The DCAF kick off party with Wordburglar, Coins, The Bad Nintendos, Vadell Gabriel, Komissar, Breaks Breen Friday, August 11 at 9pm Gus’ Pub and Grill, 2605 Agricola Street $5 advance at Strange Adventures (both locations), $7 at the door The Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival gets things going with a night of nerd-core noise from the […]
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B.A. Johnston’s Top 5 Spots for Grub
Coming back to Halifax for his yearly visit to sprinkle Jager on the city, and also to tour his latest album Gremlins 3, BA Johnston flies in on a snot rocket to Gus’ Pub June 17 with Spew, Outtacontroller and Reaguns Rayguns 9pm, $6, $3 with Weedeater ticket stub, $10 with Moncton ID (lollll). In […]
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Premiere: Listen to Valerie’s dreamy “Quit”
Valerie, a brand new ambient dream pop/shoegaze/reverb concoction from Shawn McNally (guitar), Caleb Schriver (bass), Kayla Stevens (guitar), and Ryan Brown (drums) and Palmer Jamieson (guitar and vocals), came together “out of luck.” Our luck, really. “Caleb joined by a recommendation from our pal Dexter. It took a little to convince her, but Kayla joined in […]
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Ten years of SPEWing
Decade of Alcohol Abuse with Spew, Hard Charger Saturday, March 4, 10pm-2am Gus’ Pub & Grill $7 As SPEW’s last remaining original member, bassist and vocalist Simon Fraser has been part of some wild performances. “There’s just been a lot of craziness,” he says. Looking back on the last 10 years, three instances in particular […]
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Smith’s Bakery salutes Gus’ Pub through gingerbread
If crafting the perfect gingerbread house takes skill, Lindsey Vidito has lots of it. Enough to make a gingerbread pub, anyway. Vidito, a staff member at Smith’s Bakery and Cafe (2525 Agricola Street), says she’s been showing her talents during the holiday season for the past couple of years. Last Christmas, Vidito’s gingerbread channeled the […]
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Like a Motorcycle’s homecoming
Like a Motorcycle w/Keith Doom and the Wrecking Crew, Endless Nameless Saturday, November 26 at 10pm Gus’ Pub, 2605 Agricola Street $9/$13 Halifax punk-rock band, Like A Motorcycle, is ending its first international tour in support of its debut album at Gus’ Pub & Grill on Saturday. This September, Like a Motorcycle’s Jillian Comeau, Kim […]
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Best Comedy Night
Gold Winner Yuk Yuk’s Silver Winner Gus’ Pub Monday Night Comedy Bronze Winner Good Robot Brewing Company’s Just Vorlaufs Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. There’s this guy, an everyday sort of schlub who you wouldn’t think twice about if you saw him out on the street, milling about in his plain, beige […]
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Get Cottus
Cottus w/Hellacaust, Spew, Novichok Saturday, October 29, 10pm Gus’ Pub & Grill, 2605 Agricola Street $8/$6 with costume For the past few months Paul Beranger has been assembling a giant skeleton torso and head at his home. The head is surrounded by a crown of thorns set with a glass demon eye, all draped in […]
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Daveband’s first EP is a warm wave hello
The members of Halifax’s Daveband are happy and don’t care who knows it. The four piece, who describe themselves as vintage, Buddy-Holly-era rock ’n’ roll, are smiling wide over cups of coffee in their favourite diner. The band members have every reason to be beaming: While they sit, their debut, self-titled EP is at the […]
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Playing the Field: Lots of fun on Shotgun Jimmie’s new album
After a long winter in Brandon, Manitoba, Polaris Prize-nominated rock ‘n’ roller Shotgun Jimmie (Jim Kilpatrick) is back on tour with his new album Field of Trampolines. Produced by Joel Plaskett at his Dartmouth studio New Scotland Yard over four jam-packed days last August, it’s Jimmie’s most fun and upbeat record to date, and the positive vibes are […]
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Listen to this hot Doin’ Damage playlist by DJ T-Woo
Tonight at Gus’ Pub (2605 Agricola, 10pm, $6), Halifax’s monthly 100 percent rap night returns with DJ T-Woo (AKA Trevor Wood). It’s time to start Doin’ Damage. For this special stay-trill occasion, T-Woo has put together a new playlist to get you turnt up on this beautiful day, which will surely be a beautiful night. […]
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When wrestling tag-teams punk rock
When Adrian Bruhm, Joel Langis and Coleman Johnston got together to form a punk band, they realized what united them more than their love of punk music was their passion for professional wrestling. Or as Bruhm puts it, “the world’s greatest form of sports entertainment.” Joined by newest member Mike Ainslie on guitar, The B+ […]