It’s hard to define Klarka Weinwurm as a musician. She’s one of the staples of the East Coast scene, routinely supporting Jon Mckiel and Shotgun Jimmie, but you’d be forgiven if you hadn’t heard her songs. The soft spoken Weinwurm doesn’t have a Web site and unless you cornered her in a dark alley, I’m [...]
Well this bit of news has plenty of people in Halifax excited, so why not share it: Jon Epworth has a new album coming out at the end of the month. Failure Epics will be released in digital form on the 28th and on vinyl in March via Diminished Fifth Records.
The Epworth and D5R match seems an odd pairing at first, based on the label’s current heavy duty metal catalog, but the conceptual Failure Epics was “inspired by King Crimson and Yes as well as more modern metal acts like Meshuggah, Mastodon and Converge”, so I suppose it does make sense. Whatever the inspiration, I certainly enjoy the melodic cacophony of the album’s first single, Soothsayer, so it’ll be interesting to see what the whole shootin’ match has to offer.
MP3:: Jon Epworth – Soothsayer
WEB:: www.jonepworth.ca
If you’re only going to download one mixtape today, please make it this one: KREAM2: The Purple Kicks from the Freshco & Miz of Halifax, Ambition & Uncle Fester. Of course I’m being facetious there, the internet is your mixtape-containing oyster, so by all means, harvest away, but please make sure KREAM 2 is included. [...]
I know pretty much nothing about Work Drugs, other than the assumption that mine would be more enjoyable if I had some. Same goes for Wintercoats – I know not of the musical variety, but am familiar with utilizing one to keep the cold at bay. But I know this: Southern Shores are awesome. And [...]
Winter. You may not like it, but you cannot escape it. Unless you live somewhere where they don’t have winter, then kudos, you have escaped winter! For the rest of us though, it’s best to find some way to enjoy these frigid months. Outdoor activities are fine and dandy, goodness knows our new skating oval [...]
Joel Plaskett has done the impossible. Not only has he carved out a successful career for himself here in Halifax (yes, technically Dartmouth, I know this), something the rest of us find challenging at the best of times, but he’s done it in the most fickle of industries. Music is an uphill battle of a [...]
Considering the overall vibe of Halifax isn’t at an all-time high currently (vacant storefronts, more venue closures, more people moving away, faltering economy, endless boondoggles from our municipal “leadership”), it’s nice to have a reminder that there are still plenty of creative people here in the city doing good things. Your Samples Our Obsession, [...]
Sure, the headline sounds like the creepiest, sexual predator Craigslist ad possible, but Halifax/Moncton pop punkers Weekend Dads are making some ear pleasing noise these days and we are more than happy to help them get the word out. Their debut 7″ is out on It’s Alive Records and the four-songs will warm the [...]
When we last heard from Halifax’s Long Weekends, they were giving away a four-song EP that filtered their fun loving, hard driving garage hooks through a swampy filter with fantastic results. Since then, the trio has stormed the stages of Sappyfest and started to deliver on the hooky potential that slid through the ooze of [...]
Enough with all the Christmas songs! Is what I imagine some of you out there are likely saying by now. I myself am not mad at the Christmas songs really, I mean, I like to think of myself as a moderately festive person, but sure, I could see how people could feel bombarded by [...]