Jason Brown Dalhousie University On the homepage of Dalhousie mathematics, statistics and computer science professor Jason Brown’s website, he states: “Everyone…can benefit from adding just a bit more mathematics to their daily routine.” For Brown, one of the best ways to do this is with music. While working on his undergrad, Brown would TA and […]
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Indie Game: The Movie
Filmed, written and edited by first-time Winnipeg filmmakers Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky, Indie Game: The Movie is a documentary that looks at the emerging industry of independent video game developers and charts the creativity and struggle that accompanies them as they try to create the next important franchise. With interview accompaniment from Braid designer […]
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Black Moor
Canada’s own new wave of British heavy metal revivalists, Black Moor, return with their sophomore album Lethal Waters, a collection of high-octane tracks that resemble the punishing ferocity of early Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and speed-metal-era Metallica. Starting off with the Rob Halford-inspired wails on album opener “Hellraiser,” the band charges forward with galloping guitar-chugs […]
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Jonesing for art
Hind Legs singer/guitarist Halloway Jones’ life is apparently in “shambles.” Walking into her two-bedroom apartment/art studio (which she comically refers to as a “troll den”) in Halifax’s south-end, she comments on the disarray of her kitchen and offers to give me a glass of water in a disposable paper coffee cup, rather than hunting to […]
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Ruth Minnikin’s family history
As a musician and graduate of NSCAD’s photography program, Halifax-based artist Ruth Minnikin had always been looking for ways to combine the two fields of study into one project. But it wasn’t until the death of a loved one that she finally realized her two artistic passions with The Minnikins’ Photo Album, a 7-song EP […]
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Erin Costelo’s power arrangement
Speaking by phone on a summery afternoon, Halifax-based singer-songwriter Erin Costelo is camped up indoors working on the final mix for her upcoming studio-album, We Can Get Over. “I was really proud of the last album and excited when it came out,” Costelo says of her 2009 debut, Fire and Fuss, “but after three years […]
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Slash’s conspiracy
LA guitar god (and lover of finely made top hats), Slash, comes to Halifax July 31 with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators to deliver a shred-heavy evening at the Cunard Centre in support of the new album Apocalyptic Love. But the Grammy award-winning guitarist is bringing more to town than just a high-octane rock show: […]
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Hot Chip
Britain’s sexiest dance-floor nerd-lingers, Hot Chip, returns this month with fifth studio album, In Our Heads. The glorified electro-Pavement enthusiasts follow up where 2010’s One Life Stand left off, delivering even more obtuse renditions of Devo songs that were never written by Devo, creating an LP that shows off the band’s soulful chops. “Motion Sickness” […]
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Owen Van Larkins gives you the finger
After performing as a duo for eight years, Australian born fingerstyle guitarist Owen Van Larkins decided to step out as a solo artist in 2012. “Working as a duo was amazing,” Van Larkins says. “But to grow as a musician and travel it was just so much more simple as a solo artist.” Van Larkins […]
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Deltron 3030
When Canadian DJ Kid Koala (real name Eric San) was asked by record producer Dan The Automator (Daniel Nakamura) and legendary Bay Area MC Del the Funky Homosapien to join their sci-fi hip-hop project in early 1999, he had no idea the impact Deltron 3030 would have on the music community more than a decade […]
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Mae day
Singer-songwriter Ria Mae isn’t used to being the centre of attention. But that will change, because with a recent award show win, spot on the silver screen in Rohan Fernando’s debut feature-length Snow and new album in the works, there has never been a better time to be Ria Mae. Her successful run started this […]
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On the periphery
At first glance, Peripheral Vision looks like your average jazz quartet. Made up of bandleaders Don Scott on guitar and Michael Herring on bass, the band is rounded out with tenor sax and drums. But once you look past its modestly sized ensemble, you find an extremely powerful jazz band that sounds more complex than […]
