Coming back to Halifax for his yearly visit to sprinkle Jager on the city, and also to tour his latest album Gremlins 3, BA Johnston flies in on a snot rocket to Gus’ Pub June 17 with Spew, Outtacontroller and Reaguns Rayguns 9pm, $6, $3 with Weedeater ticket stub, $10 with Moncton ID (lollll). In […]
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Check out all these locals playing Pop Montréal
From this Wednesday until this Sunday, the city of Montréal will be “fire,” as they say. The kids say that. Dozens of music’s ‘coolest’ acts (Thurston Moore, for one, and Motörhead, for some reason) will take over the land of smoked meat sandies and cheap gross ’40s for Pop Montreal. I wish I could go but alas. Luckily The […]
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B.A.’s Cheesy Birthday
i took this three years ago aw This weekend heralds the annual two-day drunk that accompanies the birth of the one-man genius of love, B.A. Johnston. He has assembled a powerful line-up to surround him on these two evenings: Friday features Homo Duplex, Bad Vibrations, Fat Stupids, and Hymn while on Saturday Windom Earle, Quivers and the Deadly Hearts bolster the show (both shows are $6.) And as a bonus (like, do you really need a bonus?) the show has been advertised as having an all-you-can-eat Cheezie bar. While I think Cheezies are kind of sick (I hate how your
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BA Johnston = Funniest musician in Canada
“It’s a physical show” Audio proof: CLICK IT. Listening to BA Johnston talk about his quality loafers is why you wear headphones at your desk anyway, right? Related Stories
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Halifax Scene Recipe Zine gets in the kitchen with some of your favourite locals
If you blinked, you may have missed Kelly Zwicker’s Halifax Scene Recipe Zine at the Halifax Zine Fair during HPX. The zine, filled with recipes from excellent locals like Dog Day, Windom Earle, Envision, BA Johnston, York Redoubt and more, sold out quickly, but there are more on the way. The zine was a labour […]
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Windom Earle, BA Johnston, The Gideons, Lovesinger and, oh, a giant thing of ribs
Chilly weather means nothing to Windom Earle with stomachs full of ribs Last year they gave out a ham, this year it’s ribs. After today’s exhausting Go North! shenanigans, power up with the promise of a heaping helping of protein with Meat Draw 2: Return of the Meat ($6, 10pm). Thinly veiled as a show […]
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Fall music preview: releases with local connections
Spesh K, 90209 He may live in the 416 now, but Spesh K is still giving a palindrome shout-out to his hometown. With guest spots from Pacewon, Classified, Cory Lee and Jordan Croucher. September 2 Shearing Pinx, Weaponry (Divorce) Limited edition with art by Rick White features “a classic, demento-tuned twin guitar battle where a […]
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Horses run wild at Gus’ tonight
These are Horses. Photo by Krista Dzialoszynski Horses are a band from the east coast, who moved to Toronto and come back almost all the time. They have been called “beard-rock” and “man-rock,” so if you haven’t guessed already, they are guys. Nice guys! Q: What is next for Horses? Are you guys doing more […]