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The Sidewalks Vs Locals 10!!!
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Chris of The Sidewalks, who hail from P.E.I. answered the Locals Top 10 question bonanza in anticipation of their upcoming show at The Capital on March 11th. Check out what they have to say, the ...
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Chris of The Sidewalks, who hail from P.E.I. answered the Locals Top 10 question bonanza in anticipation of their upcoming show at The Capital on March 11th.
Check out what they have to say, then go to the gig and ask them your own stupid questions!
1. Considering how lame genre labelling is - how would you describe your music?
- Submitted by Kyle
Sidewalks: We take a lot of influences from many different genres of
music, but we've been jokingly labeling ourselves as
'Skalternative Rock'.
2. Are all bands sell-outs once they buy instruments?
- Submitted by Corporocracy
Sidewalks: Only "kvlt" metal bands, har har.
3. Who do you think is the best band from your town?
- Submitted by Brockstar
Sidewalks: There are so many talented artists on the island it's
really hard to narrow it down, however I think that Two
Hours Traffic seem to be having the most success as of late. We also
really like Fugato and Catherine MacLellan.
4. What's the weirdest named venue you've played?
- Submitted by Philthy Phil Howe
Sidewalks: "The Crazy Neighbour" in Charlottetown. The place is gone now. RIP 
5. What is the Craziest/wierdest thing ever to happen during a show?
- Submitted by Siremitch
Sidewalks: Actually, at The Crazy Neighbour there was this patron who show up in
a Habs jersey and start yelling "Na, na, naaa, na! Hey, hey, hey!
Goodbye!" He'd often try breakdance while double fisting. Perhaps
the bar was named after him?
6. Why do you live where you live?
-Submitted by Ross. L Sanchez
Sidewalks: We were born and raised here. Just feels like home to us! And
there's the fabulous lobster and potatoes.
7. What has been your greatest accomplishment as a musician?
- Submitted by LoveHatesYou
Sidewalks: The list is thankfully constantly growing, haha. I don't think there really is a "greatest" accomplishment, though, but moreso the fact that we can set goals and attain them. That keeps us going. A few things come to mind, though: Two invites to the ECMAs (one without having an album released) and playing with illScarlett.
8. Who stinks the most on tour (b.o., flatulence, halitosis, leaving garbage in the van)?
- Submitted by Mannequin
Sidewalks: I have the worst ass gas valve known to mankind. Please don't let
that keep you from coming to The Capital when we play, though...
Jamie is working on the B.O., Josh has got the halitosis down pat,
Robyn leaves garbage everywhere. Steve? Well, Steve has this aura of
rage and evil that kind of smells like he lit a mummy on fire.
9. Any pre-show rituals?
-Submitted by Mantis
Sidewalks: Booze, "HANDS IN!", heavy metal for Jamie, and live concert videos.
10. What is your favorite quote from Anchorman?
-Submitted by KMD
Sidewalks: "I KILLED a man with a TRIDENT!"
"Milk was a bad choice..."
"I love lamp."
"LOUD NOISES."
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The Flatliners / The Snips February 21st Canceled
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Regret to inform but tonight's show at The Capital has been canceled.
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Art community Feels Good launch their own beer!
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* From press release FeelsGood Imperial Pilsner is set to be released in liquor stores Feb 21st, so we're throwing a party!! The good folks at North Hampton Brewing (aka Picaroons) have gra ...
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* From press release
FeelsGood Imperial Pilsner is set to be released in liquor stores Feb 21st, so we're throwing a party!! The good folks at North Hampton Brewing (aka Picaroons) have graciously opened their doors for us to have a little soiree.
We've enlisted the musical stylings of Issac & Blewett (ft Joel Leblanc from Hot Toddy) & Owen Steel et Al for entertainment. Doors open at 8PM and the cover is a reasonable $10. (I've paid $20 to see just an I&B show in the past and wasn't disappointed!)
The Brewery is located at 55 Melissa St across from the Pepper Creek Plaza.
Listen to some select tracks from Owen et Al's debut cd here
http://www.myspace.com/owensteel
http://www.isaacandblewett.com
for more information click this
http://www.feelsgood.ca/events/the-feels-good-imperial
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Eric Cormier wants YOU to listen to CHSR!
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On February 18th local musician Eric Cormier will be live on CHSR Radio from 3pm - 5pm. You can tune into CHSR on 97.9 FM on your radio, in the Fredericton area. Cormier will be performing live o ...
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On February 18th local musician Eric Cormier will be live on CHSR Radio from 3pm - 5pm. You can tune into CHSR on 97.9 FM on your radio, in the Fredericton area.
Cormier will be performing live on air, including many new songs he has been working on.
Cormier is also interested in performing live in and around the city, so if you would like to get in contact or to learn more about this young musician, follow the links posted below.
http://www.myspace.com/ericlncormier
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=41667807219
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‘Loud’ Tour hits the Maritimes
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Andrew Olsvik Anyone who has frequented the Capital Complex’s monthly Metal Monday series is aware of the sense of community that the event exudes. Metal Monday has helped Fred ...
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Andrew Olsvik
Anyone who has frequented the Capital Complex’s monthly Metal Monday series is aware of the sense of community that the event exudes.
Metal Monday has helped Fredericton’s struggling metal scene and has served as a place for both touring and local bands to showcase their talent and dedication to the art of metal.
The Capital has created a nationally recognized event that has placed Fredericton on the map. The Capital has offered its stage to a variety of local and touring favourites including We, the Undersigned, Halifax Headbangers, Black Moor and Vancouver’s Ninjaspy.
“It’s rad seeing the same crowd come out every Metal Monday; that was always part of the goal, to make it so it’s a monthly hangout for metal heads in general, no matter what genre of metal the bands happen to be playing,” says Jai Sadler, bassist for We, the Undersigned.
But it’s not just Metal Monday that accounts for the recent gradual increase in popularity, organization and success of the east coast metal scene.
“There have always been really good metal bands around the Maritimes but I think now it’s a combination of a couple things,” says Jai.
“The quality of the recordings, in an engineering sense, that are being released now are a lot better. They can compete with recordings coming from Ontario and the West coast.”
Owner of Diminished Fifth Records and Hogan Media Relations Josh Hogan has also played a vital role according to Jai.
“He’s worked his ass off for the past few years and the metal community honestly owes him a lot,” Jai says. “He gives the bands an outlet for press releases, reviews and online presence. It provides that crucial step where the band goes from simply promoting themselves to having third party organizations promoting the band [and] telling other people in the music industry that these bands, and this genre of music, is worth checking out.”
In early March, We, the Undersigned will travel to Sydney, Cape Breton to take part in this year’s East Coast Music Awards where they have been nominated for Loud Recording of the Year for their album Bleed the Constants.
The category offers up some stiff competition from Moncton’s The Motorleague as well as Big Game Hunt, Black Moor, Shelter With Thieves and Uncooperative Death, all from Halifax.
The week prior to the ECMA events, all five of the nominated acts will participate in the East Coast Loud Tour, which will have shows in Moncton, Saint John, Halifax and Fredericton.
“The East Coast Loud Tour is the brainchild of Don Levandier, from the Motorleague, and Josh Hogan,” Jai said.
“Basically they had the idea to put together a mini tour leading up to the awards, messaged the bands to see who’d be able to participate, and every band came back saying they’d be stoked to do it. To the best of my knowledge this is the first time there has ever been a tour that’s involved all the nominees, playing together, from one category. I personally love touring so it will be fun getting to know all the other bands.”
Some might argue that the amalgamation of all genres considered heavy into the one “Loud” category at the ECMAs minimizes the importance of the heavy genre. But, as Jai puts it, it’s really just a matter of having enough bands with records.
“What the metal and punk bands in the Maritimes need to do is to show them there are enough bands of those genres to keep the category aggressively focused,” Jai continues. “The only way to do that is of course to have bands submitting albums. I’m already excited for next year’s nominations. There have been a couple solid releases already and more coming in the next few months.”
Before they embark on the East Coast Loud Tour and make their way to Sydney, We, the Undersigned will appear at the next installment of Metal Monday alongside Moncton’s Iron Giant and Manlord on Feb. 8 at the Capital. The East Coast Loud Tour makes it stop at Nicky Zee’s on Feb. 24.
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Ani DiFranco Tonight, Jan. 27th Cancelled
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Press Release: (Fredericton, NB) – Please be advised that due to illness, Ani DiFranco has cancelled her performance at The Playhouse in Fredericton tonight, Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. Refunds are avail ...
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Press Release:
(Fredericton, NB) – Please be advised that due to illness, Ani DiFranco has cancelled her performance at The Playhouse in Fredericton tonight, Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. Refunds are available immediately until Feb. 10 at 6 p.m. at The Playhouse box office and by phone at 458-8344 (1-866-884-5800).
Sonic Concerts apologizes for the inconvenience and plans to re-schedule for a future date.
Media contact:
Wendy Phillips and Erin McGuire, Sonic Concerts
(902) 492-0960 x 25 / wendy@sonicentertainmentgroup.com / erin@sonicentertainmentgroup.com
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Wolf Parade @ The Market
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Wolf Parade will be playing The Boyce Farmers' Market on Sunday, April 4th, 2010 w/ special guest For ticket information, follow the link attached or below this: http://www.sonic ...
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Wolf Parade will be playing The Boyce Farmers' Market on Sunday, April 4th, 2010 w/ special guest
For ticket information, follow the link attached or below this:
http://www.sonicconcerts.com/wolfparade.html
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Ani DiFranco ADDS 2ND SHOW IN FREDERICTON
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ue to overwhelming demand, critically-acclaimed songstress Ani DiFranco has added a second show at The Playhouse in Fredericton on Monday, Jan. 25 in addition to the SOLD OUT show on Wednesday, Jan. 2 ...
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ue to overwhelming demand, critically-acclaimed songstress Ani DiFranco has added a second show at The Playhouse in Fredericton on Monday, Jan. 25 in addition to the SOLD OUT show on Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. Special guest for both shows is Gaby Mareno.
ADDED:
Monday, January 25, 2010
@ The Playhouse, Fredericton NB
TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY JANUARY 8 10AM
Tickets are $49.50 in advance and $54.50 day of show (including tax).
Tickets will be available at The Playhouse box office, by phone at 458-8344 (1-866-884-5800) and online at http://www.sonicconcerts.com
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 (sold out)
@ The Playhouse, Fredericton NB
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Shows starts at 8 p.m.
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***CONTEST DETAILS***
Ani DiFranco has been called “fiercely independent” (Rolling Stone), “inspirational” (All Music Guide) and “the ultimate do-it-yourself songwriter” (The New York Times).
Write on our Facebook wall and tell us what other performers fit a similar description, for a chance to win a pair of tickets for the January 25 performance in Fredericton.
**Contest closes Friday, January 22 at noon, winners will be notified via Facebook**
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Growing older and moving forward by Alison Clack
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They may only be a toddler in the music industry, but Forward Music Group is already taking big steps. In the past few years the independent label has signed nearly a dozen artists, includi ...
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They may only be a toddler in the music industry, but Forward Music Group is already taking big steps.
In the past few years the independent label has signed nearly a dozen artists, including local favourites Share, Sleepless Nights and Grand Theft Bus.
This hardworking label’s staff does double the work of most major labels, with a number of the staff also being members of a number of the bands on the label’s roster.
Kyle Cunjak, agent for the label and bassist for Olympic Symphonium and Share, explains that though the label is just a baby it doesn’t mean they haven’t been running with the big boys.
Case in point for this assertion is the label’s ECMA nomination for Record Company/Distributor/Independent Label of the Year, a category that includes big names in the music industry like Warner Music and Sonic Records.
“It’s funny that we’re up against Warner Music and Sonic Records who’ve done quite a lot more than us, but I think what we’ve accomplished over the past three years is actually pretty impressive when you consider our ages and where we’re from. I guess the committee and the jury thought we deserved it too, so that’s pretty cool,” says Cunjak.
And the label, which entered its third year of business this January, made a number of strides over the past few years, promoting New Brunswick music to the rest of the Maritimes and the country. “A lot of people still don’t know who [Forward Music Group] is because New Brunswick is pretty isolated in the music scene,” explains Cunjak.
“In the Maritimes, Halifax is obviously the epicentre of it all, so a lot of the time it takes awhile for the industry folk in Nova Scotia – and PEI and Newfoundland for that matter – to take notice of New Brunswick. So, to have this kind of recognition helps other people and bands in the industry to take notice.”
And it’s not just the label that was nominated for an ECMA this year. A number of the label’s bands received music award nominations as well.
“This year we have a huge amount of nominations. We have one for Share, Motorleague has four, Slate Pacific has one, and Paiens has one. All in all we have eight with the label, which is awesome.”
While this is the first year the label has received this many nominations at once, they are by no means strangers to the conference.
At last year’s conference in Cornerbrook, Newfoundland, the label had a showcase concert to show off their artists’ talent.
Forward isn’t stopping with showcasing to the Maritimes though.
The group has had a history of sending artists on cross-Canada tours by train, a method of travel that includes free concerts for the passengers in addition to the Canadian landscape’s sights.
“Andrew [Sisk] of Share is doing a tour of Canada on the Via Rail trains in March. We’ve sent a few artists from Forward to do that,” says Cunjak.
Cunjak explains that it is a great partnership for the label as the railways pays for their travel in exchange for the performances.
“You save a lot of money on transportation and gas. Plus, it’s better travelling [by train] than in cars because it’s less dangerous. Travelling in March through the Rockies can be like hell.”
The method of travelling also provides some entertainment for bands when they would otherwise be bored on some stretches of the renowned TransCanada highway.
“The TransCanada, especially around Southern Ontario, is not very glamorous at all. It’s actually pretty boring. It was really nice to take the train and see the country. It’s a pretty romantic idea to travel by train across the country and play music. Everybody latches on, especially musicians, to this idea and we’ve been getting a very positive response,” says Cunjak.
And the positive response has interested some other musicians in the area. Cunjak explains that Sackville band Shotgun Jimmie and local favourite Owen Steel are planning on doing Via Rail tours.
The new year will see Forward Music Group venturing out again, this time a little further from home.
“In the last year we did a lot trying to develop our work in Europe. We did a lot of touring and releasing a lot of albums. Just laying a lot of ground work that needed to be done,” Cunjak explains. And the new decade brings the label the goal of breaking into the American market.
“The biggest thing that we’re trying to do this year is break into the U.S. It takes a lot of time to actually work in the U.S. because you need to apply for visas, which is a pretty lengthy process. Our next goal is to try and get some shows in New York, Vermont, and Massachusetts, because they’re so close.”
The label plans on moving ever forward, but for right now the closest thing in sight is the ECMAs. This year’s award ceremony will be hosted in Cape Breton, N.S. The conference will take place over several days from March 4 to March 7.
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Olympic Symphonium are headed to the Olympics
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Hibernation is not a word in Olympic Symphonium’s vocabulary. While most people would rather take it easy in the winter months, eschewing the cold and bundling up inside, Olympic Symphoni ...
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Hibernation is not a word in Olympic Symphonium’s vocabulary.
While most people would rather take it easy in the winter months, eschewing the cold and bundling up inside, Olympic Symphonium has decided to get some serious work done during these winter months.
“Winter is pretty much the best time to record because you don’t really want to be touring as much in the winter.
[The roads] are kind of dangerous and the shows aren’t as good. The vibe of recording is a lot better in the winter. So, we realized we had two weeks free in January so we said, ‘Let’s get to it!’ says Kyle Cunjak, bassist for the band. Along with Cunjak the band is made up of Nick Cobham and Graeme Walker.
While Cunjak says that the decision to record was a little bit impulsive, he also says it was about time for them to sit down and record.
“Well, we had a bunch of new songs – we’re always writing new songs. And because the band has three different song writers, we get a lot of new material out pretty quick. So, we had a bunch of new tunes and we kind of looked at our schedules for the next six months, realized it was very quickly filling up and that we soon wouldn’t have time to record.”
And it’s not just recording a new album that’s taking up the band’s time this winter. The group also has a number of shows planned for the end of January.
They will be playing shows in St. Andrews, Fredericton, and Saint John on Jan. 21, 22, and 23. As well as opening for City & Colour when they play in Halifax Feb. 2.
As if a touring schedule and recording an album weren’t enough for the ambitious band, the group will be making a trip out to Vancouver in February to play at the Olympics.
“We’re playing at this Atlantic Canada House that they’re having on Granville Island in Vancouver. The Olympic Committee is organizing it and putting us all up. So we’re going to get to go to Vancouver for a bit in February,” explains an excited Cunjak. And the band will be in good company in terms of Atlantic Canadian music.
“Catherine MacLellan is going,along with Matt Anderson, Jill Barber, Samantha Robichaud from Moncton, Grand Theft Bus. Jenn Grant is going too.”
Cunjak is excited for a little more than the music though.
“I’ve always wanted to see bobsledding, so my dream is going to come true,” he laughs.
Don’t expect the band to take a break as the weather warms up though. The band will be taking another trip out west in late April and early May to tour with Catherine MacLellan.
Tickets for the band’s upcoming show at the Charlotte Street Arts Center with Catherine MacLellan on Jan. 22 are still available. Tickets can be bought for $20 at the door or in advance at Read’s or Backstreet Records. Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m.
By Alison Clack
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We, The Undersigned are screaming for video extras
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Short notice, but We, The Undersigned are shooting a music video Thursday, January 14th between 9am and 1pm here in Fredericton at the experimental farm sledding hill (850 Lincoln Road) If you wo ...
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Short notice, but We, The Undersigned are shooting a music video Thursday, January 14th between 9am and 1pm here in Fredericton at the experimental farm sledding hill (850 Lincoln Road)
If you would like to partake, and are also in need of a ride check the facebook event for more information: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=249048632979
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Iron Fist announce two final shows
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Iron Fist have recently announced they are calling it a day and will perform two final shows this January. You can catch them in Fredericton on January 14th at Nicky Zee's with Dawn Brings Vengea ...
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Iron Fist have recently announced they are calling it a day and will perform two final shows this January.
You can catch them in Fredericton on January 14th at Nicky Zee's with Dawn Brings Vengeance and SunSpeed.
Their final performance will be in Saint John at Sun Star Lounge on January 16th, where they will be accompanied by SunSpeed once again for the big send off.
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Second Ani DiFranco show added for Jan 25th
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If you missed out on tickets for the first show, which apparently most of the city did from the buzz, a second show has been added for January 25th, 2010 at The Playhouse. Follow the links for de ...
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If you missed out on tickets for the first show, which apparently most of the city did from the buzz, a second show has been added for January 25th, 2010 at The Playhouse.
Follow the links for details, or head over to The Playhouse box office first thing Friday morning or call/online box office stuff.
Tickets On Sale Fri. Jan 8 10am: www.sonicconcerts.com/anidifranco.html
http://www.theplayhouse.nb.ca/
GOOD LUCK!
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Metal Monday Tonight! @ The Capital
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Come bang your head, banger!
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Free Download: Fugazi Live Series #19
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Did you know Fugazi played at the New Maryland Recreation Centre in the summer of 1998? That show was also #19 in a series of 20 live recordings the band released in 2004. You can download it from G ...
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Did you know Fugazi played at the New Maryland Recreation Centre in the summer of 1998? That show was also #19 in a series of 20 live recordings the band released in 2004. You can download it from Gunshy and Evilmp3.
Photo courtesy Amy Allaby
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