Botfly w/Vulva Culture (solo) Dark Sky Parks, Die Hexe Thursday, September 28, 7pm Plan B Merchants’ Co-op 2180 Gottingen Street $5, all ages After five years of writing songs and four years of releasing music, noise rockers Botfly have unleashed a self-titled debut album. “I mean I guess you can only release so many EPs,” […]
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Sew, don’t shop
Erica Penton feels as if she’s in a master’s program of one. The (mostly) self-taught seamstress is one year into her handmade wardrobe project, and half of her closet is now made up clothing of her own making. She’d become frustrated with “fast fashion” and had a tough time finding pieces that fit her. Making […]
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Patch Halifax—sew good
You’re going to want to thank Christina Pasquet, her idea is a bright one. This summer she’ll open Patch Halifax, a modern fabric shop/work room hybrid where the fabrics will the hard-to-find kind (like Liberty, Birch and Cloud 9) and there’ll be hands on deck to help you use ’em. Packing five sewing machines, a […]
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Cuff the Duke stay in the ring
When it comes to writing song lyrics, Wayne Petti likes to keep things at a distance. “I don’t often get too personal in music,” the Cuff the Duke singer admits over the phone from Toronto. “Usually I try to write stuff we all can relate to.” A perfunctory appraisal of the Cuff the Duke catalogue […]