Imagine music as a metaphor for the landscape of Canada – rough unpredictable mountains to beautiful calm forests to reassuring prairie farmland. Now imagine your schizophrenic neighbor running across that landscape in a dress with a knife in his hand. What would that sound like?
Cape Breton, NS First add a little funk, next throw in a lot of bass. And top it off with some of the sickest beats that will make your moustache flip upside down. This is a usual night for Steven P who since being introduced to the scene over 8 years ago, has been paving…
Edmonton, AB Growing up on the merky shores of Nova Scotia, Matt MacDonald aka Mickey Sasso has been moving crowds from coast to coast and from festival to festival. Starting his journey into sound in 2006, his sound has been evolving ever since, from deep minimal techno to house and everything in between, be…
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…
Halifax, NS The Yazmanian Devil aka Yaz aka the Man Behind the DJ aka Yazan Shaker discovered his love for House music in 1994 listening to DJs from the likes of Pete Tong, Armand Van Helden, Derrick Carter, Dave Morales, and Roger Sanchez to name a few. Over the years, Yaz surrounded himself with…
Halifax, NS A blown-out, new wave, synth, karaoke, dance party. It’s like the aural equivalent of an animated gif of a puppy chasing its tail: mesmerizing and guaranteed to make you grin from ear to ear. Links Find Windom Earle online: Website BandCamp YouTube Twitter Facebook Full 2012 List A. A. Wallace A-Jaxx Acres and Acres…
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…