Holy shit, The Gideons! The Halifax quintet’s spirited, joyful double album Oxford Street is perhaps the most ambitious local endeavour of the year—and the most successful. They have tethered their fun messiness without sacrificing any exuberance. It’s almost stressful finding a favourite song because you’ll have so many. “I Will Take You To The Ivory […]
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The Gideons take to the streets: Oxford Street double album release this Friday at the Khyber
Free love with the Gideons The Gideons bid you all farewell this week (well, there will be one last New Year’s bash for you to drown your sorrows at), but they aren’t leaving you empty handed. They have a limited 150 copies of their vinyl only double LP, Oxford Street, the band is also giving […]
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Windom Earle, BA Johnston, The Gideons, Lovesinger and, oh, a giant thing of ribs
Chilly weather means nothing to Windom Earle with stomachs full of ribs Last year they gave out a ham, this year it’s ribs. After today’s exhausting Go North! shenanigans, power up with the promise of a heaping helping of protein with Meat Draw 2: Return of the Meat ($6, 10pm). Thinly veiled as a show […]
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Fall music review
September Releases York Redoubt, s/t (Noyes/Hot Money) After a coast-to-coast summer tour, including a coveted slot at Calgary’s Sled Island Festival, York Redoubt releases its self-titled full-length. Recorded by uber-engineers Charles Austin and Dave Ewenson, this fantastic album is full of sonic surprises, melding noise, harmonies and ragged lo-fi goodness. September 5 at The Seahorse […]