Album Review–Dark for Dark–All Dressed
With Halifax finally showing some signs of summer, Dark for Dark drops a new EP to give you all the tunes you need for every sunny afternoon this season. (more…) Read More
Tag Archives: Indie
Mike Trask, Mike Trask and the Precious Memories, Indie
The concept alone of the latest effort from Mike Trask and his collection of friends and cohorts should be reason enough to press play, but if you need some convincing, then alright, here goes… This is the fourth solid full length album to be released by Trask in roughly the past year (Jamboree, Jamboree II, What a… Read More
One Track: The Cheap Speakers – “She Has a System”
In a few short weeks an indie-rock outfit by the name of The Cheap Speakers will be storming the stages of The Company House with their brand of fuzzed-out indie retro power-pop. The band is headed out in support of their debut album Switches and Levers which dropped back in March. "She Has a System"… Read More
Mary Stewart, Chances Are I Like You, Indie
Originally posted at: http://noisographyreviews.blogspot.ca/2013/03/reviewed-mary-stewart-chances-are-i.html Let me preface this review by saying that Chances Are I Like You is a fully competent album, loaded with nine sweet folk-pop tracks by a charming Nova Scotian chanteuse by the name of Mary Stewart. She brings with her a solid resume of the acts she has had the pleasure… Read More
The Scoop Outs, Scoop Out, Indie
Jesse Messed - Guitars, vocals Ed Casual - Drums, vocals Ben Manual - Bass, vocals Named the Reader’s Choice for Best Band in the Coast’s 2013 Best of Halifax survey, this alt-folk rock trio known as The Scoop Outs hail from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Don’t be too quick to slap a “Darkside” label on these… Read More
Mike Trask & The Sexy Animal, What a Weird Nite, Indie
Mike Trask is one of the most prolific East Coast musicians in recent memory. He’s has recently released his most latest recording What a Weird Nite with backing band The Sexy Animal. It’s a gritty raw album that relishes in the fact that music isn’t meant to be sanded down to a dull nub, and… Read More
Mike Trask – Jamboree II: 24 Cents – Indie
Somewhere along the way Mike Trask invested wisely in a Delorean, if you need proof you need not look any further than Jamboree II: 24 Cents. This is another recording of Trask's that demands it be played from a dusty turntable to ensure the maximum crackle and pop embellishments. In an (more…) Read More
Sampson, Ill-Mannered, Indie
Somewhere between Rich Terfy and Marshall Mathers lies Hafilax rapper Sampson. Elements of both aforementioned artists abound throughout the solo debut Ill-Mannered. Tracks such as “3 the Hard Way”, “Greatest Story Ever Denied” and “Venomous” just go to prove that this talented emcee is no joke, he’s here to stake his (more…) Read More
Savoury, Those Words Just Seem to Explain, Indie
Those Words Just Seem to Explain is the latest effort from Halifax four-piece Savoury (no relation), who at times bear a striking audible resemblance to the Northern Pikes on tracks such as “Come Undone”, and “Wait for It” and also invoke the Gin Blossoms in the way that front man Mark (more…) Read More
Club Stoic, Sticky EP, Indie
Club Stoic, Sticky EP, Indie Clocking in at under 24 minutes, Club Stoic’s Sticky EP is a brain melting affair. It’s a trippy electronic adventure through this hazy neon dreamworld which is infused with notes of Jazz and Ambient Electronica. “Light Pollution” feels like the dawn after a long twisted night, but (more…) Read More