An Intimate Evening with Hey Ocean! did not disappoint. Friday’s show consisted of many HO! back catalogue tunes (starting with “If I Were a Ship”), a handful of new ones and solo songs from the band’s three founding members. Although the crowd was very chatty (seems to be a problem in Halifax these days) HO! […]
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Museum Pieces’ triumphant return
Troubadour rock-songwriter Tyler Messick wants you to know he’s back. After a 10-year break, his one-time Halifax band Museum Pieces features a new lineup and record on the way. Following a string of early- and mid-2000s releases like Philadelphia, and the departure of long-time creative partner Andy March (Crosss’), Messick moved to Montreal to keep […]
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Sappyfest 2011, Day 1:
I arrived in Sackville around 5:30pm; The highway was full of cars, and we spot a few familiar faces along the way and one back window sign proclaiming ‘Sappy-Dappy-Doo!’). With just enough time to head to the local liquor shop and to direct a few fellow passengers to a vacant lot to set up a […]
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Polaris Short List Announced
Austra The Polaris Prize Short List came out yesterday. Everyone on this list will receive $2,000 and the winner receives a grand prize of $30,000. Here it is. Arcade Fire — The SuburbsAustra — Feel It BreakBraids — Native SpeakerDestroyer — KaputtGalaxie — Tigre Et DieselHey Rosetta — SeedsRon Sexsmith — Long Player Late BloomerColin […]
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The Arcade Fire Is Coming
On the same day as the concert scandal report comes out, there’s this announcement that the Arcade Fire will be playing Alderney Landing on July 28. CLEVER GIRL. If I was better at Photoshop, I would have turned that raptor into the face of the ginger guy from the Arcade Fire who always plays the […]
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U2 comes to Moncton
BONO HUNGRY Oh hi guys. Happy Monday! So a number of sources have confirmed today that U2 is indeed playing Magnetic Hill on July 30th. And yep, The Arcade Fire are opening. Unfortunately pretty much all the hotels in Moncton are booked (people began booking when the rumours began circulating last week) so you should just go all Matt Foley on this business and park your van down by the river for the evening. gotta go get my frickin’ parkin’ spot! In an interesting but totally unrelated note, the dude who invented Le Blogotechque (the beautiful off-the-cuff band performances filmed
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These Guys Are Opening for the Arcade Fire
Tyler Messick (Museum Pieces) and Virgil Muir (Heavy Meadows) are headed to Nashville, TN this coming weekend to play a gig at the Grand Ole Opry opening for the Arcade Fire on August 9. Um….yeah. Your buddies are playing one of the most famous venues in the world, opening for one of the most beloved […]
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Arcade Fire
So this is how it all falls apart, right? The troublesome third album, where for every rare triumph—your OK Computer, your Moon and Antarctica—there are dozens of buzz bands that either buckle under the pressure to evolve or prove that their initial formula was all they had to offer in the first place. Add Arcade […]