JJerry Granelli is a man in motion. During conversation, he moves constantly, pushing hands, lifting arms, craning neck, bending and straightening core behind his desk. While making 1313, his new solo drum/percussion/electronics record (named for the address of his office and an adjoining performance space), Granelli powered through the four-hour, one-night recording session back in […]
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Obey Convention IV Line-up Announced
Oh, May is such a lovely month—-not only due to the birdies chirping and the bees and flowers fornicating, but because it’s rounded out by the annual Obey Convention, Divorce Records’ feast of wild music and art. This year’s lineup features some treats, including Sue Carter Flinn fave Slim Twig who boasts a spooky Lux […]
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Halifax cognoscenti talk about genres/bands they’re excited to see in Halifax these days
Secret Colours HOT MONEY RECORDS: Mike WrightI’ve been feeling really excited about bands from Halifax lately, there seem to be a lot of motivated people recording and releasing. Some bands I can’t wait to hear more from are Bloodhouse, Cold Warps, Bad Vibrations (Husband + Knife, Air/Fire), The Lodge, Gamma Gamma Rays, Cat Bag, Dog […]
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Decade in review: music scene, not a machine
Ten years is an awfully long period of time to cover, at least in the life of the average Halifax musician. Because of our diverse scene, turnover is high—Halifax could be named the call centre of Canadian music scenes. From the end of the 1990s’ “new Seattle” to a new mecca for weird punk, local […]
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Free music from Divorce Records to you
Run! Don’t walk! (To download the Mess Folk EP) Divorce: The label that keeps on giving! From their site: “Freewave is a new series of FREE digital EPs from DIVORCE. The albums are exclusive to the series and cost you $0 to download. Merry Xmas! These releases will only be available until the next round […]
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HPX Thursday: Weather, plaid, and a lotta noise
The Weather Station, Slow Down Molasses and The Paint Movement provided the quiet; Dead Wife, Grand Trine and Nadja provided the loud. A well-rounded night.
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Dog Day 12″ pre order on now
Click here for all the info. Divorce Records have just announced a pre-order for the new Dog Day 12″ recorded by Rick White. It’s an edition of 400, so you can be one of the lucky few.