creepy! Bad Vibrations are on tour. Go and see them! Tonight they play Montreal and tomorrow they play Toronto. Click their name for tour dates. They will return to Halifax to play Obey in a coupla weeks. They also have a blog that you can follow here.
Alison Lang
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Bathe in 3 Inches of Blood
“When I started playing music, the ambition was always to do it for a living—it’s still something I want to be doing,” says Cam Pipes. Over the phone from a pitstop in Wawa, Ontario, the 3 Inches of Blood singer comes off as a pretty serious customer. Not stern, not mean—just serious. It may seem […]
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Stanfest Lineup Announced
Jerry Jeff Walker: coolest old guy ever. The complete lineup for the Stan Rogers Folk Festival in Canso has been announced and it includes Jerry Jeff Walker, the country legend who originally wrote “Mr. Bojangles.” Nutty! The fest takes place July 2nd to 4th and you can buy advance weekend passes and tickets here.To learn more about the lineup and the festival, click here. Alan Levandoski; Alex Cuba; Alpha Yaya Diallo; Andres Godoy; Andrew White; Ariana Gilles Baskery; Bruce Guthro and the Danes; Cheryl Wheeler; Chloe Albert; Chuck Brodsky; Cliff Eberhardt; Danny Michel; Darrell Grant; Dave Gunning; David Francey; David
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Introducing…Your New Favorite Cover Band
PANACHE! Dave Burns first heard Judas Priest purely by chance. “My cousin Vance was cleaning out his tape collection and passed me a copy of Priest Live,” he recalls. “I freaked out on that tape. I wore it down pretty good.” Years later, after witnessing the likes of 2 Minutes To Maiden and Gunts and Roses, the affable guitarist decided it was time to assemble his own tribute to the Gods of Metal. Burns, who plays full-time in Thy Flesh Consumed, reached out to similar-minded folk in the Halifax metal community, eventually filling out his dream lineup with Chris and
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Canada’s Best Live Band Comes to Halifax
boys had better beware I was really hoping that Toronto twang-rock legends The Sadies would be making more than one stop in the Maritimes after it was announced they’d be playing Sappyfest, and calloo callay, here we are. They’ll be playing the Paragon on July 31st at 10:30pm. Tix are $15 in advance and go […]
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Juliette Lewis is Coming
her + gilbert grape = best couple It is my natural inclination to ruthlessly mock actors and actresses who also “make music” (Minnie Driver? Billy Bob Thorton? Instant hilarity!) but for some reason I can’t do it with Juliette Lewis. It might have something to do with the fact that some of her songs with her rock band, the Licks, are kind of good. Witness the video below. While there is no doubt the video itself is completely ridiculous, it also shows that she has a good raspy kinda-rock voice. She also seems really weird. Hooray! She’ll be at the
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Gonna Walk Down Thru Eclectic Avenue
hey, look, it’s DJ Pizza! CKDU is kicking off a new monthly fundraiser tomorrow night (Wednesday May 5) at the Seahorse called Eclectic Avenue. The first edition is happening tomorrow with DJ Bumpsie, DJ Zack Shave, the First Aid Kit and a “surprise guest” whose name rhymes with Itch Ow Loin. Think about it for […]
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More Artists Announced for Sappyfest
More artists announced for Sappy. Many of my favorites and yours will be there. My wallet cries; my heart sings. I’m gonna post some links/myspaces later when I’m not at work, but in the meantime, here’s what you can expect down in sunny, sunny Sackville the weekend of July 30-Aug. 1. Buy tickets and learn more here. Old Man Luedecke, Attack in Black, Rockets Red Glare, Daniel, Fred & Julie, The Heavy Blinkers, Apollo Ghosts, and Mecca Normal, $100, BA Johnston, Baby Eagle, Baird Brothers, Braids, By Divine Right, Contrived, Cat Pontoon, Diamond Rings, Dog Day, Etaoin Shrdlu, Julie Doiron,
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Backstreet’s Back, All Right.
Okay, I’m not going to beat around the bush: The friggin’ Backstreet Boys are coming here on August 18th to dance it up at the Metro Centre. Well, four of them, anyway – Kevin Richardson, the middle-aged looking one, left the band in 2006. yep, still old. However, Greasy, Druggy, Whatshisface and BlondieJaw are all […]
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Festival Roundup
Summer festival season is nigh. Last week the folks behind Evolve, the Obey Convention, Long Live the Queen and Sappyfest announced their line-ups (or part of their line-ups, anyway) and started selling tickets. I decided to ask all these enterprising folk to share their organizational skills, their favorite bands on the lineup, and why they […]
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Simon and Garfunkel also Rescheduled
i’ll forgive you if paul wears that haircut as a toupee According to this posting from the Chronicle Herald, Simon and Garfunkel are postponing their tour so Art can enjoy a period of “rest and rehabilitation.” The shows originally scheduled for May 17 and 18 at the Metro Centre will now be happening July 24 […]
