In an effort to bring a bit of shine to the bands that actually make the effort to hit up Halifax on a tour, we have started a section called, Five Funky Stories (+10 blogger points if you get the reference). Basically, we built this handy dandy random question generator that sends out some funny [...]
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Sunday Morning Coffee:: Stephen Prickett Peace in the Valley
Sometimes it’s the simple things. The warming feeling of a phone call from a friend trapped timezones away. Stumbling into a terrific diner at a random highway exit. The breeze off of the water that fills your nose with the aroma of the sea. The types of things that seem so plain in text, but [...]
Quick hitters:: Bloodsport – Goodbye to the Holy Mountain
MP3:: Bloodsport – Swallowing Werewolves MYSPACE:: http://www.myspace.com/ianfraserpresentsbloodsport
herohill / music nova scotia artist of the month:: Prospector’s Union
When it comes to promoting East Coast acts, there aren’t many people working harder than Matt Charlton (well, except us of course). I remember when herohill first started getting emails from his PR firm – efficient, easy to download snippets without any of the glowing hyberbole that plagues not only music PR people, but bloggers [...]
Contest:: Kestrels Tix + Vinyl
It’s Friday and Shane is taking another day off so the concert listings post might not be coming. Instead, I’m putting up a terrific contest for locals. Kestrels – not much else I can say about them really.They were the herohill/Music Nova Scotia band of the month. We invited them to play our herohill showcase [...]
Stingray of the Day:: The Stanfields – The Dirtiest Drunk (In the History of Liquor)
the keys are in the truck… …and the truck’s in the harbour MP3:: The Stanfields – The Dirtiest Drunk(In the History of Liquor)MYSPACE:: www.myspace.com/thestanfields
Quick hitters: Sleepless Nights A Place Who Loves
The rotating cast of characters that have played a part in shaping the sound of the Sleepless Nights is almost like a Halifax version of BSS. The core structure is there – currently it’s Andrew Wallace, Jeffrey Pineau, Josh Poireau, Philip Clark and Trevor Murphy – but most of those people play in other bands [...]
Reviews:: The Got To Get Got Sahalee
As regular readers can probably attest to, we focus on the folk, hip-hop, alt-country and noise scenes here in Halifax. It’s not that we don’t like pop music, it’s just rare that we stumble across terrific pop artists. Tear in your beer anthems and pedal effects seem to take precedence over smiles and melody, but [...]
Concert news:: Gypsophilia & Jerry Leger
As always, it seems that good artists flood Halifax’s venues in waves. We can go a few weeks with nothing but local acts (albeit, terrific local acts) and all of a sudden, three or four really great bands (well, that’s what my iPOD playlist seems to think) roll in at once. Case in point? This [...]
Contest:: Win 2TIX to see Jose Gonzalez in Halifax
Short and sweet. Finger picking good, Jose Gonzalez is coming back to Halifax as part of his brief North American tour. He’s playing another show at St. Matthew’s Church, but this time around he’s traveling with a band and letting The Got To Get Got warm the stage with an acoustic set. All you need [...]