AltWeeklies Wire
Afrika Bambaataa's Interplanetary Craftnew
The legendary founder of the Universal Zulu Nation gets cosmic.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Mark Black |
12-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Afrika Bambaataa
i see rowboats Takes Halifax by Stormnew
Earlier this year i see rowboats didn't even have a name. Nine months later, the chamber-pop quintet has sailed up the campus radio charts to become one of the city's favorite indie bands.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Mike Landry |
11-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: i see rowboats
Montgomery Moth's Hard-Rock Sound Stays Freshnew
The band's new release, Go Crazy, goes hard on the rock and light on the image.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ian Gormely |
11-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Go Crazy, Montgomery Moth
Chromeo Loves the Ladiesnew
This year's hit album Fancy Footwork launched synth, keyboard and talk-box king P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) and ultra-smooth vocalist and guitarist Dave 1 (David Macklovitch) even further into the private jet-fuelled, champagne-soaked world they've created.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Stephanie Johns |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chromeo, Fancy Footwork
Tegan and Sara's Double Lifenew
Commitment and break-up. Love and loss. The duo brings diverging but connected perspectives to The Con.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Shannon Webb-Campbell |
10-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tegan and Sara, The Con
Matthew Good is In Good Companynew
Only the outspoken provocateur could turn an overdose, divorce and bipolar diagnosis into Hospital Music.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tara Thorne |
10-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hospital Music, Matthew Good
Markit's Worknew
The Fax 4 MC and full-time scientist releases his academically inclined debut LP Mark My Words.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Mark Black |
09-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mark My Words, Markit
Don Brownrigg Releases Debutnew
Newfoundland's Brownrigg creates Wander Songs, a prolific musical anthology of thought and needs time to steep, like any good cup of tea.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Shannon Webb-Campbell |
09-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Don Brownrigg, Wander Songs
Great Lake Swimmers Shrug Off Neo-Folk Labelnew
Call it the Garden State effect: Bands got lumped into the "neo-folk" group, but the Swimmers don't feel like they're part of the movement.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ian Gormely |
09-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Great Lake Swimmers
Big Band!new
The musical ensembles The Hylozoists (minimum seven members) and Slavic Soul Party! (minimum nine members) explain how so many people can create such distinctive, singular sounds.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Sean Flinn |
07-13-2007 |
Music
Ian MacKaye Still A Major Threatnew
When punk legend Ian MacKaye resurfaced with his new band The Evens, many viewed the guitar-and-drums combo as MacKaye going gently into that good night -- but this Fugazi veteran has other plans.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ian Gormely |
06-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Evens
The Conversionnew
I've turned my 1,000 CDs into mp3s -- here's why I'll never go back.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Matt Charlton |
06-04-2007 |
Music
The Fantastic Twonew
Indie duo The Superfantastics pops up into consciousness with a savvy sense of the offbeat, a zest for DIY and a great debut LP.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Shannon Webb-Campbell |
04-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Superfantastics
Great Expectationsnew
The Halifax rock trio Great Plains Finally gets its outstanding, long-simmering debut, Home of the Totem, into the world this week.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Chris McCluskey |
03-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Great Plains
'Hearts' Afirenew
Punkabilly outfit Rock'n Rebels blasts into town with a new record in tow.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Shannon Webb-Campbell |
03-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rock'n Rebels
