Halifax’s coolest strip is a thriving mix of independent shops and boutiques (the only chains are bands and the province’s booze store), making Agricola the unofficial Main Street of the local Shop Local movement. Finer Things Antiques 2797 Agricola Street, 456-1412 Proprietor Jack Craft “urges you to peruse your attic, basement, outbuildings cubby holes and […]
Gus’ Pub & Grill
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Maniac Cop at Monday Night Massacre
Monday Night Massacre is a semi-regular grindhouse screening held Monday nights at Gus’ Pub (2605 Agricola Street, 423-7786). Admission and popcorn is free. Tonight’s bloody offering is Maniac Cop. Things get going at 9pm.
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Another serving of The Sorrys
For The Sorrys, music is a part-time job, but that doesn’t mean it takes the back burner. “It’s a piece of life that stands apart from the rest of it. It’s a really intensified slice that we spend together and I think we make the most of it,” says Jim Cameron, one-fourth of the high […]
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Full speed ahead for Slow down, Molasses
In the past five years, Saskatoon’s Slow Down, Molasses has morphed from a solo project into a band that boasts anywhere from seven to 15 members. “The idea was start something solo and leave it open to people interested in playing. That way I can play with people that I adore…and we’re playing music because […]
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Myles Deck and the Fuzz are dead
Five years ago, Myles Deck was bored. Night after night, he watched the usual array of Halifax bands go through the motions. The music wasn’t bad, but something was missing. “I felt a good frontman was lacking in every show I went to,” he says. “I wanted someone who was there, who you couldn’t ignore.” […]
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Like a Motorcycle revs up
It was just this past fall that Kim Carson and longtime friend Jillian Comeau started writing songs together and stumbled upon some rock and roll magic. Their search for the drummer to finish the puzzle ended in January with Michelle Skelding (No Flyers Please), who rounded off the unintentional girl-band, Like a Motorcycle. “People expect […]
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Marine Dreams awakens in Sackville
Thanks to a one-way ticket to Moncton, compliments of Steve Lambke, Ian Kehoe (formerly of adored rockers Attack in Black) now calls indie music pocket Sackville, New Brunswick, his home. It was the end result of hopping aboard a tour with Baby Eagle to play some bass, and realizing they had something good going on. […]
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Querkus breaks out the party hats for David Lynch
It was David Lynch’s 60th birthday that pushed Winnipeg’s electro-acoustic artrockers Querkus to record a full-length album. After throwing a big bash in homage to the filmmaker, complete with costumes and cover tunes, they started working on Spaces Between the Leaves Make Way for the Stars. Four years of hard work later, the band is […]
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Home for the holidays
Spincycle Squared hasn’t graced a Halifax stage in over two years and Scribbler has been busy making studio magic at the Echo Chamber. But the holidays are a time for sharing right? Scribbler’s Craig Currie thought so and put this show together just in time for Spincycle’s drummer Christian Simmons to come home for the […]
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Best Comedy Night
Picnicface are on the verge of their breakout season, with a TV show on the Comedy Network, their first feature film, Roller Town, and a book of their collected wisdom, all arriving soon. It’s especially sad then that Joker’s, the comedy club that has hosted their Sunday night stand has closed. As much as we […]
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Eeny, meeny, miny, Pop
Three days left. Fifteen venues. A shitton of bands. The sum: too many choices to be made in the next 72 hours. If spontaneity’s your thing, tuck this geographical list of bar-only Halifax Pop Explosion venues (there are nine) in your pocket today, so that when you—or someone you know—-inevitably arrives at the Paragon at […]
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Style hopping
Fashion designer Akshay Tyagi trims Halifax street style down to three easy-to-spot looks on page 12: the “north ender,” the “nouveau retired” and the “straight off the lookbook.” But if these styles weren’t on the street, where would you find them? We came up with a few bars where you might catch that DIY clothing […]