MicLordz & Sauce Funky are a funk/rock band that infuses hip hop into their sound. They formed in Windsor, Ontario, but their bassist John Rodgers was born & raised here in NS. I chatted with John tonight on Live Underground, here's the full interview.
Find more on MicLordz & Sauce funky at http://www.Miclordz.com/
Also check out their video for My World.
Friday 28 October 2011
Thursday 27 October 2011
The Standstills Live Hive Performance & Interview
Last weekend the Standstills were in town for the Halifax Pop Explosion, they stopped by the Live Hive to play 2 songs off their 2009 Self Titled EP plus a chat. They're a 2 piece from Oshawa, Ont. that does a bluesy modern rock thang. Here's the full interview & performances of The Cure and Underneath My Skin.
Go like their FB page, they're very close to having 1000 fans: http://www.facebook.com/TheStandstills
On a side note, they're loads of fun to party with. Can't for them to come back to Halifax ;)
Go like their FB page, they're very close to having 1000 fans: http://www.facebook.com/TheStandstills
On a side note, they're loads of fun to party with. Can't for them to come back to Halifax ;)
Sunday 23 October 2011
The End of HPX 2011
This was a stellar week full of lots of great shows! But the last night of this 5 days festival goes down as my fav. Went to The Seahorse to see The Standstills (who had been in the Live Hive earlier in the day), Carmen Townsend & got a surprise as Plants & Animals were added as a secret guest!
The Standstills friggin' rocked! Proof that a 2 piece can do the job as good or better then a band with 3+ members. They're also fun to party with haha. Here's a video from the end of their set with Carry On & Black Betty.
And of course Carmen Townsend was great as always. I love her voice & the sound of her guitar, great combo! And when she decides to cover the Beastie Boys "Sabotage" it's all kinds of kick ass! I think I've seen her play about 3 or 4 times since the start of summer, she gets better & impresses me more with each performance.
But to end the night with the surprise of Plants & Animals as the secret guest was a blast as I missed them at the free Stars show earlier in the day. It was a wild 5 days of amazing music & spectacular (albeit somewhat hazy) memories! Perhaps a quiet night is in order tonight........ nah!! Well, maybe haha.
The Standstills friggin' rocked! Proof that a 2 piece can do the job as good or better then a band with 3+ members. They're also fun to party with haha. Here's a video from the end of their set with Carry On & Black Betty.
And of course Carmen Townsend was great as always. I love her voice & the sound of her guitar, great combo! And when she decides to cover the Beastie Boys "Sabotage" it's all kinds of kick ass! I think I've seen her play about 3 or 4 times since the start of summer, she gets better & impresses me more with each performance.
But to end the night with the surprise of Plants & Animals as the secret guest was a blast as I missed them at the free Stars show earlier in the day. It was a wild 5 days of amazing music & spectacular (albeit somewhat hazy) memories! Perhaps a quiet night is in order tonight........ nah!! Well, maybe haha.
Thursday 20 October 2011
HPX Day 2
Ah, night 2 of the Halifax Pop Explosion. I was off to Gus' Pub last night, now this was a helluva time! When I walked in & the first band, Windom Earle, were just wearing boxers and singing about Fruit of the Loom, I knew this would be fun...... and of course it was!
They had lots of great jams to jump & dance to, breaking out Saxes, weird keyboard synths and jumping into the crowd to sing along with the crowd when they're all chanting "Fruit of the Loom! Fruit of the Loom!" But at one point, they had to slow things down a little, bust out a piano hook and start a big sing along to "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from the Lion King Soundtrack. Here's a little video of that amazing surprise.
Next up was The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! The name says it all, lots of dancing & crazy props for the crowd to dig like inflatable birds/snowmen, a train of people wearing blazers tied together with X-Mas lights and lots of other craziness. These guys were from Tennessee and they know how to party!
Last up for the night was Born Gold. Pumpin' electronica beats, vocoder vocal effects & spaztic light show, awesome way to end the night! Gus' had cleared away most of their tables so there was a lot of room to rock/dance & the crowd took full advantage of that particularly during this set.
What's great about HPX is you can experience so many different styles of music, sometimes all in one place! I can't wait to see what tonight brings..... or where I end up haha!
HPX Day 1
OK, time to catch up on the shenanigans for the Halifax Pop Explosion. It all kicked off Tuesday, that night I headed to the Seahorse & truly felt like a Hipster haha!
Soon after I got there, The Paint Movement took stage. They had a very cool dance party vibe, but still of the indie variety. Gotta love the abundance of reverb on the guitars & vocals, it added to the spacey keyboard as well as having a rockin' Sax player. They were lots of fun, I didn't get very good pics/video of them but I found something online of them playing a show in Ontario, cool stuff!
Soon after I got there, The Paint Movement took stage. They had a very cool dance party vibe, but still of the indie variety. Gotta love the abundance of reverb on the guitars & vocals, it added to the spacey keyboard as well as having a rockin' Sax player. They were lots of fun, I didn't get very good pics/video of them but I found something online of them playing a show in Ontario, cool stuff!
The other band I got to check out on night 1 of HPX was One Hundred Dollars. A mix of folk, alt country, rockabilly & a little bit of a Fleetwood Mac thing going on. I don't think I've ever danced to a good country shuffle like that night. I say that as a good thing as I'm not big on country but this was pretty interesting, story teller kinda music that still rocked.
And that was the first night! A decent start to HPX, 4 more days of fun to follow.
Tuesday 18 October 2011
HPX: IT'S HERE!!!
Halifax Pop Explosion is finally here! It kicked off today, my game plan is to hit up as many shows as possible. Check back here for stories, pics, maybe video of my experiences in the next 5 days. Any info you need for who is playing where, go to www.halifaxpopexplosion.com Maybe I'll see you at a show this week ;)
Wednesday 12 October 2011
Dead or Not George?!
I've always been a big fan of Star Wars & have tried to ignore the obvious cash grab releases of "New & Improved!" But there's some funny business going on with a teaser for Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series. In Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, we saw Darth Maul get sliced in half & fall down a shaft. All logic would dictate that he is dead and we shall never see this character again, right?...... WRONG!!
In this trailer that's been released for the Clone Wars, we see scenes from Phantom Menace of DM fighting, then we see a split second of an animated version of him (the TV show is animated if you weren't aware), followed by text saying "Darth Maul Returns this Spring."
Kinda brings to question, if you've killed off a character as such, how the hell do you bring him back? I'm curious enough to perhaps watch that episode to see how they will do it (and maybe that's mission accomplished from their point of view) but I can't see a scenario where bringing him back will sound feasible or work into the story. But I could cross my fingers & be surprised ;)
You can watch the teaser here: http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/10/12/star-wars-clone-wars-darth-maul/
In this trailer that's been released for the Clone Wars, we see scenes from Phantom Menace of DM fighting, then we see a split second of an animated version of him (the TV show is animated if you weren't aware), followed by text saying "Darth Maul Returns this Spring."
Kinda brings to question, if you've killed off a character as such, how the hell do you bring him back? I'm curious enough to perhaps watch that episode to see how they will do it (and maybe that's mission accomplished from their point of view) but I can't see a scenario where bringing him back will sound feasible or work into the story. But I could cross my fingers & be surprised ;)
You can watch the teaser here: http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/10/12/star-wars-clone-wars-darth-maul/
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