We caught up with Curtis Kilfoy to talk about the 11 years of his long running St. John’s post-punk band Mopey, as well as their brand new single Minor League Dad / Just Noodles which comes with a read-along comic book.
Six happenings in St. John’s that you might have missed this week, or don’t want to miss this weekend:
A Cowabunga wedding with a honeymoon tour kickoff, local short film Flankers now available for full stream, local emcee MAK11 drops debut video and prepares for Random Sound, Trouble Bound Studio presents St. John’s first ever tattoo convention, mainstay rock venue Distortion turns 9, and Neon Satori prepare another family-friendly and free afternoon EDM party at Bannerman park.
Heather Nolan is a 23-year-old musician, photographer, writer, and otherwise dreamer who currently resides in St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador. She has been publishing poetry and fiction for 10 years.
Artist Amery Sandford and writer Allison Graves are collecting submissions until the deadline this Sunday, June 28th, for their art and literary exhibition Maybe, Probably that will be showing at the St. Michael’s Printshop for Hold Fast.
Shadow Folk are one of many young, psychedelic-influenced bands making great music in Halifax right now. Contributor Ben Burnett caught up with Justin McGrath to talk about the making of their new EP Mystery Park, as well as his approach to collaboration and songwriting.
Bloodcove 17 & 18
Written & Illustrated by Ricky King
We chat with Stegosaurus guitarist/vocalist Stuart Buckley about the recording process of PUMMELED, Stegosaurus summer schedule, Sharktooth Records, and a brief guide to your “essentials to the scene” for St. John, NB.
By popular query and polite demand we are now opening up submissions for poetry and short fiction selections on the Secret East webzine, and we’re quite excited to crack the floodgates for all you delightful wordsmiths.
ProtoShed is a hackerspace in St. John’s, Newfoundland who’s running theme is ‘imagine – make – share.’ Listen in as ProtoShed Secretary Jordan Elliott gives us the low-down on what it takes to run a hackerspace from the tip of Atlantis.