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Haliween ’09 with DJ Jazzy Jeff and Skratch Bastid
From Press Release HQ: “The party is poised to be one of the largest Halloween parties to be held in Halifax since the banning of alcohol effectively put an end to the Argyle Street Mardi Gras in 1990. The 3000 person capacity event venue anticipates to be close to capacity this Hallow’s Eve and expects […]
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David Altmejd wins the Sobey Award
The white wine was flowing as hundreds of artists, politicians, men in suits and other well-wishers crowded into a large tent, in the courtyard of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia last night for the Sobey Art Award reception. Hosted by Seamus O’Regan, wearing his arty face, and Laura Regan (which had Mad Men fans […]
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Where the Wild Things Are almost a hit, but not quite
The understated beauty and the elegant alchemy of CGI, live action and vocal performance in the titular wild things goes a long way to make up for Wild Things‘ not quite fatal, but certainly inescapable flaw. It takes far too long for the film’s subtle plot–Max (Max Records, in a debut performance that is a […]
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Pissed Jeans
I know I should’ve reviewed this when it first came out, but I needed time to let my gushing fanboy-ness settle a bit. Like, could there be a more personally relatable album released this year? Apathy, listlessness, workplace drudgery, male pattern baldness, the uneasy acceptance of adulthood, the need for a good massage—real talk, yo. […]
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Reverend Horton Heat
Guys have their foolish moments, what with fantasy sports and beer hats and all, but the caricatures needn’t lack empathy. Take this song “Beer Holder.” Nobody addled enough to admire his expanding belly’s utility as a coaster would think to write a song about it. That’s where Reverend Horton Heat comes in: white trash wit […]
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Paramore
“The truth never set me free, so I did it myself,” declares Hayley Williams off the top of the outfit’s third LP, a chronicle of its near-breakup last year. Tough and catchy, Brand New Eyes finds emo’s most important band expanding on the hook-laden Riot!, packing in stops and starts, thunderous drumming and ba-ba-bas around […]
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Yo La Tengo
On the cheekily titled Popular Songs, the trio from Hoboken, celebrating 25 years, offers its career’s quilt-like album. All the pieces and patterns are sewn together into a beautiful, unified piece of work: spacey jam (the opener “Here to Fall”), twangy pop (“Avalon or Someone Very Similar”), spooky ballad (“By Two’s”), garage super-freakout (“Nothing To […]
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Q-Tip
Recorded in 2001 but shelved because there were no “hits,” Kamaal the Abstract is a great leap for Q-Tip, expanding and delivering on everything to which A Tribe Called Quest aspired. True to its title, the album is predominantly a meditation on free jazz forms, funk and hip-hop, with many long improvised passages. Q-Tip’s signature […]
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Busta Rhymes hasn’t forgotten about you: New concert date
If you bought tickets for Busta’s original concert date (September 19), they will be honoured at this show, if you can’t attend the new date, refunds will be available at point of purchase. Advance tickets until November 1 are $54.99 at Ticketpro outlets, Ticketpro call centre (1-888-311-9090) or online at www.ticketpro.ca
