Gold Winner Classified, “Powerless” Silver Winner Quake Matthews & Neon Dreams, “Confessions” Bronze Winner The Town Heroes, “Poets” The emo-indie rock quartet Kids Losing Sleep has just one recorded song to its name, “In Love No More,” three-and-a-half minutes of guitar-driven youthful turmoil. And it’s definitely grabbed your attention—KLS has won Best New Artist over […]
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Best Rock Artist / Band
Gold Winner Adam Baldwin Silver Winner The Town Heroes Bronze Winner Alert The Medic “A stunning surprise. I haven’t done anything for two years,” says Adam Baldwin of his win. Then he thinks about this obvious untruth. “I don’t know, I’ve played a couple times at The Marquee. I play piano at bars a lot […]
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Best Social Media Presence By An Artist / Band
Gold Winner Neon Dreams Silver Winner The Town Heroes Bronze Winner Like a Motorcycle Neon Dreams used to have someone on their team whose job it was to document the trio for social media. That’s shifted recently. “This past year we’ve been wanting to make our social media look raw with less thought behind it,” […]
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Same Town, more Heroes
The Town Heroes album release w/Kids Losing Sleep, David in the Dark Friday, October 12, 10:30pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $15, tickethalifax.com Mike Ryan and Bruce Gillis, better known as The Town Heroes, are back with an expanded cast on their fourth melodic rock album Everything (Will Be Fine When We Get To […]
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Where we practice: The Town Heroes
The Town Heroes w/Rain Over St. Ambrose, Owen Meany’s Batting Stance The Seahorse, 2037 Gottingen Street Saturday, November 12, 10pm, $13 WHO THEY ARE Even heroes can suffer from a lack of inspiration. Just ask The Town Heroes, whose two-man, alt-rock style had, after six years, left them feeling stale. While working on 2016’s EP […]
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Halifax rockers share thoughts for Kurt Cobain’s birthday
On Saturday, the world will once again mourn the loss of Kurt Cobain: tomorrow, February 20th, would have been his 49th birthday. Without a doubt, the Nirvana frontman is one of the most influential and legendary figures in the history of rock music. In a few short years (roughly five), he made his Seattle garage […]
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Best Music Video
Gold Winner Cam Smith, “Mad Crack” Silver Winner Like A Motorcycle, “Hands” Bronze Winner The Town Heroes, “Take On The World” Based on the 1987 horror melt-movie Street Trash, directed by Dave Hung and shot mostly at Pro Skates, Cam Smith’s “Mad Crack” is a masterpiece in no-budget cinema, incorporating professional visual and special effects […]
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Best Social Media Presence By An Artist / Band
Gold Winner The Town Heroes Silver Winner Joel Plaskett Bronze Winner Neon Dreams It must be that Islander humour. “Me and Bruce Gillis take turns whenever we have a stupid idea. I guess we’re just good at the internet,” laughs Michael Ryan, vocalist and guitarist of the award-winning Cape Breton alt-rock duo The Town Heroes. […]
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Nova Scotia Music Week nominees announced
The first round of nominees have been announced for Molson Canadian Nova Scotia Music Week, taking place in Yarmouth this year from November 5 to November 8. YEAH DOGGY. The NSMW Super Show closes it out on the Sunday night at the Mariners Centre. This year’s top nominees include In-Flight Safety with six nominations, Christina Martin and […]