mmm…records taste like success If you’ve gone walking around the city the past couple of years, you’ve probably seen one of DJ Bones’ posters. They usually feature a photo of a young, cute, sweaty, possibly tipsy group of people caught in mid-dance or mid-“Wooo!” Big orange-y comic book letters proclaim the name of the event: […]
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Patchworking with Poirer
Ghislain Poirier has his hands full. The Quebecois producer is talking about why he can’t attend the Junos—his track “Wha-la-la-leng” is nominated for Reggae Recording of the Year—while two of his neighbour’s young children play in the background. Judging from the shouts and crashes, they are getting into trouble. “It’s just nice to be recognized […]
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Seth Smith’s New Problems
Dog Day frontman Seth Smith has made a solo album and he is sharing it with us through an online stream. Pretty neat. You can listen here. But wait! There’s more! A video for the song “Transformer” awaits your hungry eyes below. It is romantic and sort of sad and sweet.
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The Pharcyde Won’t Be Passing Us By
these men brought us j dilla. you will like them. Now mind you, I haven’t heard anything official about this yet, but a sneaky little Facebook page claims that my second-favorite group of chronic Californians (after Cypress Hill) will be heading this way on June 12th as part of a cross-Canada tour. The location is […]
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This Is Not A Halifax Post, Sorry
I know, I know, it seems like I probably have a giant boner for bands from Southern Ontario right now (and Colin Medley’s music videos) but here’s another one anyway—-Kingston, Ontario’s P.S. I Love You. In addition to many fine universities and prisons, Kingston has a great art/music scene and this band (culled from the […]
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Old Man Luedecke on Q Today
Apparently Old Man Luedecke will be bringing his banjo and charms to Q this morning. You can listen on the dial at 90.5 at 10am Atlantic time, stream online live or grab the archive episode here. Enjoy. Related Stories
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Black Eyed Peas to Crush Common with Lady Lumps
start working on awkward poses now The Chronicle-Herald and Metro have both confirmed via Twitter that the Black Eyed Peas, Weezer and Classified will all be tearing the shit out of the Common on July 24. The cost? Your soul. More acts TBA, as well as announcements for the July 23rd show (Stephen Cooke says […]
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Measuring Metric’s happiness
Emily Haines is unhappy. The lead singer of Metric is doing the telephone equivalent of a press junket and I’ve been allotted 15 minutes. Ten minutes in, I ask about some controversial shirts Metric had created in efforts to raise money for Haiti. Part of the text on the shirts read “Help! I’m Alive”—a reference […]
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Holidays with Diamond Rings
The upcoming Long Live the Queen festival announced that Torontonian weirdo Diamond Rings (otherwise known as D’Urbervilles lead singer John O’Regan) will be joining us in Halifax sometime during the fest’s Victoria Day long weekend run. Perfect pop, eyeshadow and ridiculous videos = this is our bread and butter.You will either love the following little […]
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Duzheknew/Cousins Split Tape Release
afghan wrasslin’ Adam O’Reilly is releasing some tracks from his fantastic new wave-inspired project Duzheknew on a split tape with Cousins. Says the release: “What started as a home-recording project in a new city turned into a creative outlet tapping into New Wave-era bands of the past such as: Devo, Talking Heads, DNA, and more.” […]
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Catriona Sturton vs. The World
pretty lady! When I reach Catriona Sturton, the former Plumtree bassist is finishing an Easter meal with her extended family in Ottawa. Over the phone, I can hear small children yelling at her and she occasionally breaks our conversation to gently shush them. “It’s really funny hearing my dad explain the plot of Scott Pilgrim […]
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Cover Me Badd
As most of you well know, cover songs are tricky beasts. A bad cover can permanently derail a career (see Madonna’s version of “American Pie” or a recurring nightmare I have called “Puff Daddy, Come with Me.”) But sometimes what begins as a fanboy/fangirl trifle can sometimes evolve into a moment of career-defining genius. I […]