Sageev Oore has full grasp of experimentation and risk. On one hand, he’s father to a 15-month-old boy, who’s found his feet and legging it about the house. On the other, Oore is a pianist, an improviser who describes his frequent live scoring of silent films as a way of “seeing the connection between music […]
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Crafting The Bad Arts
Twenty-five percent danceable, 25 percent weird, 50 percent fast: this is the breakdown of The Bad Arts’ new self-titled EP. “We picked one [song] of each kind we write,” drummer Andrew Patterson says, “a dancey one, a fast one, a weirder one.” “A couple fast ones,” bassist Corbett Hancey chimes in. With a distinct post-punk […]
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Videogameramma night with Nerd Army
Remember when The Wizard‘s Super Mario Bros. 3 finale had everyone reaching for a Nintendo controller and wishing they, too, could enter a speed round and star in a Fred Savage flick? For five bucks this Saturday, the Second Last Gamestore and Reflections are bringing you that childhood dream. Gamers in the city need to […]
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Matthew Barber
Heartfelt Torontonian Matthew Barber just released his newest album, True Believer, and is ready to share it live. Barber started his cross-Canada tour last weekend in Ontario—the real kind, that spans Halifax to Victoria—and this is your last chance to catch him for a while. Note: Barber’s two previous Carleton shows sold out, so try […]
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Carmel Mikol CD release
Folk songbird Carmel Mikol holds two homes in her heart. “I’m kind of a half-and-half, but to me Cape Breton is my absolute—I come here and it’s my home, and I can completely relax,” she says. “Halifax is where I have fun and do more of the business side of music…but Cape Breton’s kind of […]
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Five things you should know about Michael Bolton
Five things you should know about Michael Bolton 1. His metal band Blackjack (!) once toured with Ozzy Osbourne. Aaah! 2. His famous mane (now shorn, sob!) once rippled with the power of 1,000 Tritons. 3. Yes, he was engaged to the blonde Desperate Housewife, but did you know he also recorded a song with […]
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Landing on planet B-52s
There’s no mistaking that voice. The nasal pitch. The comforting southern drawl mixed with New Jersey sass. A partier’s Allen Ginsberg, Fred Schneider’s new wave song-speech ranks up there with Darth Vader and Pee-wee Herman as one of the most iconic voices in modern pop culture. You want to keep him talking on the phone, […]
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Straight Thrush
After over 10 years apart, Thrush Hermit returns to life with a nearly sold-out nine-date tour and an eight-disc box set chronicling the life and times of the Hermit. And questions abound: will the band’s trademark “Rock” sign make an appearance? Will the box set have the Street Cents theme song? Yes, if the delivery […]
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Rollins along
When asked whether he’d marry, kill or sleep with Sarah Palin, Henry Rollins stutters, tripping over his words. After a few moments of silence, he chuckles, dissipating the awkward tension. “Neither. None. I don’t want to, um… No,” he sputters. “No. None of those options work for me.” Coming from a man who threatened to […]
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Contrived’s comfort
I first heard of Contrived as an undergraduate student in Kingston, Ontario. Some friends who grew up in Cole Harbour were gushing one morning about a band of fellow Haligonians who had stayed at their broken-down student house on Albert Street and shared their beer. The day after the show at the now-defunct 477 Club, […]
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Piper’s call
Best known as Caribou’s drummer, Brad Weber’s no stranger to travel. He’s gone crate-digging in record stores in Turkey. He’s filmed music videos on the craggy beaches of Iceland. He’ll be performing everywhere from Mexico to Stockholm with Caribou this spring. But today, he’s at his parents’ home in Waterloo, Ontario, readying himself for a […]
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One of a kind
Halifax is no stranger to the one-man band. BA Johnson comes to mind, leaping beer-soaked and shirtless from Casio to guitar, or Shotgun Jimmie, who sings like an angel while strumming away and pumping a bass drum with his feet. Then there’s Mike Silverman, AKA That 1 Guy. Though Silverman falls under the same “one-man […]
