In Photos: Halifax Pop Explosion!
By • October 26, 2011
A selection of photos from this year’s HPX. More to come.
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Halifax Pop Explosion!
HPX: The Rural Alberta Advantage at St. Matthew’s Church
By • October 25, 2011
They left the stage matted in cinnibar; red from spilled hearts, a blinding and heartfult gush. The Rural Alberta Advantage tumbled into St. Matthew’s …
HPX: Shotgun Jimmie throws down, despite unenthused crowd
By • October 25, 2011
We all waited there, thinking hard and bobbing our heads to the swirling, switching time signatures and fantastically funky basslines of the Skeletones Four. …
HPX: Rich Aucoin mesmerizes at St. Matthew’s Church
By • October 21, 2011
Flocked by instruments and friends, Rich Aucoin set the HPX standards high on Wednesday night
Rich Aucoin was a tempest trapped in a church.
One by …
HPX: Ohbijou and BRAIDS at Reflections
By • October 21, 2011
Reflections is a great venue. However, their seemingly large capacity is so rarely close to the limit. I have seen some empty Saturday’s at …
HPX: Tuesday at Reflections
By • October 19, 2011
A review of four bands
The only bad thing about HPX is that there’s too much choice. You go to one venue, not sure if …
Interview: Braids
By • October 18, 2011
Braids will be playing at Reflections Cabaret on Tuesday, October 18 at midnight.
Braids are a band that formed in Calgary while all of its …
Interview: Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt
By • October 18, 2011
Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt is a group with an ever-changing lineup that began while Neil Fridd, frontman and main creative force behind the project, …
An interview with the Rural Alberta Advantage
By • October 18, 2011
They come like a billowing tumult—a harbinger of melodic, melodramatic catharsis. The Rural Alberta Advantage are a complex upheaval of rhetoric, washing out all …
An open letter to concert-goers
By • October 18, 2011
Clean up your act for HPX
An open letter to the people around me at the concert last night:
I have been going to shows and …
