Iwaskow at work. GIGAS is the solo project of young Nick Iwaskow of Dartmouth. His music is a sweetly kaleidoscopic ‘80s dream, bringing to mind the headier meanderings of My Bloody Valentine and the Psychedelic Furs. For someone who was born in the early ‘90s, he pulls it off alarmingly well. He’s recently teamed up […]
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No Sleep ‘Till Sydney?
Sadly Scene and Heard will be missing out on the ECMAs this year. Instead your humble narrator will spend the weekend as she usually does, talking about herself in the third person, watching Walker Texas Ranger and drinking Wildcat until she cries. She was really looking forward to all these mini-festivals and “No-Cases” for up-and-coming […]
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Stop Motion Massacre: Terrible Ideas free download
Stop Motion Massacre are giving it away. Click right here for free music, nine songs in 10 minutes! If you want to get something to hold you can try to get one of the 20 limited edition copies of transparent red cassettes that they are making. Or you can just put it on your iPod […]
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Five questions with Stop Motion Massacre
Stop Motion Massacre: Beings of pure light Stop Motion Massacre play manic punk rock, that, in my personal experience, usually involves one of them taking off their instruments and rolling around on the stage. They have my vote for most compelling vocal performance in Halifax. See them play at Gus’ Pub on December 10 with […]
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Yes, you can be Ms. or Mr. Maynard!
The “ultimate north end pageant” takes place this weekend on Maynard and Cornwallis Streets (outside of 5653 Cornwallis at 2:30pm), and promises to be a rager. The Ms. And Mr. Maynard pageant is hosted by the Radiator Collective and organized by Jenna Empey and Heather Rappard, and will crown two lucky folks who are brave and bold enough to strut their stuff and their weird talents in front of four impartial judges. The categories are as follows: evening wear, talent, a swimsuit portion, arm wrestling, beer chugging, trivia and a lightning dice round. The winners will be crowned later
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The Scoop Outs play their final show at Tribeca on Friday
Wolfgang MacIvor The Scoop Outs don’t want your money, they just want your time Garage punk hunks The Scoop Outs are having their last gig for the foreseeable future this Friday, August 28th at Tribeca. Stop Motion Massacre will be opening the show. The cover is free and they will giving out free t-shirts to […]