Tag Archives: Nova Scotia

The Punk Tank #02: Grump

The Punk Tank runs down the discography of Haligonian hardcore freaks Grump, and hits up vocalist Marshall Brush for some questions about their upcoming 7”, chorus pedals and the east coast condition for hardcore.

If They Can Make it in Alberta…

Last Tuesday, pseudo-Trotskyites like myself got hammered the country over to celebrate the fall of Canada’s longest lived conservative dynasty. Rachel Notley’s NDP routed the governing PCs, and Albertans decided to change their governing party for the first time in 44 years.

But observers across the country have started making some hasty predictions about what this swing implies for Federal and other provincial races.

Flipping Tapes: Getting the Wrap on Poncho Records

Ben Burnett catches up with Justin Murphy of Halifax’s Poncho Records to get the ins-and-outs of running a small label in the Maritimes, how talented friends can bring a label a long way, and the making of the Poncho Records Compilations.

Pledging Free Mansonry: The Songs of Francisco Lopes

Just in time for the Spring Equinox, Nova Scotia’s Free Mansons have released their first new track of this year. We corresponded with Francisco Lopes to discuss the detailed history of Free Mansons including the extensive travels, both physical and spiritual – as well as the ritual of recording, and expressing art as a form of magic.