Woke up on Thursday feeling a little fuzzy, but there was another Cold Warps show at 2pm so there was no time to dither around, moaning. We headed down to JangBang Bar and Grill, a tiny little spot that serves Korean tacos. There we sat in a fog of booze sweat and found a clutch […]
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Music video mania this weekend
I’m not sure if the children of today are still excited about seeing themselves onscreen, what with the YouTubes and the Weblogs and the computers with the FaceTime and the InterCaps, but if you still long for your 15 minutes, this weekend is a good chance to account for like 10 seconds AT LEAST. Tonight […]
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Where To Play: 1313 Hollis
Jerry Granelli 1313 Hollis is a unique space in Halifax because its identity is so fluid. “Really, we’re just a rental space,” says Susan Hunter, who founded the spot in 2008 along with Jerry Granelli and John Siemens. It was originally set up to house Granelli’s Creative Music workshops and housed other JazzEast events. (The […]
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The City Streets Go Degrassi
The hard-working roughnecks in The City Streets are starting to reap the rewards of endless touring and songwriting. Their fourth album Peacemaker was recorded with famed Montreal producer Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Godspeed You Black Emperor!) and they play a release party tonight at Jacob’s with the Scoop Outs, Hind Legs, Noise Hounds and the […]
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The “Dog Days” Of Summer Are Here
beast in repose Here’s the post where we do the usual blathering about how it’s Friday and we’re going to drink mojitos or whatever, and garden badly, and burn off our friend’s arm hair with the BBQ (this actually happened last week) and try to hang out with as many dogs and cats as possible. […]
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The Pack AD Are Coming
The Pack AD make thunderous blues-rock that will shatter your brain and singer/guitarist Becky Black has a voice that could find me in the darkest pits of hell. Also, they are cute best buddies. Do you really need to know anything else? Here’s an ear-friendly song, “Deer”, from their latest album We Kill Computers. They […]
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Giddy for GIGAS
Iwaskow at work. GIGAS is the solo project of young Nick Iwaskow of Dartmouth. His music is a sweetly kaleidoscopic ‘80s dream, bringing to mind the headier meanderings of My Bloody Valentine and the Psychedelic Furs. For someone who was born in the early ‘90s, he pulls it off alarmingly well. He’s recently teamed up […]
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Five Silly Questions with Hind Legs
Five Silly Questions with Hind LegsHind Legs are a sweet, gnarly little two-piece who have recently started playing in public. Halloway Jones (vocals, guitars) and Ben Deinstadt (drums) make crunchy music from a bygone era. Their songs would not be out of place on the Singles soundtrack, except there’d be a lot less Chris Cornell […]