METZ Main Stage, Sackville NB August 3

Published Aug 10, 2012

The penultimate act of SappyFest's opening night and a stark contrast to the rest of the venue's programming, METZ turned the main-stage ten...

Yamantaka // Sonic Titan Main Stage, Sackville NB August 3

Published Aug 10, 2012

Polaris-shortlisted art rockers Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, joined by Owain Lawson (drummer of Black Feelings and Les Angles Morts), donned wh...

Baby Eagle & the Proud Mothers Main Stage, Sackville NB August 4

Published Aug 10, 2012

Many festivalgoers expected a secret guest at SappyFest this year. Rumours were abound. Most were far-fetched (Neil Young), some were delibe...

Nap Eyes Main Stage, Sackville NB August 4

Published Aug 10, 2012

Nap Eyes, a Halifax outfit fronted by guitarist-vocalist Nigel Chapman, proved to be one of the surprise gems peppered throughout SappyFest'...

The Blow Main Stage, Sackville NB August 4

Published Aug 10, 2012

The Blow was perhaps one of the most divisive acts of SappyFest 7. There was a clear split between those in the main-stage tent who enjoying...

Michael Hurley Vogue, Sackville NB August 5

Published Aug 10, 2012

The entire weekend of SappyFest 7 was unusually sweltering for the small town of Sackville. This was felt most at the Vogue, the small, loca...

Eric Copeland The Khyber, Halifax NS June 2

Published Jun 04, 2012

Experimental sound craftsman Eric Copeland, known perhaps most prominently as member of avant-garde electro-experimentalist group Black Dice...

Gary War The Khyber, Halifax NS June 1

Published Jun 03, 2012

After a solid, pulsating set from Transfixed & Body Language (whose lineup included the showcase's curator, Matt Samways of Electric Voice R...

You'll Never Get to Heaven The Khyber, Halifax NS June 1

Published Jun 03, 2012

You'll Never Get to Heaven, the new electro pop duo composed of Chuck Blazevic and Alice Hansen, gained a fair amount of fans this weekend a...

Bloodshot Bill Bus Stop Theatre, Halifax NS May 31

Published Jun 01, 2012

Solo Montreal act Bloodshot Bill didn't just help kick off the OBEY Convention V, he stomped it into a blissful ruck of dancing, thrashing a...

Mike O'Neill Talks New Film Project with 'Trailer Park Boys' Creator Mike Clattenburg

Published Apr 02, 2012

Although fresh on the release of his latest album Wild Lines and some Inbreds reunion shows, East Coast singer-songwriter Mike O'Neill alrea...

Mike O'Neill Reinventing the Artist

Published Feb 29, 2012

"I really have an inferiority complex," confesses Mike O'Neill. Given his track record, this is hard to believe. The Juno-nominated and G...

Mike O'Neill Wild Lines

Published Feb 28, 2012

After an eight-year silence, former Inbreds frontman Mike O'Neill unleashes his third solo effort, Wild Lines, and it's a panoply of pop per...

Halifax Pop Explosion featuring Rich Aucoin, Thee Oh Sees, Dog Day, Chad VanGaalen Halifax, NS October 18 to 22

Published Oct 25, 2011

In a city where there's typically only one, maybe two, sure-thing shows to attend every weekend, the Halifax Pop Explosion always leaves fes...

SappyFest featuring Arcade Fire, Charles Bradley, Chad VanGaalen, Owen Pallett Sackville NB July 29-31

Published Aug 01, 2011

With or Without You, the slogan for Sackville, NB's sixth annual SappyFest, served as a lighthearted jab at the hugely publicized U2 and Arc...