So this popped up on my Twitter feed today (I’m tweeting like a motherfucker these days because I’m giving up Facebook, which is like giving up smoking and becoming addicted to jelly beans) – Aux.tv has unveiled their “4 Halifax Bands You Should Check Out” list. The people that they have gotten behind are Rich […]
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Friday Five: Corn Party
It’s Friday – who doesn’t love completely arbitrary lists about things that are vaguely related to each other (but not really)? Oh, I do. It’s getting summery in Halifax, beer is everywhere, the fat child across the street is on his bike again, the cats are out fighting and making love in the north end […]
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England is Screaming
rich aucoin mind control As we speak, the Ghost Bees, Joel Plaskett and Rich Aucoin are all hanging out in Brighton, England with the likes of Groove Armada and Broken Social Scene, hopefully sharing bottles of Patron and cackling over their eventual domination of the world. They’re playing at the Great Escape Music Conference and […]
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Open Up the Gates
last summer i went swimming… Steve Gates knows about starting from scratch. Last year, the Caledonia frontman and “closet folkie” put out a solo album, A Bee in Her Mouth, mixing and mastering it himself and selling it off the stage after his shows. After teaming up with Toronto-based producer John Critchley, Gates re-recorded some […]
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Get a Little Taste of Long Live the Queen
arf arf yarf my face! That’s the worst kicker I’ve ever written. In more important news, the Long Live the Queen Festival has put out a Zunior download sampler of artists playing the festival. You got my secret boyfriend Diamond Rings. (Everyone needs a boyfriend that applies eyeshadow better than they do.) You got Yellow Jacket Avenger, Heavy Meadows and a buncha other stuff. Get it here for FREE FREE FREE. The password is LLTQsampler455. More info on the festival here.
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Here’s Where You Can Get Your De La Soul Tickets
Here’s the Ticketpro link to this rather exciting event. You can buy them NOW. They are $35/$30 each. The event is Friday, July 9th, 2010 at the Festival Tent. I just bought mine. I can’t afford it and I don’t care. I’m SO EXCITED JUST THROW ME IN JAIL. More jams below.
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Hey Rosetta Come Back Into Your Lungs
serious business Hey Rosetta are coming back to Halifax after a fairly long break this summer. They land Saturday, July 24 at 10:30pm at the Paragon Theatre. Apparently they will be playing some songs from the follow-up to their insanely popular orchestral pop album Into Your Lungs. They are also touring a lot and this is their only Halifax show this summer. They are supported by PEI’s English Words, who used to be Smothered in Hugs. Tickets are $20 in advance (including tax, plus service charge) and $25 day of show (including tax, plus service charge) and go on sale
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Um, De La Soul is Opening the Halifax Jazz Festival
Sue Carter Flinn just told me that De La Soul is opening the Halifax Jazz Festival. The fest runs July 9-17th this year. I don’t know anything else and they don’t have anything else up on their website. But apparently this is happening and is for real. More info soon. EDIT: They’re playing with Ali from A Tribe Called Quest and Extremities. Eeeee! Tickets on sale this Thurs. If you have no idea who or what I’m talking about, click this link and close your eyes. Welcome to summer city.
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Help Scott Blackburn Ring in His Birthday Tomorrow Night
This Tuesday marks Scott Blackburn‘s 3rd exhibition in the Industry Room (an ongoing component of the bar’s Tuesday New Music Nights that we’ve really enjoyed in the past.) He’ll be showcasing the Groucho Marx Project, which features a bunch of musicians from Nova Scotia Music Week 2009 obscuring their good looks with Groucho’s trademark moustache, […]
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Party Like It’s 1975-1981
Oh boy. Oh boy. Shrewd Coast staffers just alerted us to recent developments on the Casino Nova Scotia website – namely, that yacht rock hero Kenny Loggins and Scottish ’70s slow-dance kings Nazareth will be appearing in that particular venue a few days apart from each other in July. My personal favorite pop culture moment involving Mr. Loggins is that scene from Half Baked when Jim Breuer’s stoner record store clerk yells at a customer, “Five bucks for a used Kenny Loggins record? Nyahhhhhhhhhhhwww maaang!” You may also remember that Mr. Loggins famously penned the song “Footloose.” Below, please
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Wintersleep-a-rama
Wintersleep are still on the road to world domination and will be back in Halifax on Thursday, May 20th at the Paragon at 9pm. Presales continue until tomorrow. Tickets are $24 and you can get them here. You can also download the title track from their upcoming album New Inheritors here and you can stream the entire album there as well. The album will be released in North America on May 18th.
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Fuck Montreal Release Their First 7″
spooky kids! Prolific local experimentalists Fuck Montreal are officially releasing their first 7” this Thursday (TONIGHT) at Gus’ along with the Scoop Outs, ECT and The Bad Motels. The record, titled Winter Mange, is being released by Stumparumper Records out of New York City and is unique in that it’s a long-player with 7 songs and nearly 15 minutes of music. Bang for your buck or what? The band also boasts a new lineup, with founding duo Alex Currie and Jenna Empey joined by Jonathan Carroll on bass and Blair Smith on drums. And, naturally, there’s many other projects on