Liam Corcoran w/Tyler Messick Friday, March 23, 10pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $10 Four years after the breakup of Charlottetown indie rock band Two Hours Traffic, frontperson Liam Corcoran tried something different for his debut solo album. “I’ve been writing songs since I was 14 and I’d become very sick of writing about myself,” […]
Two Hours Traffic
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Two Hours Traffic
To the quartet’s credit, they don’t drive directly at the power-pop that made their previous records stand out. The hooks and upbeat tempo can be found (the opening and title tracks and “Lost Boys”), but overall, the band’s clearly concerned with songwriting’s other internal mechanisms: the almost-off-balance pitch of the keys and syncopated rhythm of […]
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More Halifax Pop Explosion line-up announcements
What do Mates of State look so smug about? Find out at HPX, I assume It’s about time to start accumulating stimulants to prepare for the Halifax Pop Explosion. Confirmed acts for 2009 are By Divine Right, Cadence Weapon, D-Sisive, Jenn Grant, Mates of State, MSTRKRFT, Two Hours Traffic, You Say Party, We Say Die, […]