Cultural Festivals

Whilst Mom and I were enjoying the gentle sounds of David Myles over at St. Matts, my co-pilot was at the Khyber taking in the VKNGS set. I’m told VKNGS (with guest drummer Michael Catano) were loud as the f-word.

After the film fun, I ran over to the Seahorse in time for The Moist Towelettes. It was like that birthday party vibe we had with Lisa and Paolo never ended; it just exploded across the city. Pink balloons, pink boas, pink party dresses and sparkles everywhere. Emi and Yuko’s choreographed cuteness enchanted, Dave and […]

I heard through the grapevine that the Buried Inside show at The Khyber was intense. I’m sorry I missed it–that’s the thing about the Pop Explosion, there just isn’t time to take in everything. When will they invent a reliable time travel device??

Emi and Yuko are not only excellent fun time party dancers, they also make great band tshirts, some with hand-sewn ruffles and buttons. Here they are posing with what I think was one of the best band shirt designs at the festival.

On my way to the show at St. Matts, I ran into a few members of The Medium Mood. Those dudes were super psyched to be on the same bill as Buried Inside, VKNGS and Die Brucke, especially since it was a last-minute replacement. Happy story! Anyway, here’s another photo of the intense Buried Inside […]

Stephan MacLeod thinks those Moist tshirts are pretty hot. I think that counts as some sort of local celebrity endorsement or something.

Speaking of spooky…

Although I knew Windom Earle would take the Fun-o-Metre to the top, I also knew I could see them again and again, and so I left The Seahorse to see Ox at The Attic. According to my handy schedule, Ox was starting the four-band lineup on Friday night. According to my own eyes when I […]

As is often the case when Joel Plaskett plays solo in Halifax, his father Bill joined him for a good portion of the show. This was the first time, however, I’ve ever seen Bill play one of his own tunes with Joel backing him up. Beautiful job, sir. Joel flew in from Dallas, Texas, early […]

Dusty and twangy, that was Vancouver’s Ox. I am a fan of the toque as well.

CBC Radio 3 was on hand to record and broadcast live the show at The Marquee on Saturday night, featuring Pride Tiger, Mother Mother, Land of Talk, Miracle Fortress and Eric’s Trip. Another case of wishing I could have seen the entire show, as well as the show downstairs in Hell. Jon and I got […]