There’s no question vinyl records are no longer the prevailing way for people to listen to music. That doesn’t mean they’re dead to everybody. Records certainly look better in all their seven-to-12-inch glory than CDs enclosed in flimsy jewel cases. And, while CDs continue to lose the war with mp3 technology, vinyl sales are on […]
Andrew Robinson
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Tomcat Combat
[image-4]Published June 19, 2008.Tomcat CombatI’m Okay You’re Okay (Noyes)Navigating the dangerous waters of post-rock is not easy since there’s a fine line between sounding inspired and uninspired. Tomcat Combat manage to do the former by shunning the cliched quiet-build, big-release framework that bands such as Explosions In The Sky milk endlessly. Tracks like “Pacer’s Club” […]
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Tomcat Combat feels okay
When the time came for titling their first full-length album, Tomcat Combat did not want to let it be an afterthought. I’m Okay You’re Okay, coming out this weekend on local label Noyes Records, is named after a self-help book. The five-piece instrumental group is directing this ironic plea for recovery at what Noel Macdonald […]
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15 years: Music business
Like most things in Halifax, the local music business has seen a lot of changes in the past 15 years. Mike Campbell, former MuchMusic VJ and Joel Plaskett’s current manager, and David Ewenson, musician and co-founder of Just Friends Records, went down to city mainstay Taz Records to give us the skinny. So what was […]
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No No Zero
[image-4]Published May 29, 2008.No No ZeroRough Stuff (Signed By Force)Rock ‘n’ roll has always had a special bond with the bump ‘n’ grind. Toronto band No No Zero take that notion and go wild with it. Building on a hard garage-punk sound with guitars front and centre, the band’s debut album, Rough Stuff, is well […]
