After years of playing behind charismatic front men, Pamela McInnis decided it was her turn to take the lead. A talented songwriter in her own right, she raised the money to record an album and left her regular gigs in two established local bands behind. The shadowy bass player in well-known Halifax acts the Museum […]
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“Radiohead for president”
I don’t remember the first time I knew I was in love with someone. I don’t remember the first time I drove a car, the first time I drank (or at least anything past the first half hour) and I have done all I can to forget the first time I had sex. I can, […]
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Animating in LA
Local animator Heather Harkins (The Eight Husbands of Zsa Zsa Gabor, Duncan’s Cove) has got her summer vacation all lined up—she’ll be wiping the stardust out of her eyes for the entire month of August as artist-in-residence at the Echo Park Film Centre in beautiful Hollywood, California! Or, more accurately, east Los Angeles. Harkins accompanied […]
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Hey hey, my my
Those who don’t know Newfoundland’s Hey Rosetta! are about to become a whole lot more familiar. The six-piece played its first gig in Halifax during the Juno showcases and is set for three more dates in the city within the next month. Momentum has been rising since the group formed last August, with the release […]
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Camp trip
God bless the drummer. The person burdened with the task of keeping other band members in time so things don’t get messy is usually the one most ignored when it comes to the spotlight. Leave it to the person singing about his personal issues or the guy indulging in a way-too-long guitar solo to get […]
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The shape of things
A handful of dancers from across the country calling themselves SINS (Sometimes in Nova Scotia) will present Oceanids, among other pieces, this weekend at DANSpace. The piece has multi-disciplinary roots: after seeing a Rothko painting, composer Mark Duggan wrote “Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea,” which is the source of the dance piece. […]
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New vinyl
It is commonly believed that marketing singles by way of vinyl is a trend that was exhausted decades ago, but one local record label may be tapping into an alternative method which might, by now, be considered recurrent. Out of Touch Records will release a sample of its new music on the revered seven-inch format […]
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All aboard
VIA Rail passenger Allison Crowe makes a triangle pit stop in Halifax this week. The menage a trois spreads from Thursday to Saturday, as she appears June 1 at Fairview Heights Elementary School, June 2 at The Music Room and June 3 at Pilot House Cafe and Cottages in Boutilier’s Point. “I’ve been touring by […]
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Feel the Noise in Wolfville
We reported a couple weeks back on the welcome resurrection of Wolfville’s Atlantic Theatre Festival, a summer destination event that was shuttered two years ago for financial reasons. The company announced its season this week, and it’s gonna be a truncated—but hilarious—one. Beloved comic romp Noises Off will open July 21 and run through to […]
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Relocation site
A year short of a decade into its existence and Nova Scotia Music Week is ready to test the waters outside the borders of the Halifax Regional Municipality. The province’s annual music showcase is slated for November 10 to 12 in Liverpool. Host Committee Chairs John Wiles and Anne Oakley say the community of just […]
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Use your Powers
It was a chilly Friday night, November 2004. The Halifax Pop Explosion was in full swing at The Seahorse, and The Illuminati headed the bill in the then-scrappy, pre-renovation basement bar. The unpretentious, hirsute power trio with a heavy handle and dueling vocalists came on and pulverized the audience with its unique blend of Black […]
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Plane thinking
Le Theatre de Boheme, fresh off its run of 1984, has already got its next production lined up: a re-staging of its 2004 production of Sartre’s No Exit at the Prague International Fringe Festival. Thirty-five companies will put on 180 performances in one week, beginning May 29. Seeing as how a last-minute trip to Toronto […]