Japanther, Entire Cities and Pterodactyl played to full houses around the city on Friday night, plus some tour stories from Entire Cities.
Laura Kenins
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HPX Friday: The loudest show in the smallest venue and chaos around town
Dead Wife, ECT, Grand Trine and more take on a basement.
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HPX Saturday preview: The Pack A.D. takes over the world
Interview with Vancouver’s The Pack A.D. on cornfields, The Phantom of the Opera, and Magic: The Gathering
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HPX Thursday: Weather, plaid, and a lotta noise
The Weather Station, Slow Down Molasses and The Paint Movement provided the quiet; Dead Wife, Grand Trine and Nadja provided the loud. A well-rounded night.
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HPX Wednesday: missed connections and Icelandic cultural history
Sprengjuhollin bring exploding castles and Brennivin to the Pop Explosion, York Redoubt plays too short and sweet.
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The Hipless Boy, Sully (Conundrum)
Sully, the comic-book pseudonym of Montreal-based writer and artist Sherwin Tjia, brings us a collection of short comics about a hipless boy living in a hipster neighbourhood—although, honestly, he doesn’t seem all that unhip. Nonetheless, Sully’s stories are charming reminders of a time of youth that’s both hopeful and nostalgic, with three archetypal characters: the […]
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Daily HPX picks: THURSDAY…must-see shows
Julie Fader The Seahorse Tavern, 1665 Argyle Street, 10pm, $10 Julie Fader never set out to be a professional musician. She wanted to go to NSCAD, but “chickened out on the move to Halifax.” Instead, she stuck around Ontario, eventually meeting Sarah Harmer and touring with her. Since then, the requests haven’t stopped for Fader’s […]
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Daily HPX picks: FRIDAY…must-see shows
Final Fantasy w/Symphony Nova Scotia Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, 6101 University Avenue, 8pm, $29-$49 Owen Pallett is so excited and he just can’t hide it. The performer, who records under the moniker Final Fantasy, is performing with Symphony Nova Scotia this Friday at the Rebecca Cohn. Pallett is as excited as his fans about the nearly […]
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Daily HPX picks: SATURDAY…must-see HPX shows
Attack in Black The Seahorse Tavern, 1665 Argyle Street, 11:40pm, $8 Attack in Black comes to Halifax in support of its 2009 album Years (By One Thousand Fingertips). The four-piece released it in March on Dine Alone Records (home to Arkells, Bedouin Soundclash, City and Colour and others). Hailing from Welland, Ontario, Attack in Black’s […]
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You Say Party, We Say Die!
YSPWSD’s third album has been noted as dark and full of warm fuzzy feelings. Coming out of the band’s healing process from a breakdown in 2007, it’s both, bringing in dance-punk sounds and Siouxsie and the Banshees-like vocals, sounding new and gothic and catchy all at once. Becky Ninkovic’s voice runs you through a full […]
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HPX Tuesday: Paragon of noise and tequila
Crystal Antlers, Red Mass, Dinosaur Bones and A History Of got the crowds revved up for the 2009 Pop Explosion at the Paragon Tuesday night
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Halifax Pop Explosion: one overambitious itinerary
The Pop Explosion starts tomorrow. You can’t see everything, so get planning.