Villages w/Thomas Stajcer Friday, March 22, 7pm & 10pm Good Robot Brewing Company, 2736 Robie Street $20-$45 W hen the members of Mardeen left Cape Breton after high school and formed an indie-rock band, the music associated with their island home was the opposite of what they wanted to play. “We totally rebelled against traditional […]
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In the air there’s a feeling of Villages
“A lot of people love it, and we love it for sure,” says Villages’ Matt Ellis, of a little holiday called Christmas. “It’s a vibe around this feeling, and what creates that feeling is the music. Aside from the music it’s celebrating and gathering.” Ellis and the rest of the Villages—his brother Travis, Jon Pearo […]
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Review: Sleepless Nights w/Mardeen at The Seahorse
If you’re looking for a solid pop/rock band, look no further than Mardeen. The classic two guitar, bass, and drums setup doesn’t disappoint with these folks. Mardeen was a great pre-cursor to the main event: Sleepless Nights. This was my first ever Sleepless Nights show, and potentially my last. The band reunited recently for a […]
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It takes a Villages
Villages w/Laurenn Marchand, Sarah Jane Scouten, Justin Rutledge Thursday, January 19, 7:30pm Timber Lounge, 2712 Agricola Street $20 “We didn’t want anything to do with it,” says Matt Ellis, who sings and plays guitar in Villages and grew up in Cape Breton. “Our siblings played the fiddle or the pipe—we wanted to play something loud. […]
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Check out all these locals playing Pop Montréal
From this Wednesday until this Sunday, the city of Montréal will be “fire,” as they say. The kids say that. Dozens of music’s ‘coolest’ acts (Thurston Moore, for one, and Motörhead, for some reason) will take over the land of smoked meat sandies and cheap gross ’40s for Pop Montreal. I wish I could go but alas. Luckily The […]
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3 Inches of Blood and The Most Serene Republic at the Paragon
Coochie coochie coooooo! 3 Inches of Blood are cuddly The Paragon have a couple of big tickets just around the corner to ease you into fall: 3 Inches of Blood (October 14 and 15, guests TBA, tickets $13 in advance or $15 at the door, available at www.ticketpro.ca) and The Most Serene Republic (November 27, […]