Mike Landry
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Hpx Night Five: Part cinq
Diemonds at the Toothy Moose through beer goggles You can read the fiasco that occurred at The Toothy Moose last night (one friend said she stood in line for 45 minutes and didn’t see a single person allowed entry into the club, even though they appeared nowhere near capacity inside) in a blog post below. […]
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Hpx Night Five: Part quatre
Ken Farrell conducts the crowd during Gravity Wave’s set Just listening to Toronto group Gravity Wave‘s myspace page does nothing to prepare you for the genius of ringleader Ken Farrell. Although backed by turn tables, funk bass and drums, I hesitate to call Gravity Wave a band. It’s more of a concept (a la Japanther). […]
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Hpx Night Five: Part Trois
Anna Conner of Thrushes I’m sorry but the Toothy Moose is absolutely the worst bar in Halifax. I’m fine with the club scene doing it’s thing, but it is unacceptable that they would book unknowing bands into that environment. Walking in to see Baltimore’s Thrushes, I was appalled to see a large group in the […]
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Hpx Night Five: Part deux
Little Girls My excessive drinking came in handy last night. Standing outside the Paragon I ran into two of my old bartenders from Toronto. As luck would have it she knew leading man Josh McIntyre from Little Girls. I didn’t know much about the band except the unbelievable hype the group has fostered, but we […]
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Hpx Night Five: Part one
Each of these bands sounded amazing, but the shows were a little lackluster. Maybe it was the rain or the fact I’d been up until past 3am for the past four nights. I was pretty stoked to see Boys Who Say No, who I missed the night before. Trouble was it was an all-ages show […]
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Toothy moose fiasco
Diamonds rock Sunday at The SeahorseSo i thought I’d check in on Japanroids before heading to see the highly anticipated Diemonds, when I run into a little birdie who informs me Diemonds were being forced on stage early. Why? Well at this point it remains to be confirmed but judging by the restless line of bros and hos lined up outside the toothy moose perhaps management were worried about keeping the regulars in the rain too much longer. Funny though, you’d think hpx would have some agreement with the venue ensuring the band go onstage at a scheduled time. I
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Diemonds Tonight!
Diemonds set to destroy HalifaxJust to give you an idea of what to expect tonight when Diemonds hit the stage tonight at The Toothy Moose, here’s a little anecdote that I left out of my write-up about the Toronto rockers in this week’s Coast. Apparently, the last time guitarist CC Diemond was in Halifax he was a roadie for another band. They were supposed to play two gigs, but after the first they found their way to Darmouth where they came across some LSD. Needless to say, they never made it to the second gig. Instead they spent the night
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Hpx Night Four: Devil Eyes and Japanther
I bet you can just smell the sweat by just looking at this pic of Japanther at The Seahorse. Can you believe there are ladies in the crowd there? Don’t tell The Seahorse bouncers! I tried to go see The Danks at Coconut Grove, but the place was at capacity and the bouncer was a […]
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Hpx Night Four: Eddie Orso and Dan Mangan
Teddy bear Dan Mangan enthralls a packed Company House. I never thought I would see the Company House turn away patrons, and yet at capacity, with people packed shoulder to shoulder, they did so last night. It was by far the most surprising show of this year’s pop explosion. By the time Eddie Orso took […]