On my way to the show at St. Matts, I ran into a few members of The Medium Mood. Those dudes were super psyched to be on the same bill as Buried Inside, VKNGS and Die Brucke, especially since it was a last-minute replacement. Happy story! Anyway, here’s another photo of the intense Buried Inside […]
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A Windom Earle Meets a Moist Towelette
Stephan MacLeod thinks those Moist tshirts are pretty hot. I think that counts as some sort of local celebrity endorsement or something.
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Jenny Omnichord
Although I knew Windom Earle would take the Fun-o-Metre to the top, I also knew I could see them again and again, and so I left The Seahorse to see Ox at The Attic. According to my handy schedule, Ox was starting the four-band lineup on Friday night. According to my own eyes when I […]
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Just Me and My Dad
As is often the case when Joel Plaskett plays solo in Halifax, his father Bill joined him for a good portion of the show. This was the first time, however, I’ve ever seen Bill play one of his own tunes with Joel backing him up. Beautiful job, sir. Joel flew in from Dallas, Texas, early […]
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Ox
Dusty and twangy, that was Vancouver’s Ox. I am a fan of the toque as well.
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CBC Radio 3
CBC Radio 3 was on hand to record and broadcast live the show at The Marquee on Saturday night, featuring Pride Tiger, Mother Mother, Land of Talk, Miracle Fortress and Eric’s Trip. Another case of wishing I could have seen the entire show, as well as the show downstairs in Hell. Jon and I got […]
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Light the Fuse…
Is anyone else as stoked as I am about Pop Explosion this year? It’s like one massive build up to Eric’s Trip’s reunion gig on Saturday Night. And the Just Friends brunch that morning should be stellar as well. Now I just have to get up that early…but seriously the talent on that label is […]
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Tonite, Tonite
Before we get on with the show permit me a short rant about show start times… Why is it that every gig at the Attic STARTS at 11 pm. The last three shows I’ve been to there (Pride Tiger, The Golden Dogs, last night’s pop explosion show) have gone way into the wee hours of […]
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Multiples of one
Max Tundra, Seahorse, 10:30pm Ben Jacobs (aka Max Tundra) energized the fairly packed Seahorse crowd with inventive music – turns, twists and shifts aplenty – but also with his dedicated dancing. A short man, his arms were surprisingly long and he flailed them tirelessly, like a multi-armed mythical creature. Multiplicity was the night’s theme. Tundra’s […]
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tent shows in monsoon season
It was a life-changing event when sax player and educator Jeff Goodspeed went over to the Cuban side. Since then, for years, he has tirelessly engineered musical interchanges between Nova Scotia and the Caribbean Island famous for some of the hottest music this side of planet Mercury. High school-aged Nova Scotia honour jazz students and […]
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Playing with paint
Shan Arsenault’s Great Guitars, Andy Cragg Nonet, 3pm/4pm at Main Stage Festival Tent I’m a little confused. On the Atlantic Jazz Festival web site, the Men With Gloves Trio was listed as being accompanied by painter Holly Carr. But when Shan Arsenault’s Great Guitars act was on stage, so was Carr. Though she was finishing […]
