It’s called oh little fire. The press release tells me she recorded some of the album on Wolfe Island, which is one of my […]
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Halifax Pop Explosion FULL LINE-UP!!!!!!!
halifax brain explosion (sorry, gross) This year’s lineup for Pop Explosion has confirmed what everyone already knows anyway: Music in and around Halifax is really really great right now. Pretty much every local band you love is on this list, rounding out the earlier announcements of heavy-hitters like the Hold Steady, New Pornos and Sloan […]
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Get the Folk Out
Michael Weston King The Carleton is the latest local establishment to become a music festival hub. Co-owner Mike Campbell writes on the bar’s website that he was growing weary of “heading into the hinterlands” to enjoy great folk music at outdoor festivals, and thus the Halifax Urban Folk Festival was born. Essentially, it’s set to […]