Metal fonts: Possibly the most innovative fonts of all. (That says Fistfight) Because of my computer troubles, this is posted too late, but as any loyal Scene and Heard reader will know, it was published Thursday in the newspaper. Remember papers? Those dry, fluttery things that make your fingers dirty? What you really need to […]
Stephanie Johns
flossin'
off on a natural charge bon voyage
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Sleepless Nights give you another EP, head out on a tour
Sleepless Nights kick off their winter tour this weekend and want to give you something to remember them by. The band is releasing a free downloadable EP this week, The Phone Booth Outside The Video Store, the second in a series of three (online at www.thesleeplessnights.com).
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Best Coast is making my morning!
A friend recommended Best Coast to me, and couldn’t have been more on the money.
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Stop Motion Massacre: Terrible Ideas free download
Stop Motion Massacre are giving it away. Click right here for free music, nine songs in 10 minutes! If you want to get something to hold you can try to get one of the 20 limited edition copies of transparent red cassettes that they are making. Or you can just put it on your iPod […]
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ECMA: Five cameras, high-def, in your living room
TV party tonight! I mean March 7. With Rose Cousins. From Press Release HQ: “The East Coast Music Association, in partnership with long standing supporter and platinum partner Bell Aliant, is offering music fans from Atlantic Canada and around the globe a brand new way to see the Bell Aliant East Coast Music Awards Gala […]
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Michael Bolton in Halifax at the Metro Centre
The man loves life. Here’s what you need to know. Or rather, what your mom or grandma needs to know: Michael Bolton performs at the Metro Centre Friday, March 19 7:30pm. Tickets on sale Saturday, January 23rd at 9am. Tickets $44.50/$64.50/$79.50 (+ service charge) available at Ticket Atlantic Box Office at Halifax Metro Centre and at all participating Atlantic Superstore, by phone 451-1221 or online at www.geg.ca or www.ticketatlantic.com.
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Halifax for Haiti benefit concert at the Metro Centre announced
Halifax for Haiti, a benefit concert featuring Halifax-based DRUM! and other artists is being planned for the Halifax Metro Centre for Monday, February 8 at 7:30pm. Organized by Brookes Diamond Productions, proceeds from this fundraising show will go towards helping people affected by the devastating earthquake. From a Brookes Diamond press release: “We’re in the […]
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So Rick White and the Superfantastics walk into a schoolhouse…
As we speak, the Superfantastics are in Rick White‘s home studio in Elder, Ontario (recording home of Dog Day‘s Elder Schoolhouse LP) making some sweet music. How will the Superfantastic’s sunny pop sensibilities match up with White’s dark, ethereal tendencies? Pretty well, it appears. “So far, these recordings are exactly what i always thought the […]
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Stax Records and Sun Studios
Unfortunately the southern part of the trip has come to a close, but I can still listen to Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club at an uncomfortable volume and look over some pictures of Sun Studios and Stax Records. And so can you, if you want. We went to Stax first and parked […]
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Thrush Hermit tickets on sale now
WOWEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! March 19 and 20 at the Paragon Theatre! The above is the best music video ever made, by the way. UPDATE: tickets go on sale Friday, January 15, 10am at ticketpro.ca or Ticketpro outlets ($21.50adv/$29 day of show).
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NO GODDAMNED WAY! Busta cancelled!
The new date for Busta’s Cunard Centre show is Friday, January 22 at 10pm. Tickets for September 19 and December 11 will be honoured. If customers do not wish to attend the new date, they may get a refund at point of purchase. SIGH. UPDATE: Show’s cancelled. Tickets can be refunded at point of purchase. […]