Rainy day movies Jay Dahl, filmmaker In my book, one to two millimetres of rain is enough to justify a nine-hour Sopranothon. My favourite bad weather DVDs at the moment are just that: heavily serialized cable network series. Breaking Bad, Summer Heights High, Mad Men and Friday Night Lights: These shows are dangerously addictive—you’ll find […]
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Gordie Sampson at The Carleton August 3
Grammy-award winning Cape Breton native Gordie Sampson will play The Carleton on August 3 in support of his latest album, For the Few and Far Between. Tickets are $30 plus tax.
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Joel Plaskett: To LA and wherever Polaris is
Congrats to Joel Plaskett, the sole local representation on the just-announced long list for the Polaris Music Prize. Plaskett made the 2007 shortlist with Ashtray Rock. There will be approximately one million blog posts about this list today, so instead of adding to the noise, all we will say is Jenn Grant was robbed. (Full […]
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Musia Nova Scotia dot ca relaunches
Music Nova Scotia has launched its new website. If you are a musician who plays in Halifax, you should probably check it out, especially if you have any designs on playing or attending Nova Scotia Music Week in November. (Showcase deadline: July 10.)
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Three Sheet not limited to hip hop
“If you owed me $2.50 I’d say you owed me a 2.50-sheet,” says Matt Kliffer, lyricist and beatboxer. “It’s something that has yet to exist, it’s not printed by the government. We’re our own kind of currency.” Three Sheet—Kliffer (AKA Expedyte), bassist Kevin Tilley, beatboxer EMC (Eric McIntyre), guitarist Ryan O’Quinn and vocalist Vanessa Furlong—have […]
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Gianna Lauren fits in swell
“I didn’t have a job, I wasn’t coming for school, I just got in my car and drove here,” says Gianna Lauren. The Edmonton native arrived via Ottawa in January, with an EP (Fist in a Heart) and a plan: to become part of the local music scene. “I found the scene really insular,” she […]
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Kelly Sloan gets used to centre stage
Kelly Sloan calls her debut LP, Always Changes, an accident. Released in March, the alt-country indie-pop collection was inspired by her roommates, Dale and Brian Murray, who encouraged the Ottawa Valley transplant to write a song for them to produce. “They kept coming and they sounded good and then I had nine or 10,” says […]
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N-Glazzy MJ-bee goes live
Ryan Cook is coming for you, N-Glazzy. (photo Mat Dunlap) The 14th annual New Glasgow Music Jubilee kicks off July 31 with a stellar-as-usual roster of local heavy hitters, up-and-comers and come-from aways. The unstop-stop-stoppable Joel Plaskett headlines Friday night, Wintersleep anchors Saturday and country buzz-act Jason Blaine closes out the fest on Sunday. There’s […]
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Dutch Mason Blues Fest announces line-up
Garrett Mason returns to the Dutch Mason Blues Festival. The Dutch Mason Blues Festival has brought a consistently solid blues line-up to town (and Truro) for the past couple years, and the 2009 edition won’t disappoint. Headliners for the August 7 to 9 event in Bible Hill include Muddy Waters‘ peep James Cotton, Colin James, […]
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Steven Bowers’ month-long Carleton residency
S+H fave Steven Bowers dropped us a line this week to let us know whatup with him for the summer. Last year he got married so he’s got a lot to live up to: “I’m going to be performing with my band (Keith Mullins, Jason Mingo, Kev Corbett) at the Carleton on Thursdays starting this […]
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Hunter Hayes cancels Halifax dates
Christian-Cajun wünderkind Hunter Hayes has cancelled his two-night stand June 16 and 17 at Stayner’s. If you’ve already got tickets, they are fully refundable down at the bar.
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More bands added to Virgin Fest
In-Flight Safety are pretty fly (for some white guys). photo Julé Malet-Veale Two more bands have been added to the Virgin Fest line-up: Montreal buzz dup (like there’s any other kind) Handsome Furs, and kicking off the whole damn day, our own In-Flight Safety. The acts round out the previously announced July 4 line-up of […]