Sometimes the best records float by unnoticed. Case in point Richard Laviolette‘s All of Your Raw Materials. The 2009 independent release showcased Laviolette’s honest song writing and fantastic voice – one rich in personality and charisma – bolstered by a collection of talented friends (Meredith Grant, Lisa Bozikovic, Mathias Kom, Jenny Mitchell and Mike Brooks [...]
Best-of ’09
Favorites-’09:: Canadian LPs (20-11)
Buckle up. I know the last thing you need is yet another list from herohill, but this is the list full of big hitters. Twenty records that blew me away in ’09 and a few special treats for all you loyal hill-ians. 20Band:: The Great BloomersAlbum:: Speak of TroubleReview:: http://www.herohill.com/2009/04/reviews-great-bloomers-speak-of-trouble.htm 1) What was your best [...]
Favorites-’09:: Canadian EPs (5-1)
More and more Canadian EPs. We are stoked that so many of the bands we love offered up their time for this project, whether it was recording a track in a room full of friends or delivering an absolutely crushing cover of one of the best Canadian songs of the year… well, you get the [...]
Favorites-’09:: Canadian EPs (10-6)
Band:: Outdoor MinersAlbum:: self-titledWeb:: http://www.myspace.com/outdoorminersReview:: http://www.herohill.com/2009/11/quick-hitters-outdoor-miners-release-7.htm Q1) What was the band’s best musical moment of ’09?Alec had to have surgery that had a much longer recovery time than originally expected, so we had to cancel all sorts of shit that we were looking forward to. When we were finally able to get back at it, [...]
Favorite-of 09:: Local Releases (5-1)
So, obviously you were on the edge of your seat wondering what 5 releases could possibly top the quality we hit you with yesterday. Well, fear not my friends. Here’s the cream of the Hali crop for you to enjoy. As a special treat, while you digest these gems you can think about some of [...]
Favorites-’09:: Local Releases (10-6)
Yes, you read that right. It’s not a Best-of list because if herohill has proved anything in our six or seven years of existence, it’s that we don’t often sync up with the masses and despite our great efforts, not many people really gravitate towards Canadian content, especially the acts we seem to love. So [...]
Reviews:: Ruth Minnikin & Her Bandwagon Depend On This
Ruth Minnikin and the bands she played in were always ahead of the curve. I mean, Booming Airplanes got signed to EMI when she was barely out of high school and without a doubt, if The Guthries were making music today in the “everybody wants to be a rootsy, lap steel heavy, cowboy shirt wearing [...]
News:: The Coast Crowns ’09 Halifax’s Best
Photo: Aaron McKenzie Fraser There’s a number of things we hang Ack’s fancy hat on here at the hill, but none are taken more seriously than our ongoing attempt to shine whatever little bit of cyber-light we have on the fertile music scene here in Halifax. There’s a couple reasons for this: 1) We were [...]
Quick Hitters:: Outdoor Miners release 7"
What’s that expression about the best laid plans? When it comes to blogging, when you aspire to be anything more than an aggregator of content, it’s damn near impossible to talk about every band that grabs your ear. Case in point, a few months ago I was sent a 7″ from a label I like, [...]
Reviews:: Daniel, Fred & Julie
Originally I planned on writing an opus about this record. I was going to try to connect you to the record through my eyes and ears, talking about how the first listen it hit me like no other record this year. Praise the trio for following through on a premise so simple, so pure that [...]