Quivers have been busy blissfully playing their psychedelic punk music since April 2010, and this Tuesday, it all comes crashing down around your ears. It’s happening, they are breaking up. Click their name to listen to their songs. Have lots of tissues ready. Q: Why are you breaking up? Lyle: Because I’m moving away and […]
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Friday Five: Working for Your Weekend
working for it Weekend! Woo! Here’s some stuff you might be interested in: 1) In case you forgot, Michael’s has its grand opening as a live music venue tonight. Go see Jenocide drop a new video featuring attractive Haligonians and a boat. By all accounts, Windom Earle‘s live show is out of control right now […]
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A Very Special Punk Cover Show
Cock Sparrer I know what you’re thinking, jaded reader. “So whaat’s the deal with this Saturday’s punk show at the Seahorse?” you might ask in your best Seinfeldian warble. Well, for one thing, this show features a Wire cover band (comprised of No Flyers Please.) When’s the last time you heard songs from Pink Flag […]
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Halifax heads to Sled Island
gianna lauren It’s officially summer touring season, with a whole cluster of Halifax bands headed all over which where. The latest event is Sled Island, which has been producing an increasingly bomb lineup of musical talent from across Canada and the world for about five years now. This year’s festival runs from June 22 – […]
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Was it a dream? Dream Friends, Quivers and more in the woods
Saturday afternoon found my intrepid travelling companion Tara Thorne and I hiking, portaging light drum gear, spilling Mike and Ikes in the blueberry bushes and trying not to catch some rays. We attended a mildly advertised show out of doors at a bunker in Duncan’s Cove with Dream Friends (the keen organizers), Bird World, Quaker […]
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B.A.’s Cheesy Birthday
i took this three years ago aw This weekend heralds the annual two-day drunk that accompanies the birth of the one-man genius of love, B.A. Johnston. He has assembled a powerful line-up to surround him on these two evenings: Friday features Homo Duplex, Bad Vibrations, Fat Stupids, and Hymn while on Saturday Windom Earle, Quivers and the Deadly Hearts bolster the show (both shows are $6.) And as a bonus (like, do you really need a bonus?) the show has been advertised as having an all-you-can-eat Cheezie bar. While I think Cheezies are kind of sick (I hate how your
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Local Music for Local People
if any of you can guess what movie this is from, you get a snack. A few bands round here have kicked off the New Year by putting their music online for you. Some choice tracks include Husband and Knife’s sonorous cover of Joy Division’s “Disorder” at husbandknife.bandcamp.com, Quivers’ ripping “Graveyard” from http://quivers.bandcamp.com and a Kills-perfect “Death Rattle Blues” from Cursed Arrows at cursedarrows.bandcamp.com. You can also check out songs from Jon McKiel’s Confidence Lodge (officially coming out Feb 5) at jonmckiel.bandcamp.com. The album was recently lauded by Herohill as one of the best of 2011. You can buy individual
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Back to School Rules with Bad Vibrations and Friends
PIZZA IS NOT FOR SCHOOL adam o’reillywe quite like this poster, it’s like 3-D FRIDAY NIGHT IS LOOKING STACKED. Bad Vibrations, Duzheknew, Quivers, MicroorgansSeahorseFRIDAY September 17$710:30pm *Note – I said this show was on Saturday in the paper. I LIED.
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Bloodhouse, Quivers, Grown-ups
This Tuesday night will be a difficult one for you. You will have some choices to make. Continuing on the endless train of gushery for Bloodhouse, I’d just like to politely remind you, once, unassumingly, but fervently, that the band is playing at Gus’ tonight with Calgary’s The Grown-Ups and new/old sweethearts Quivers. 10pm, cheap […]
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Windom Earle, B.A. Johnston and Quivers at CKDU
pooters for all CKDU Program Director Erica Butler tells us that CKDU is cranking their transmitter up to high power again today, just in time for an all-ages afternoon show in the station lobby with our favorite B.A. Johnston, Windom Earle and new outfit Quivers (featuring members of the Gideons, Cold Warps and others.) The […]
