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Today’s philosophical question: When is a Hole not Hole, but Courtney Love plus a band? Same could be asked about The English Beat, playing a rescheduled show Thursday at the Paragon. This version of the popular late-1970s ska band features founding member Dave Wakelin, who now lives in the States—not to be confused with Ranking […]

Since we last saw Gloryhound at its CD release in November, the band has stepped onto an entirely different cloud: After performing Juno shows in St. John’s, the local rock band found itself signed with an agent. “We’re very excited about working with Ralph James and the Agency Group,” writes Evan Meisner, lead singer of […]

Raised by Swans has been compared to Radiohead, Broken Social Scene, Stars and Stills in the press recently, but the London, Ontario, band’s frontman, Eric Howden, has one thing to say to it all: “We sound most like a plum being dropped onto a gym mat in an empty room.” Plop. The ethereal-sounding indie rock […]

“When I started playing music, the ambition was always to do it for a living—it’s still something I want to be doing,” says Cam Pipes. Over the phone from a pitstop in Wawa, Ontario, the 3 Inches of Blood singer comes off as a pretty serious customer. Not stern, not mean—just serious. It may seem […]

Floridian beard-punks Hot Water Music did it. So, too, did Welland, ON’s Attack in Black. But the latest group of ex-hardcore punks to trade in their heather-grey hoodies for bolo ties is Cobourg, ON’s Gentlemen Husbands. And we have Ryan Adams to thank for that. “We were driving up to Montreal to play with a […]

“People would be sitting there playing cards, reading books, gazing out the window watching the country go by,” says Kris Pope, one-half, with Dave Scholten, of Acres and Acres. “Then we’d set up and do a mix of covers and our originals. The majority of the people you’re playing to are 60-plus—you don’t want to […]

“I think it’s quite different,” says Christina Martin of her new album, I Can Too, produced by Dale Murray. “It’s got way more punch rhythmically; sonically, it’s 10 steps forward for both of us, I think. That may just be because I had been talking about it for so long, and we had more experience […]

It takes awhile to find your stride, your path and your purpose in life. For some, it’s a life-long journey. Chris Luedecke first found his footing when he quit his job and started to take himself seriously as a musician. It was tough at first. Not only did he have to convince himself, he had […]

Ed: Too good to be true? First Art Garfunkel and now these guys. Tickets for Saturday’s cancelled M.O.P. show can be refunded at point of purchase. I  didn’t expect to hear guns in the background or the sound of girls screaming orgiastically in a club when calling Billy Danze of M.O.P. at his home in […]

One of the best-named bands in town launches an interesting seven-week stand at the Elephant & Castle tonight. Caplan and crew—“layered, complex melodies, gruff and powerful vocals, good old rock ’n’ roll mixed with flavours of Eastern Europe,” he says of the music—will play with a special guest each week, an impressive variety including up-and-comers […]

In the Maritimes one’s last name says a lot. It’s a marker that can potentially reveal your father, the place where you came of age and the chain of ancestors you belong to. The Halifax music community is just as tightly knit. Gillian Austin, lead singer and songwriter of Gillian Austin and the Brambles, won’t […]

According to singer Jeremy Gaudet, it’s not the Tsarists who are grinding Boxer the Horse’s (named for the character in Animal Farm) gears. Actually, it’s actor Zooey Deschanel. “PEI’s a summer province—it’s inspiring in the summer, not the winter, and we try to reflect that,” he says. “We [initially] named our album 300 Days of […]