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(…)
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News:: Halifax Pop Explosion 2011 Initial Lineup Announced
Party People…Party People….can ya’ll get funky?!?! (said in Afrika Bambaataa Planet Rock electro voice, natch) The summer is rapidly flying by is a blaze of, well, rain and fog for yer pals out here in Halifax, so that’s kind of a bummer. BUT, the end of summer also has a silver lining, football season!!!! Sorry,(…)
Contest:: 2011 Sappyfest Passes
Ok, get in the car, we’re going to Sappyfest! Well not just yet actually, as the 6th edition of everyone’s new favorite festival isn’t taking place until July 29-31, but thanks to the good folks at Sappy, we have two festival passes to give away. Scroll to the bottom very bottom right now for(…)
News:: M Fest!
I have to say, I admire the chutzpah the folks at the Halifax Pop Explosion association showed with their announcement yesterday that they are putting on a rather large, one day festival-style concert this August. I say this because the announcement comes on the heels of a “scandal” centered on the outdoor concerts that have(…)
The Burning Hell:: FLUX CAPACITOR
Last week you might have noticed a little blast of goodness on our twitterz. Sure, I might have made the rookie mistake of not filling the tweet with slogan laced hashtags or sending it to the major outlets for possible RTs, but it’s great news nonetheless. The Burning Hell – aka, ukulele troubadour Mathias Kom(…)
News:: The Herohill Theme
Everyone should have theme music. I have no idea how this would come about, but just imagine how infinitely more awesome everyday tasks would be if you had your own customized music blaring while you did them? It would be like when Raul Mondesi played for the Blue Jays and had his own signature salsa(…)
News:: New (And Last!) D-Sisive Songs
It’s the death of D-Sisive! If there’s one thing this blog lacks, it’s some forced drama, so I’ll take any chance to post a spicy headline, especially if it pertains to someone we’ve posted on regularly here at the hill. In this case, it’s T.O. rapper D-Sisive, who has made the decision to retire his(…)
News:: Generation Ship takes off
Every so often we get an email or press release that just grabs your attention and makes you wish you did something more. Obviously, slogging away on a blog is a relatively pointless endeavor in terms of helping society, but thankfully, ever so often we get the chance to talk about fantastic projects like Generation(…)
News:: The Top 100 Canadian Singles
It seems everywhere I go for music lately, Bob Mersereau is standing there waiting. Polaris grand jury, we battled it out together. M for Montreal? Seated next to him for media day. Now, with the release of his latest book – The Top 100 Canadian Singles – I’ll be standing waiting for Bob, to(…)
News:: Writer’s Strike & Rich Aucoin Tour Vid
Recently we’ve heard that folks would like to get more news from their daily trek up the hill. Well, we aim to please, so perhaps we’ll aim to up our news output, especially locally-related music newsy bits, as there aren’t as many outlets relaying that kind of news from this part of the country. (…)
