Double Dope Piece: New Video, and a Teaser for the Upcoming DOPEACE Mixtape
St. John’s emcee Dope Piece keeps busy with a double addition to his music video library, and a teaser track for the DOPEACE mixtape set to drop this fall.
Category Archives: Music
Secret Selector: The Sidewinders’ Flatfoot Hustlin’
The Sidewinders were a seven piece deep funk n’ soul outfit from Halifax, NS who released a 1977 self-produced LP entitled Flatfoot Hustlin’. Collectors consider the release the holy grail of Canadian funk, with the original pressing selling upwards from $1-2,000 CAD, but little information is available on the group beyond the eight song LP.
The Beer Patrice Return This Halloween With The Freakers Ball
Attention all ye freakers, miscreants, screwballers, and sapheaded numbskulls of St. John’s and surrounding areas — there’s officially a ball to roll to this Halloween, and it promises to be a place where you can be your weird-ass selves, or be a weird-ass someone else.
Once Loved’s Molotov Kyle on Molotov Smile, and a Weekend of St. John’s Reunions
It’s come home week for St. John’s punk rock with a reuniting Once Loved, and the 20th anniversary of Molotov Smile. We caught up with Once Loved vocalist Kyle Hynes before his flight home from Ontario to pick his brain on the influence of Molotov Smile, and to find out what Once Loved may have in store for their weekend in St. John’s.
Punk Tank #03: A Listen to the New Mind Violence EP
Though their outfit may consist of 3/5 current members of St. John’s hardcore mainstays Weak Link, Mind Violence effortlessly succeed at stamping out a distinct and impressionable bite while chewing through the six tracks on their newest EP.
Secret Selector: Da Slyme’s “Fear & Loathing in the East End”
This Secret Selection is a deep cut from Newfoundland’s first punk band Da Slyme, and it’s one of their lesser known live tracks recorded in 1984. Da Slyme had sauce, humor, and boozy wit drizzled with a distinct Newfoundland flavor, as thick and salty as mudders brownest gravy.
Watch: Botfly’s Union Street Basement Session
Check out Halifax hardcore trio Botfly’s new video session. It was shot in the basement of a house on Union St. as a thoughtful nod to a place that became a home, hangout, jam spot and recording space to a plethora of punk and hardcore bands in the Halifax scene.
To Toronto and Beyond: The Story of TWRP
TWRP (Tupper Ware Remix Party) started their colourful brand of intergalactic heavy funk in Halifax, NS nearly a decade ago. Since then they’ve relocated to Toronto, ON, released a slew of EP’s, and kept a steady tour schedule. Angela Sutherland gets the full TWRP story from synthesizist Doctor Sung.
David R. Elliott’s Sunshine: Over Seven Years in The Making
For someone who’s used to producing his works in one fell swoop, David R. Elliott’s newest album, Sunshine, is just the opposite of that. Sunshine spans over seven years of Elliott’s life and took longer to produce because it wasn’t born of one specific aesthetic.