The Marquee Club is the place to be this Saturday, December 8 as Charlie A’Court, Hot Toddy, Stephen Bowers, Ross Neilson and Little Derek & The Haemo Blues Band hit the stage in support of Leukemia Live, a musical extravaganza created by Derek Caine (AKA “Little Derek”) to raise funds for leukemia patients at the […]
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Juke it out
A representative of a local internet service provider stands in Aaron McKenzie Fraser’s living room, having fixed the problem. He’s about to head back into the grey afternoon when his gaze finds the corner of the cozy space with its blue walls and clusters of vintage cameras. “Where did you get that?” he asks. “A […]
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Interplanetary craft
My roommate walks in just as I am on the phone casually asking, “So, do you believe in life on other planets?” Any concerns he has are assuaged when he figures out who’s on the other end of the line. His birth name is Kevin Donovan, but he’s better known to audiences as Afrika Bambaataa. […]
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Wintersleep back in Halifax
There are many things that can bring down spirits while on tour, even for a successful rock band like Wintersleep. Homesickness, cancelled gigs and inner band tensions all are par for the course while the band promotes their new record, Welcome to the Night Sky. Despite an overwhelmingly positive reception while on the road out […]
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Not I, Krapp’s Last Tape
Samuel Beckett’s Not I and Krapp’s Last Tape are both difficult and demanding plays. The first is the story of an elderly woman who has suffered from a life-long mental illness that rendered her almost mute. Now seemingly trapped in a paralyzed body, her mouth (the only thing visible in the darkened theatre) spews forth […]
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CD Reviews
A little bit country, a little bit hip-hop with Andre 3000, Blue Rodeo, Christine Fellows, Cuff the Duke and Alison Krauss and Robert Plant.
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CD reviews
Shotgun Jimmie, Iron and Wine, Puddle of Mudd, Musem Pieces, Buck 65, plus over a thousand to browse.
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New waves
While you read, have a listen to our Nine months ago, i see rowboats held an emergency meeting. They had recently played their first show and were still without a name. Their second show was coming up and they didn’t want to be listed as “and TBA” again. The band hunkered down in fiddler Luke […]
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Band in real life
While you read, have a listen to our “You should print the phrase “big, big titties’ in there.” Mike Bartlett says this between mouthfuls of muffin, intending it to be his parting words. Bartlett and his bandmate Brent Geikie are sitting in Second Cup on Spring Garden Road for an interview to hype the group’s […]