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| Colin Mitchell |
September 2, 2010, 1:12 PM |
Saturday night marks an end to what has been an amazing 4 year run. We would appreciate everyone making it out to this show to help us make it one for the books! The show will start shortly after 10 w/ The Danny MacNeil Band, followed by The Wilds of Borneo, and Wrote Off. See you and Earl Saturday!
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| Dylan Mombourquette |
July 16, 2010, 2:52 AM |
ONLY ONE DAY AWAY!!
All ages Rock show at the Daniel Taylor Memorial Skatepark in Glace Bay. Come out and enjoy a day of skateboarding with Live East Coast music with Professional Sound, Big stage, and lots of Skateboarding. .. Hey Did i mention Skateboarding?
Music by:
Something Delicious (Moncton, NB) - http://www.myspace.com/somethingdeli
Myles Deck and the Fuzz (Halifax NS) -http://www.myspace.com/mylesdeckandthefuzz
Over The Top (Newfoundland) - http://www.myspace.com/overthetop709
**With Locals**
Static in Action - http://www.myspace.com/staticinaction
Ricochet! -http://www.myspace.com/ricochetpunkrock
And Here We go - http://www.myspace.com/andherewegoo
The Company - http://www.myspace.com/musicthecompany
Thats Outta Control - http://www.myspace.com/tocrock
Seek Out Ships - http://www.myspace.com/seekoutships
The Wilds of Borneo (Debut) - http://www.myspace.com/thewildsofborneo
Here's Tom with the Weather(Debut) http://www.myspace.com/tomwiththeweather
Noon-7pm FREE Outdoor Show!
And Remember, Everyone who is attending Please Invite Everybody on your Facebook To make this the Biggest outdoor local show of the year!
****THIS JUST IN! THERE WILL BE A LIVE ART GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE SHOW BY ARTIST GWEN AKER. THIS WILL ADD A "DELICIOUS" SPICE TO SOMEBODY'S SET***
The Set times are here!
6:40 - Close, Something Delicious
5:50 - 6:30 Ricochet!
5:10 - 5:40 Myles Deck and the Fuzz
4:30 - 5:00 Over The Top
3:50 - 4:20 Static in Action
3:10 - 3:40 And Here We go
2:30 - 3:00 The Company
1:50 - 2:20 Thats Outta Control
1:10 - 1:40 The Wilds of Borneo
12:30 - 1:00 Seek Out Ships
12:00 - 12:20 Here's Tom with the weather
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| Harry Doyle |
June 27, 2010, 9:49 PM |
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sent in from nicole at the eagle. "Styles of music accepted are country, bluegrass, roots, folk, and Celtic."
THE EAGLE TALENT SEARCH LOOKING FOR SUBMISSIONS
Keith Urban did it. So did Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and George
Caynon. And now you can too. The Eagle Talent Search is back and it’s the
chance for aspiring musicians to take their music from the basement into the studio.
“We had such amazing response from last year’s competition we had to expand
for this year,” enthuses Jay Bedford, music director for 1035 The Eagle.
Teaming up for a second year with Soundpark Studios and Jamie Foulds, seven-time
ECMA Recording Engineer of the Year winner, this year’s contest consists of two
rounds. In the first round contestants going head to head on The Eagle website where
listeners and fans can check out the talent and vote for their favourities. The three bands
or singers with the highest votes will compete live on Saturday August14th in front of
a judging panel composed of industry professionals. One winner is crowned and they
receive a recording session at Soundpark Studios and will have their song featured on
Cape Breton’s top country music station 1035 The Eagle.
“It’s important to us that we support new, up and coming talent,” says Bedford. “We’ve
always got our eye on new music and anytime we can we support the amazing local talent
we have here on the island we do.”
Submissions are now being accepted for this year’s Eagle Talent Search. Bands and
singers wishing to enter should submit their music either online at www.eagle1035.com
in MP3 format or drop off a CD at the office on Detheridge Drive. It’s also good
to include a short bio and a picture, if you’re band has one, as well as all contact
information. Styles of music accepted are country, bluegrass, roots, folk, and Celtic.
Deadline for submissions is Friday, July 9th at midnight. Online voting starts Monday
July 12.
The Eagle Talent Search and Soundpark Studios are making dreams fly for one lucky
band or singer this summer. So get ready Cape Breton. We want your music and your
vote.
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| Lorne Tompkins |
May 14, 2010, 10:58 PM |
So yeah, it's been a hell of a long time since a review like this has been written... but Wednesday night was probably the filthiest/most hilarious night of this year.
Rusted Dawn travelled all the way from Fredericton (actually they were on a cross-country tour) and were scheduled to play Maxwell's on Charlotte St. So, when I heard about this, I msg Jeremy on the locals board and asked them if they'd be down with rocking a good o'le fashioned Cape Breton kitchen party. Needless to say, they were down...
 So, as I get off my shift @ 5:30, I've got a million things running through my head (had to get everything set up)... turns out I have only one working xlr cord, so that meant only one mic... So, after much running around, my buddy Kenny hooks me up with an xlr-1/8 in. cable and we got the adapter to get it plugged into our mixer... Hahahah, it worked though! So anyways, me and glenn had a little acoustic ditty before RD rocked the house, and that was fucking hilarious. I played this one song called 'Puss Nutz' and had the entire kitchen singing along to it. ahahhaa, it was fuckloads of fun.
Anyhow, a few beer later, RD are stumming the first chord and the stage was set for the madness to begin. First song in, Jeremy got bumped with the mic stand and was bleeding all over the place loving every fucking minute of it. Seagull was crowd surfing for a good 2
minutes straight or so... beer was spilled EVERYWHERE. I had to go outside because I couldn't stay standing up let alone breath.
Anyhow, after all of this, some more random jams went down in the kitchen... I jammed with some Carlin McViccar kid and he totally shocked the hell out of me with his drumming skills... that kid needs to get in a band fast!
Next we were off to Maxwell's and when I got out of the cab, I realized my fucking bank card wasn't in my wallet... it made no sense because nobody knows my pin and I had $10 cash in there that wasn't stolen.... turns out I had lost it somewhere amongst all the foolishness and inebriety, but luckily people were kind enough to get my money-giving piece of plastic back to me so I could continue drinking.
The bar show was pretty sweet... That's Outta Control played their first set... it's good to see Oakley and Drew back in a band again...
The boys in Rusted Dawn crashed at our place afterwards (I think we are going to start calling the place Thrashpad from now on, ahahh). They got up early the next day and were off to continue their tour to Newfoundland. They really seemed to enjoy the experience here and were all totally right on dudes. Hopefully they'll make there way back before too long!
if you're interested in seeing some more photos, be sure to check out facebook, hahaha
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| Joe Costello (We Unite!) |
May 5, 2010, 7:59 PM |
Greg MacPherson Details!
Live in concert, We Unite! Promo & Design presents 'An Evening with Greg MacPherson' at St Patrick's Museum on Sunday June 6. The concert, which will feature MacPherson playing an extended set of songs, is his first with a full band since his remarkable August 2007 performance at the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre.
There is a certain authenticity in Greg MacPherson's music. Maybe it's the tremor in his voice, or his carefully crafted lyrics, or his unpretentious stage presence. To compare MacPherson to the likes of Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, and Bob Dylan would be blasphemy if it weren't for the combination of pure talent and sincerity in MacPherson's songs and performances. The voices of those great singer-songwriters are legendary in their distinctiveness. With his latest full-length album entitled Mr. Invitation (Smallman Records), Greg MacPherson distinguishes himself as one of the most compelling and distinctive voices in Canadian independent rock.
Mr. Invitation marks a newfound assuredness in Greg MacPherson's music, as his intentions have caught up with his aesthetic ambitions. He explains, "I do feel that this is the first time I have a recording that truly speaks with the force and soul of the material as I have always intended. As an artist I've struggled for years to find my voice in the language of recording. I've hit the mark or come close on many occasions, but not until this recording have I felt satisfied that my intentions as an artist have been fully realized by both the process and the results."
Also performing at St Patrick's are 2010 ECMA nominee Carleton Stone Drives the Big Wheel, indie rock foursome The Roots and Rhythm Remain and songwriter Steve Fifield, with one more act to be announced. Early bird tickets will be available from Friday May 7 to Thursday May 20 (or until supplies last) for $10 at Time Machine Candy Works on Charlotte St (cash only) and http://gregmacpherson.eventbrite.com (credit card).
The following Wednesday, June 9th, the Greg MacPherson Band will be performing at The Upstairs Club. This will be a normal club length set featuring many new songs and select favorites. Accompanying the band on this date will be local rock band And Here We Go and songstress Alicia Penney, with one more band to be announced.
http://www.gregmacpherson.com
http://www.myspace.com/macphersonband
http://www.smallmanrecords.com |
| Harry Doyle |
April 17, 2010, 5:41 PM |
tonight at governor's
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| Colin Mitchell |
March 23, 2010, 9:52 PM |
This Thursday! 19+ ID's REQUIRED! $7 Cover
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| Joe Costello (We Unite!) |
March 9, 2010, 5:34 AM |
What You Might Have Missed at WE UNITE! Festival - 8 Bands That Tore the House Down!
 We Unite! Festival commenced this weekend in the basement of the Civic Centre, to crowds of varied sizes and interests, and was nothing less than three of the best nights of music I have personally ever been involved with. For those that had not the opportunity to make it, here are the top 8 (was originally supposed to be top 5, could easily have been top 15) performances of We Unite! Festival. That there are no bands on the list from Thursday is not a slight, but a testament of just how perfect Friday and Saturday's shows were. It was hard to leave anyone out, there were so many other great sets all weekend.
8. The Pranks (Friday 620pm): I had never heard The Pranks before the festival. Expecting more of a bluesy Velvet Underground style sound, they really were just a beautiful mix of great rock and roll. I really loved the song they added to the festival compilation and was blown away by the delicate guitar work and Russel's beautiful suited vocals. These guys are perhaps the most unheralded band in Sydney and really are something you should make a point to see (I am saddened this was my first time).
7. And Here We Go (Saturday 520pm): With notable comparisons to Can-Rock awesomeness like The Weakerthans and Attack in Black, And Here We Go are really hitting on something no one else in Sydney is doing. Saturday's set was the most endearing of the weekend. They capably ran through their catalog, playing to a sparse crowd of parents and a few friends, all the while making light of the situation and truly enjoying playing the songs. Andrew's vocals have come along way since he has embraced his limitations and this allows it to be a strength of the band rather than it's Achilles Heel.
6. Racoon Bandit (Saturday 6pm): The most self indulgent band choice I have made in a long time, Racoon Bandit were the band I most anticipated hearing all weekend. Signficantly lighter and prettier than the 21 other scheduled bands, this is a band that should have been playing the Steel City country/folk stage that Hay Sale Records was presenting rather than our pseudo punk rock stage. But I am so grateful and delighted that they played. Between the sometimes sparse instrumentation, the character of Fraser's voice, and the sweetness of the song lyrics, I just could not wipe the smile from my face.
5. Shelter with Thieves (Saturday 8pm): Shelter with Thieves' are deceptive. They have been often underestimated and overlooked by crowds, and sometimes even in my own mind. No band makes me feel as good or as pumped as I am watching these four fellas bring it to the crowd. Their use of unbridled energy and polished hooks captured a hard sell crowd. I just couldn't help but scream every single word the entire time.
4. Iron Giant (Saturday 10pm): If The Motorleague gave a course on how to win a crowd (more on that below), Iron Giant gave one on how to headline a festival. Rock enough for the rock crowd, metal enough for the metal crowd, IG was a juggernaut. The songs were what was to be expected; heavy and rumbling, full of groovy ass kickin' riffs. What makes these guys #4 though is the absolute joy Chris and PJ exude on stage, it is really infectious.
3. The Motorleague (Saturday 920pm): The best punk rock band on the East Coast, The Motorleague put on a graduate course on how to win a crowd. I have seen this band at least a dozen times and it's predecessor even more. Don and crew take a solid set that, by itself, may have a tough time topping from #5 and #6 on this list. What he does is fills the set with so much personality and interaction that the audience will never ever forget they saw this band. They are the everyman, the hardest working band I have ever seen.
Don made a tape line dividing the room in two and physically moved the crowd together into one half of the room. He then proceeded to put a smile on every person's face. The Motorleague not only makes you feel good, but good about yourself.
2. The Roots and Rhythm Remain (Friday 820pm): I don't know that a local band has ever been so good. What once was a great little indie rock band has become something so well written and beautiful that I am unable to personify it in words. Rob's vocals are great, Adam is a great drummer, Scott plays delightful bass, and Andrew is such a tasteful lead guitarist. And together, they are just so much more than that. Just so unbelievably beautiful, Dirtbags should be recorded in a professional studio and become a radio hit. This set gave me chills, this band is the best example of what every person should be listening.
1. The Grass (Friday 9pm): I don't know that my head has ever been so unexpectedly kicked square off in my life. Like a nuclear supernova, The Grass ended up being the can't miss band of my life. If I described their set, it would totally miss the mark. Energy, rock and roll. Just fucking... holy shit. wow. head on the floor. dead. wow. How did I not know? |
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