Who are you gunning for? Who do you think will win? Choose from the following: Elliott Brood – Mountain Meadows Fucked Up – Chemistry of Common Life Great Lake Swimmers – Lost Channels Hey Rosetta! – Into Your Lungs K’naan – Troubador Malajube – Labyrinths Metric – Fantasies Joel Plaskett – Three Chad Vangaalen – […]
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Oliver Jones Jazz Festival show sold out
Atlantic Jazz Fest organizers have announced that Montreal-based award-winning pianist Oliver Jones solo concert on July 15 in the Delta Hotel is sold out. Those lucky enough to get tickets will be treated to “his acrobatic piano stunts and unmistakable finesse, his lightning-fast technique, solid articulation, powerful lyricism and rollicking rhythms.” Another fine argument for […]
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The Birthday Cakes serve up slices of riffy heaven
Brothers who golf together, stay together The Birthday Cakes are three brothers from Sudbury, Ontario who (sometimes) dress up in matching Adidas tracksuits and capes and perform songs about cake, Mike Tyson, Grandma and spiders. They are a riff-heavy band who shun verses and opt for catchy choruses intended to make you dance. They perform […]
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Jenocide covers all the bases with new EP bikerides.barrettes.bruises
Jenocide happily bring the electro, thrash, pop, hip hop, and grrl-power fueled party to every live show, usually with comical and unexpected party mishaps. There’s no telling if you will be able to recreate singer Jen Clarke’s energy and antics in your living room, but with your very own Jenocide EP on the hifi, you can certainly try. Said EP will be released this Friday at The Paragon (with Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees and roomdoom). The EP is entitled bikerides.barrettes.bruises, inspired by Clarke’s unfortunate bike accident last week. “I got hit by a car on my bike.
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Virgin Festival tickets 2 for 1
Please, let’s just get married On the TicketAtlantic website you have the choice of choosing “2 for 1 promo” or “regular.” Unless Mama raised a fool, I suggest you go with “2 for 1 promo.” You know you want to bring a date anyway, right? Dinosaur Jr. is, like, the perfect date music.
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Black Moor on Diminished Fifth Records
Nova Scotian thrashers Black Moor plan to release their much anticipated new album The Conquering on Diminished Fifth Records. The album is slated to come out Tuesday, August 25. Black Moor recently won the Molson Canadian Rocks Battle of the Bands in Nova Scotia and were much-supported finalists in the regional contest to open for […]
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roomdoom: funny wee songs about food and art
Out of a mutual desire to have fun, make people dance and eat sandwiches, roomdoom was born. The band is barely five months old, but in that time, they’ve played at least 10 shows, including house parties, galleries (inside a fabric dome at the Khyber ICA), at the recent Obey Convention and two very different […]
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Bloodhouse cut it short
Alexander Mitchell (Tomcat Combat) started Bloodhouse in the winter of 2008, when he was living outside of the city and bored. “I had never composed songs before so it was nice to be able to develop a catalogue of super-short songs. I am in no way a guitar player so the simpler the song, the […]
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York Redoubt don’t waste time
Made up of Mike Wright (bass, vocals), Caleb Langille (guitar, vocals), Brad Lahead (guitar, vocals) and Noah Dalton (on drums; Dalton replaced his older brother Seamus after he left Halifax for school), York Redoubt may play with clock radios on stage, but no one can accuse them of wasting time. Currently touring across Canada and […]
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Pre-Full Circle Festival party this Friday gets you in the mood to camp
Grand Sass love to play outdoors, see? The Full Circle Festival (June 19-21), is “a weekend of camping on the farm, jamming around the campfire, collaborative songwriting, contra dancing, and celebrating the Summer Solstice” all at the Red Fox Farm (or, in the case of rain, the Community Hall across the street) in Centre Burlington, […]
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Gypsophilia release Sa-ba-da-OW! at Whet Cafe
Gypsophila appear in sepia tones almost exclusively Gypsophilia release their new album Sa-ba-da-OW! at Whet Café on June 19 and 20 at 10pm ($13 at ticketpro.ca). Get there early to reserve your twirling spot near the front and ask them what the heck that album name means for me, ok? Here’s what I do know […]
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Wolfville’s Deep Roots Music Festival line-up announced
Jesus, Harry Manx! Throw a few more strings on that thing! Now in it’s sixth year, Wolfville’s Deep Roots Music Festival (September 24 to 27) has expanded to include over 25 acts in four days. Yow! Bring an extra thermos of go-go juice! The line-up includes Harry Manx, AJ Croce, Joel Plaskett and the Emergency […]