Dog Day w/Jon Samuel Saturday, August 25, 8pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $15 When Dog Day makes its return to the Seahorse this Saturday, expect it to feel like “slipping into an old pair of shoes.” The lauded Halifax group has been making waves with tuneful, gloomy rock ‘n’ roll since its debut […]
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Movie review: The Crescent
Opens Friday, August 10 Cineplex Park Lane, 5657 Spring Garden Road Beth (Danika Vandersteen) is a young mother, recently widowed, attempting to heal with a retreat in a big beach-side house that looks like it was made out of very fancy Lego—wood and glass, triangles and rectangles. The trip quickly turns creepy—there’s a jarring, ugly […]
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Halifax rockers share thoughts for Kurt Cobain’s birthday
On Saturday, the world will once again mourn the loss of Kurt Cobain: tomorrow, February 20th, would have been his 49th birthday. Without a doubt, the Nirvana frontman is one of the most influential and legendary figures in the history of rock music. In a few short years (roughly five), he made his Seattle garage […]
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Dog Day: Beyond the Fade
“Someone asked me where we got our name and I was looking up the definition of ‘dog day,’ cause I actually didn’t know, and it said ‘a period of inactivity,’” says Seth Smith. “I was like yeah, that sounds about right.” He laughs, but he’s being modest. Dog Day has been releasing cracked-pop records every […]
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Dog Day’s New Video: “Part Girl”
cuteweird! Dog Day dropped another video for your watching pleasure. “Part Girl” might make you feel a) like a fly on the wall, watching all the fun little things people do in the gaps between shows on tour b) like you want to cuddle something (what is the animal at 1:14, please?) c) groovy. Thanks! […]
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Dog Day’s Chicken Dreams
In the new Dog Day video for “Mr. Freeze,”, directed by Andrew Hines and Mike Clattenburg, a chicken that might be named “Crumples” takes a nap in the backseat of a car and Seth Smith goes swimming with a shark. Does he survive, and what will be left of him? That freezing video lake looks […]
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Your All-Ages/House Show Weekend
Vixens Some nice-lookin’ shows this weekend, and you don’t need an ID to get into ’em. Let’s take a closer look, shall we? Yes. Tonight – punk house show! Head over to the Purple House (5426 North St.) and check out Tied Down, Polina (both from St. John’s NFLD), Burnt Church, Vixens (home from tour, […]
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New Dog Day Today
If you were on the internets yesterday, you may have noticed a lot of people changing their Facebook profile photos to this: As part of a smart promotional plug for their new record, Deformer, Dog Day urged the rest of us yobs to use the album cover as our new Facebook face and receive a […]
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The “Dog Days” Of Summer Are Here
beast in repose Here’s the post where we do the usual blathering about how it’s Friday and we’re going to drink mojitos or whatever, and garden badly, and burn off our friend’s arm hair with the BBQ (this actually happened last week) and try to hang out with as many dogs and cats as possible. […]
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Go To The Seahorse Tonight
We’ve already trumpeted news of this event a few times, but it bears repeating: there’s a mighty fine SXSW sendoff show going on tonight with your favorite bands – Dog Day, Duzheknew, Secret Colours and Cousins. There is a suggested $10 donation at the door to help the bands allay their travel costs, and you […]
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A Very Noyes Offer
As I write this, I am sick as hell and listening to the song “Scratches” from Dog Day’s forthcoming 7” of the same title. It’s the shiny type of song that makes you feel like you might be sticking your head out of a car window somewhere, and it’s almost June, and the light from […]
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HPX SXSW Taco Party is Official
DUZCUZ Here’s the confirmed lineup for the Halifax Pop Explosion stage at SXSW. If you are lucky enough to be there, go here. Sat March 19th, 7pm (music starts shortly afterwards)Paradise Cafe (CANADA HOUSE)401 East 6th Street 7:00 Said the Whale8:00 Cousins9:00 Carmen Townsend10:00 In-Flight Safety11:00 Duzheknew12:00 Rich Aucoin1:00 Golden Dogs It ain’t a SXSW post without a dancing taco GIF, folks. If you are a sad fucking sucker like me who will be spending SXSW at home in Halifax shoveling and crying into your baked beans, you can still see Duzheknew, Cousins, the magnificent Dog Day and the bright