Gold Winner Outtacontroller Silver Winner The Scoop Outs Bronze Winner Crossed Wires
 For the last few years, Halifax pop-punkers Outtacontroller have been killing it with scratchy catchy jams and sick releases like Don’t Play Dumb on their German label, P-Trash. On Halloween last weekend, the four-piece released second LP, Television Zombie. “We practice meticulously, and […]
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Best Punk Artist / Band
Gold Winner Outtacontroller Silver Winner The Scoop Outs Bronze Winner Like A Motorcycle Quintessential Ramones fans Outtacontroller don’t hold back on the A-stances and high jumps. It makes sense, because if you’re banging out super fast minute-long punk gems, you’d better have energy to spare. Outtacontroller don’t skimp on that. “We think energy makes any […]
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Ladies and Gentlemen: No Flyers Please
It is totally misleading to “introduce” No Flyers Please, since they’ve been active in Halifax, on and off, for about four years. The group first got together when high school pals Isaac Hansen (bass) and Michelle Skelding (drums) decided to form a band. They put a post on Halifaxlocals.com and Dale Boudreau (a guitarist you may also recognize from such bands as Myles Deck and the Fuzz) responded. After practicing for four months, the trio were ready for Rockin’ 4 Dollar$ – but still didn’t have a name. Their eyes flew to Hansen’s mailbox, and No Flyers Please was
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The City Streets Hold It Down
A friend with good taste recently pointed me towards The City Streets, who are three guys from Edmonton who now live in Montreal and are playing here tonight at Gus’ with the Fat Stupids, Young River and the Scoop Outs (10pm, $5.) They’ve been described in a few places as the successors to the Hold Steady in Canada, and listening to their songs, I can’t say I disagree: “Ballad of a Blind Dog” from their most recent album, Jazz Age, is a nice scrappy little piece of storytelling, just earnest enough to give succor to your heart without being
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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 […]
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Tonight! CKDU gets you on a boat
The Stance have perfected their “salty dog” look for the show Never thought you’d be on a boat, did you? CKDU wishes to take you out on that big, blue watery road Friday, August 14, for a very special nautical engagement with The Scoop Outs, Myles Deck and The Fuzz and The Stance on the […]
