Category Archives: Music Geekdom

30 Day Facebook Song Challenge :: Day 28 :: A Song That Makes You Feel Guilty

November 8, 2012 Trev

Ok, we're on the homestretch now. I'm going to try and knock out days 28, 29 and 30 before the end of the week, but in order to do so I'm taking some creative license with Day 28 and swapping out Guilty with Embarrassed. So we're now looking at (more…)Read More

Top 5 NY Songs

November 7, 2012 Jeff

So it appears that I did not set the auto-upload properly the past few days, thus resulting in another top 5 list to close out my favourite songs about New York City. #5 - The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You People won't be breaking out into full on rave parties (more…)Read More

30 Day Facebook Song Challenge :: Day 27 :: A Song You Wish You Could Play

October 30, 2012 Trev

We're coming down to the last few days of my 30 Day Facebook Song Challenge, and the category at hand is |A Song You Wish You Could Play". There's not really one song in particular, as we're already discussed I don't play an instrument, but if it came right down to (more…)Read More

Flipside Reviews – Side B :: Father John Misty – Fear Fun – Sub Pop

October 17, 2012 Trev

The announcement that Father John Misty was coming to play the opening night of 2012’s SummerSonic in Halifax came long before my discovery of their debut album Fear Fun. It came about from a convo I was having on twitter about the new Jack White disc Blunderbuss, and when I asked (more…)Read More

Flipside Reviews – Side A:: Father John Misty – Fear Fun – Sub Pop

October 17, 2012 Jeff

Looking for an album that you can replace that old elevator music with or maybe an album that you can throw on and lull your guests to sleep. If so, then this could be the one for you. I'm not sure what Josh Tillman was going through at the time, but (more…)Read More

Top 5 Debut Albums of the Past 25 Years

October 17, 2012 Jeff

Arcade Fire - Funeral What happens when you mash a little rock, in with some good old Canadian influenced indie music and top it all off with a flare for the outlandish? Arguably one of the greatest albums to ever come out of Canada. Funeral was the perfect jumping point for Arcade (more…)Read More

30 Day Facebook Song Challenge :: Day 26 :: A Song You Can Play on an Instrument

October 17, 2012 Trev

Hey Look! A Stumper!! I knew I would eventually hit a day that I wouldn't have an answer for. I don't play an instrument, I can't carry a tune in a bucket (it's a running joke in my family how abysmal it is - I'm sure a room full of howling (more…)Read More

30 Day Facebook Song Challenge :: Day 25 :: A Song That Makes You Laugh

October 11, 2012 Trev

This one is a bit of a cheat, as it's less the song that makes me laugh as much as the reaction it gets from my lil' monkey. The song du jour is "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars, or as it's known in our house "The Monkey Song". The danger (more…)Read More

Summersonic 2012 – Day 2: Mo Kenny, Old Man Luedecke, Matt Andersen, Daniel Lanois, Martin Sexton & Ben Harper

October 4, 2012 Trev

If there was only 1 day of the 3 that I was going to attend, Day 2 was it. The moment Ben Harper was announced, I made plans to ensure that I'd be at the Garrison Grounds to see Mr. Harper "Burn One Down". It was another exceptional night for a (more…)Read More

RIP – Sam “The Record Man” Sniderman – Thanks for the Tunes!

September 26, 2012 Trev

Earlier this week, Canadian Icon Sam "The Record Man" Sniderman passed away at the age of 92. Similar to what propels us here at HAFILAX, it was Sam's love of music that drove him to create the Sam the Record Man chain. His record stores are ones that I always loved (more…)Read More