Date of show: December 3, 2011 Black Hat Brigade While the future of Black Hat Brigade still remains unclear, the band (currently on a hiatus) reunited at Rancho Relaxo for at least one more show. The bill was also filled out with side/new projects from band members. Fans gathered to pack the venue, hoping that […]

CONTEST CLOSED Courtesy of Embrace, we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to Caveman & Hospitality at the Horseshoe Tavern on January 11th. This co-headlined show features two up and coming Brooklyn-based bands. Caveman recently released Coco Beware through Dine Alone Records in Canada, while Merge Records is set to release Hospitality’s debut […]

I had the chance to sit down with 3 of 4 members of the The Love Machine at the Horseshoe Tavern before playing a free Nu Music Nite gig. The day also marked the release of Sweater Weather on vinyl, which was originally released in August of 2010. Guitarist/vocalist Sean Prescott admits that the re-release […]

Date of show: November 2, 2011 Chromeo Mayer Hawthorne

Saturday, October 22, 2011 Saturday, the final day of HPX, was a little crazy. I started off the afternoon at the big free showcase that was moved from Grand Parade Square (the location of Occupy Nova Scotia) to Olympic Community Hall. Plants and Animals After catching some of Carmen Townsend, Plants and Animals were on […]

Friday, October 21, 2011 I started out HPX Day 4 checking out Punk Rock Karaoke in the afternoon, which brought along special guest Spookey Ruben, before I took a break for the evening shows. However, the night just got more jam-packed. DUZHEKNEW The first band of the night was DUZHEKNEW over at St. Matthew’s United […]

Back in September I had the chance to chat with Ben Caplan, who was playing a TIFF show. He had just started touring in preparation for the release of his debut full-length “In The Time of the Great Remembering,” which was released on October 18th. Currently he and his backing band, The Casual Smokers, have […]

Thursday, October 20, 2011 The Daredevil Christopher Wright I started off my HPX Day 3 at St. Matthew’s United Church once again. The first band of the night was The Daredevil Christopher Wright, made up of brothers Jon Sunde and Jason Sunde, as well as Jesse Edgington. With beautiful harmonies accompanying the sweet, warm folk […]

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Rich Aucoin We opened up our HPX Day 2 to Rich Aucoin’s epic album release show at St. Matthew’s United Church. I usually hesitate to use the word epic, but in this case it’s more than appropriate. Aucoin brought along 80+ people to make up a choir and band. He started […]

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 I arrived in Halifax super excited for Halifax Pop Explosion and my first trip to Atlantic Canada. I spent most of the trip with friends at Sticky Magazine (please check out their coverage as well!). Greys While the Opening Reception at the Citadel Halifax Hotel with DJ James Reid was the […]