Big Byrd

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania It’s hard to imagine what looked worse: the night a sleep-deprived, Ambien-addled Ryan Kattner hallucinated his way into a motor bike accident or the afternoon an electrician checking out his sublet’s faulty wiring walked into his room and found nothing but a boar’s head, half-drained bottles of booze, scattered tax forms, a Wurlitzer,…

Halifax, Nova Scotia Rick Macaulay has been a familiar face at various events and parties in the Maritimes over the past 11 years. Having had the pleasure of enjoying the huge amount of local and international talent Atlantic Canada has to offer, he made a decision that was sure to change his life. From that…

  Canmore, AB Getting his start in late 1997/98 in the Rocky Mountain towns of Alberta, Lash Larue’s first gig was with Canada’s legendary deejay’s: Deko-ze. Lash was born from the infamous Canmore Crew, a group of believers that set the standard for after parties in western Canada hosting the likes of Chris Liberator, Roland…

  Baltimore, MD The art made by Baltimore artist Dan Deacon is about community and how to organize and inspire it. From founding a now well-known art collective (Wham City), to organizing and running an annually sold-out DIY music festival (Whartscape), to conceiving, planning and curating a massive 60 person/30 band tour (Baltimore Round Robin Tour), it’s…

This is where the bio will go, when we have one. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Pretty Lights Dub FX Chali 2na Mat the Alien Man Man Skratch Bastid Fred Penner Marty McFly Zach Deputy Adham Shaikh Oka A. Paul Slowcoaster Idlers AB Logic (Hoodfellas) & Born I Music Scientists of Sound Jose Zaragoza…

  Halifax, NS Cousins is bare-bones garage-rock power group. Formed in 2009 by Aaron Mangle, the shape shifting group features Leigh Dotey and Pat Ryan who help manifest Mangle’s quirky vision of sweet n’ heavy raucous pop music in a live show that is both poetic and violent. They tip toe between melody and anarchy, creating sounds startling in their…