Today East Coast Music Week announced the nominees for the 2015 East Coast Music Awards, held this year in Saint John’s, NL April 8-12. Showcases, awards, galas, panels, conferences, schmoozing—it really has it all. Rich Aucoin made out like a bandit with six nominations, Jimmy Rankin has five, Radio Radio and The Trews follow with […]
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Rad new Rich Aucoin video for “Want to Believe”
Directed by Jason Eisener (and featuring a cameo by our own Adria Young), Rich Aucoin‘s “Want to Believe” video has all the essential elements for an amazing movie trailer. How many bags of money can we throw at people to make this an actual movie? Name the number of bags, folks. While you are collecting […]
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Rich Aucoin: Halifax’s prince
Rich Aucoin w/Windom Earle, Walrus, Kappa Chow Thursday, October 23, 8pm Reflections Cabaret, 5187 Salter Street $20.25/$25 “Imagine an amusement park where you just re-enact iconic movies scenes,” says Rich Aucoin. I laugh and tell him he’s already living that dream and actually he is the amusement park. To understand Aucoin, it’s helpful to know […]
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“P.U.S.H.”, Rich Aucoin. Peep that.
Congrats to Rich Aucoin and animator/director Joel Mackenzie for a job well done on “P.U.S.H.” The video, titled “The Myth of the Robo Wonder Kid”, features good-hearted creatures doing what it takes for love. So inspiring! I’m putting my eyes into a cauldron right now. Paste Magazine liked it too.
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New Rich Aucoin Video
Rich Aucoin’s soaring new video for “It” (directed by Noah Pink) puts our favorite rock n ‘roll evangelist into a series of movie clips, creating a piece that is a “time-traveling homage to film.” How many movies can you pick out?
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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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Rich Aucoin Returns
oh hai rich Rich Aucoin will be finishing off a cross-Canada tour here in Halifax on Saturday November 26 at 10pm. Since his show-stopping release party at St. Matt’s last week for HPX, Rich has been on the road in support of his album We’re All Dying To Live, which features over 500 musicians from […]
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HPX 2011: Wednesday
After watching what is singlehandedly the most disgusting Kenny vs. Spenny episode of all time, we took off, still gagging, to CKDU for the first free lobby show of the year featuring the Weekend Dads and Cold Warps. The bands calmed my nausea and provided a welcome kick in the face. Cold Warps tried a […]
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Dawson City Makes You Pretty
chartattack.com The teeny Yukon hamlet of Dawson City seems like one of those places that is basically perfect in every way if you can handle a bit of chilliness and can somehow get your ass out there. The Dawson City Music Festival in particular has made a name for itself by hosting consistently strong and […]
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Full Sappyfest Lineup Announced
Steve Foule that’s a gobble gobble! Sappyfest released its line-up this week. I just bought my ticket. Have you bought your ticket? Perhaps you ought to. You can do this by going here. Owen Pallett et Les Mouches | Charles Bradley | Jon Langford & The SadiesChad Van Gaalen | Bonjay | John K. Samson […]
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Day 5: South By Southwest 2011
FNL’s The Landing Strip. It’s REAL. Driving to dinner on my last evening in Austin, I am trying to navigate the side streets outside the downtown core in my car, the GPS taking me to parts of the Texas capital I haven’t seen before. Specifically, near the airport. And that’s when I see her. Suddenly, I drive by a gentleman’s club called Landing Strip. Not just any strip club. But the strip club from one of the best, if not THE best television shows of all time and surely the best show about Texas ever, Friday Night Lights. It’s almost
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Day 4: South By Southwest 2011
!!! at the French Legation Day Party One thing I’ve learned from doing coverage for The Coast at South By Southwest is it’s really tough to shoot video while you’re dancing. Day 4 at South By Southwest 2011 proved to be a day for flailing around like a rag doll (I’m not the world’s best […]