Gold Winner The Brood Silver Winner Moonwake Bronze Winner Norc The psych-weirdo-rockers and very nice kids The Brood released Transistor, 11 hook-filled tracks that get into your head, a year ago last month. Leader Seamus Erskine, however, can’t quite put his finger on the “experimental” part: “I’m not sure, it’s different?” he says. “We’re trying […]
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Video premiere: The Brood’s “First Day of School”
Sit down and have a watch of The Brood‘s extremely timely video for “First Day of School”, directed by bassist Billy Habib-Taylor, a song off of its upcoming album Transistor, due for release October 27, with an album release party at Riverport’s Old Confidence Lodge on October 28. Tickets will go on sale September 5. […]
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Garrison’s Backlot Bash with July Talk, Three Sheet and more
Gear up to get beer’d up: this Friday, March 11, tickets go on sale for Garrison Brewing’s second annual Backlot Bash, featuring musical performances from Toronto blues rockers July Talk, Halifax rappers Three Sheet, ECMA winners Alert the Medic and local upstarts The Brood at the all-night, open-air parking lot party festival in support of the Ecology […]
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Best Experimental Artist / Band
Gold Winner MVMNTS Silver Winner The Brood Bronze Winner Oceanic After the release of debut LP Through the Air, Across the Ocean, MVMNTS straddles sonic lines somewhere between “desert rock, doom, post-metal and jazz,” says Brendan Robertovich. “The band has spent the past year composing and recording the looming Dry Land is a Myth, mixing […]
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Review: Day One, Halifax Pop Explosion
Hey. Here we are. Pop Explosion. Day one. I’m already exhausted. I didn’t take many pics because my camera is a piece of crap Android and it gives me ‘droid rage because every photo sucks. So please check out these beautiful photos by Lenny Mullins for a visual reference as I ramble on about what […]
