Category Archives: Quick Hit

Cape Fest 2014

By now you've more than likely heard the news that the dynamic duo of Aerosmith and Slash (with Myles Kennedy) will be bringing their rock n roll sound to the beautiful island of Cape Breton on Sept. 12th, 2014.  To say that this is big news is a massive understatement.  It's tough enough to get…Read More

Reddit & Music

The Halifax music scene is filled with dynamic, creative, energetic young bands, that unfortunately are more likely to fold than to ever make a name for themselves.  One of the reasons that we decided to create this site was to help spread the word of local acts who we might have heard and enjoyed.  …Read More

Cellos Can Rock….

Once upon a time it was difficult to find or hear anything that wasn't being played on your local top 40 station.  Sure you would get the latest singles from which ever band/artist was popular at the time but finding that obscure mash-up or cover was something you could only hear about in passing other…Read More

Happy Birthday Kurdt!

No, that's no typo in the subject line, and fans of Nirvana know (or should know) the reference.  Today would have been Kurt Cobain's 47th birthday and in Cobain's hometown of Aberdeen, this year marks the first Kurt Cobain day.  For many (myself included) Kurt was the voice of generation, whether he liked it or…Read More

Writer’s Block in Progress…

I just wanted to toss up a post to apologize to our readers that we haven't found a groove yet in 2014, I know personally I'm battling a case of writer's block and just wanted to ask that you bear with me as I chip away at the block that's currently encasing my noggin'.  I'm…Read More

Friday Night Soundtrack – Feb. 14th, 2014

So it's Valentines Day, which means men everywhere will go out and spend obscene amounts of money on flowers, chocolates, cards, jewellery and food.  Here's an idea....why don't ya'll skip this half baked celebration and do those things for your other half whenever you feel like it......just an idea (more…)Read More

Here’s Some East Coast Music For Yah…

Also known as... Here's Some East Coast Music For Yah... Tunes For Winter Afternoons I stumbled on a pretty good set of tracks this afternoon, totally by random of course. And as I was going through the tracks, one by one, I was thinking to myself... "this is really good but... I've heard this before".…Read More

R.I.P. – Phillip Seymour Hoffman

Sad news is coming out of New York today with the discovery of Phillip Seymour Hoffman's body in his apartment. I feel this deserves mention, for his having co-starred in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous portraying rock journalist Lester Bangs. Unfortunately Hoffman had recently fallen off of the Sobriety wagon and was in rehab for a…Read More