Gold Winner PANOS Silver Winner Kuato Bronze Winner Walrus Panos Giannoulis is a musician’s musician. Technical and inventive, the music on last year’s self-titled album showed an ear for perfection, but a willingness to just let the studio magic happen, man. And tone. Lots of tone. PANOS fits in the experimental category by virtue of defying […]
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Kuato hunts the deadliest game
Kuato‘s Josh Pothier just went nuts running around the woods for a day with local male Kris McCann, all in the name of this video. Directed by Jeff Miller and Adam Toth, you can buy “Groundwork” on limited edition cassette or wait patiently for the full length, The Great Upheaval coming this spring. Man, I […]
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HPX Friday
This blog is coming to you, live n direct, from me lying supine on a futon. What a doozer of a couple of days folks. I’m so happy and tired and hung over and I can’t believe it’s over already. Lots to cover so let’s get to it. FRIDAY After a slow-ish start to the […]
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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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Killer Kuato
Chelle Wootten Fans of post-rock know that this genre of music lends itself beautifully to film. As someone who is just learning about this genre, I can still say that that scene in 28 Days Later (where Cillian Murphy wanders the empty streets of London to the hauntingly urgent strains of Godspeed! You Black Emperor’s […]
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Introducing The Acadian Embassy
In the midst of a pretty shitty week for Halifax’s music community, it’s nice to see new ventures rise from the ashes. Trevor Murphy and Josh “Pinky” Pothier are both staples of the scene, as well as longtime roommates/bandmates. In the wake of the demise of their band, The Establishment, the pair decided to launch […]