The end of the postal strike in Canada (for now) heralds the arrival of bills (bad) the “Stephen King Rules” t-shirt that I ordered online like six weeks ago (good!) and Tongan Death Grip’s LP Chula Vista (yeah better!) which you may have read about here. What I’ve heard is really good, lemme tell ya, […]
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Hip Hop From Away
kou cho ching Last week it was announced that a wide array of hip-hop artists and musicians —- including Pete Rock, Classified and Halifax’s favorite Beatnut, JuJu —- would both be performing at the rather cool-sounding Hopscotch Arts Festival (Sept 4 to 11.) While it gives us an undeniable thrill to be staring down the […]
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Introducing…Your New Favorite Cover Band
PANACHE! Dave Burns first heard Judas Priest purely by chance. “My cousin Vance was cleaning out his tape collection and passed me a copy of Priest Live,” he recalls. “I freaked out on that tape. I wore it down pretty good.” Years later, after witnessing the likes of 2 Minutes To Maiden and Gunts and Roses, the affable guitarist decided it was time to assemble his own tribute to the Gods of Metal. Burns, who plays full-time in Thy Flesh Consumed, reached out to similar-minded folk in the Halifax metal community, eventually filling out his dream lineup with Chris and