AltWeeklies Wire
After Five Years, Brent Randall Returns With His Magnificent Pineconesnew
Randall's ideas and motifs, with their kinship to British psychedelic pop and the classic mid-'60s American version, remains intact, as does his band, which Randall believes will deliver these big songs in a way to make pop royalty proud.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Sean Flinn |
01-23-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Get Out of Our Van! Where Bands Play, Thieves Follownew
Recent notable ripoffs of touring bands' gear show that musicians make ideal targets for a quick theft.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Sean Flinn |
08-18-2008 |
Music
Olivier Jarda's Smart Talknew
Musician and Rhodes Scholar Jarda returns home to the maritimes from Oxford, home of Radiohead, and a, uh, big university.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Sean Flinn |
08-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Diagrams, Olivier Jarda
Tomcat Combat Feels 'Okay'new
The band's new album I'm Okay You're Okay plays against post-rock depression type.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Andrew Robinson |
06-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ghost Bees Performs Strange, Spirited & Often Spooky Folknew
The band, led by twins Romy and Sari Lightman, is inspired by family ancestry. "Even as kids we always had this fascination with death and the supernatural," says Sari.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Sean Flinn |
04-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ghost Bees
Black Mountain Climbsnew
With In the Future, the band isn't about to shed the Led Zeppelin comparisons that greeted it early on, but the album may well establish Black Mountain as a priority -- a collective with truly equal members -- rather than another vehicle for McBean's musical vision.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ian Gormely |
03-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Mountain, In the Future
Sleepless Nights' Heart is a Lonely Wanderernew
The Halifax band has been home to more than 20 musicians over its five-year lifespan. This revolving door has garnered the band comparisons to Broken Social Scene, something frontman A.A. Wallace is quick to dismiss.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ian Gormely |
03-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sleepless Nights
Protest the Hero Grows Up -- Sort ofnew
A report on the band's youthful abandon.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ian Gormely |
02-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fortress, Protest the Hero
Pye is Overwhelmed with 'Feelings'new
Geoffrey Pye's super alter-ego swells to triple strength with a new album under a new name, the Yellow Jacket Avenger Trio.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ian Gormely |
02-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hayden Braves Canada's Winter Chillnew
"I like winter, but stupid me has booked a tour of Canada in January and February," says Hayden. "The only bonus is that I'll be the only one touring at that time. People will be starved for entertainment."
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Shannon Webb-Campbell |
02-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hayden, In Field & Town
In-Flight Solonew
Danny Ledwell of the band In-Flight Safety brings his own material to a new album.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ian Gormely |
01-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Danny Ledwell, Two Over Seven
Anew Airship Have Liftoffnew
With success comes stress, and the ordinarily blissed-out crew at Anew Airship is getting their first taste of both.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Matthieu Aikins |
01-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Anew Airship
Sixtoo Lifenew
Man of many names and projects, Robert Squire, AKA Sixtoo, continues to buck trends and surprise fans.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ian Gormely |
12-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sixtoo
Portland Hip-hopper Sontiago Gets Personal and Politicalnew
Whether she rhymes over beats, performs painstakingly honest and powerful spoken-word pieces, or speaks out about violence against women at crisis-intervention rallies, she embodies the DIY aesthetic of indie-rock culture with a sense of sensational sass, nerve and intellect.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Shannon Webb-Campbell |
12-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sontiago, Steel Yourself
Plenty of Pa Rum Pum Pum Pumsnew
Sean Passmore has spent his adult life collecting Christmas albums, both the weird and the wonderful.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Carsten Knox |
12-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
