HPX: Shotgun Jimmie throws down, despite unenthused crowd
We all waited there, thinking hard and bobbing our heads to the swirling, switching time signatures and fantastically funky basslines of the Skeletones Four. Dancing wildly and getting glowering faces […]
HPX: Rich Aucoin mesmerizes at St. Matthew’s Church
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 one they shuffled out […]
HPX: Ohbijou and BRAIDS at Reflections
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 that bar and it’s a shame […]
HPX: Tuesday at Reflections
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 the line-up will disappoint or […]
Interview: Braids
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 members were still in High […]
Interview: Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt
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, was a student at the State […]
An interview with the Rural Alberta Advantage
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 the old turns of phrase. “If […]
An open letter to concert-goers
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 concerts for over 10 […]
HPX 2011: Write For Us
Welcome to the Gazette’s official coverage of the 2011 Halifax Pop Explosion! Our hard-working contributors will be reviewing some of the 150 bands playing across 18 venues this week. And […]
Bonsound blows the roof off
By Sagar Jha, Staff Contributor Kicking off the weekend for Halifax Pop Explosion was the Bonsound Showcase in the Citadel Hotel. This all ages concert featured the greatest talents […]