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Matthew Grimson
Matthew George Grimson (March 9, 1968 – June 19, 2018) was a Canadian musician from Halifax, Nova Scotia.Brad Wheeler"Joel Plaskett and Sloan singer-bassist Chris Murphy bring songs of late Halifax musician Matthew Grimson back to life" ''The Globe and Mail'', August 5, 2020. Although he released only one solo album and never became widely known outside of Halifax in his lifetime, he came to wider attention in 2020 with the release of the posthumous album ''Prize for Writing''.Cam Lindsay"Joel Plaskett and Sloan Honour Late Halifax Songwriter Matthew Grimson with New Release" '' Exclaim!'', July 13, 2020. Background Grimson attended Dalhousie University in the 1980s, befriending Chris Murphy who would later become a prominent musician with the band Sloan.Stephen Cooke"Music played for keeps: Grimson’s songs preserved by fans Murphy, Plaskett" ''The Chronicle Herald'', July 10, 2020. The two later decided to form a band called Dust Party, although the project never actually we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The regional municipality consists of four former municipalities that were amalgamated in 1996: Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford, and Halifax County. Halifax is a major economic centre in Atlantic Canada, with a large concentration of government services and private sector companies. Major employers and economic generators include the Department of National Defence, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Saint Mary's University, the Halifax Shipyard, various levels of government, and the Port of Halifax. Agriculture, fishing, mining, forestry, and natural gas extraction are major resource industries found in the rural areas of the municipality. History Halifax is located within ''Miꞌkmaꞌki'' the traditional ancestral lands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Niedzviecki
Hal Niedzviecki (born January 9, 1971) is a Canadian novelist and cultural critic. Born in Brockville, he was raised by a Jewish family in Ottawa, Ontario, and Potomac, Maryland, did his undergraduate studies at University College, Toronto, and his postgraduate studies at Bard College. In 1995, he co-founded the magazine ''Broken Pencil'', a guide to underground arts and zine culture, and was the magazine's editor until 2002. He has also written for ''Adbusters'', ''Utne'', ''The Walrus'', '' This Magazine'', '' Geist'', ''Toronto Life'', ''The Globe and Mail'', and the ''National Post''. In 2006, Niedzviecki hosted a summer replacement series, ''Subcultures'', on CBC Radio One. In 2017, Niedzviecki wrote a piece for ''Write'', the Writers' Union of Canada magazine, where he wrote: "In my opinion, anyone, anywhere, should be encouraged to imagine other peoples, other cultures, other identities" and told writers to try to "Win the Appropriation Prize". After controversy arose ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
44 (album)
''44'' is the sixth solo album by Canadian indie rock musician Joel Plaskett, released on April 17, 2020.Thiessen, Brock (January 24, 2020)Joel Plaskett Unveils Quadruple Album '44''Exclaim!''. Retrieved on 2020-04-25. Dubbed the "spiritual successor"White, Adam (March 22, 2020)Make A Sound''Some Party''. Retrieved on 2020-04-25. to Plaskett's prior triple album ''Three'', the 44-song, quadruple album was released the day before the artist's 45th birthday. (As a tie-in to that fact, the LP box set contains a bonus 45th track.O'Kane, Josh (April 21, 2020)The audacity, and necessity, of Joel Plaskett’s pandemic quadruple-record'The Globe and Mail''. Retrieved on 2020-04-25.) Plaskett recorded the album across Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Memphis, Nashville and Toronto, having worked with 33 other musicians over four years. Background Each of the four records in the album contains 11 songs, with their own title and theme. The first record (''41: Carried Away'') is centred around travelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three (Joel Plaskett Album)
''Three'' is the third solo album by Canadian indie rock musician Joel Plaskett, released on March 24, 2009.Thiessen, Brock (January 27, 2009).Joel Plaskett Is Obsessed With the Number Three. ''Exclaim!''. Retrieved on 2009-03-12. Plaskett produced and recorded the album himself at his own Scotland Yard studio in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. In addition to being released as a triple album, the number three is reflected in several other aspects of the album. Each disc has nine songs on it, many of which are titled with a single word or phrase repeated three times. The album's release date of 3/24/09 also consists of numbers divisible by three, the cover features an image of Plaskett holding three fingers up, and preorders through MapleMusic were distributed with access to exclusive tickets, priced at $66, which would entitle the purchaser to a seat in the first twelve rows of Plaskett's concert at Toronto's Massey Hall the night before the album's release. According to Plaskett, the di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recorded Live At A Sloan Party
''Recorded Live at a Sloan Party!'' was a rare album release by Sloan; it was released in the United States in February 1997 as a bonus album to March Records' release of '' One Chord to Another''.Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, '' Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995''. ECW Press. . p. 457. It was also packaged with initial US pressings of ''One Chord to Another'' through The Enclave label,Cam Lindsay"Canadian Rock Icons Sloan Talk Commemorating A 20 Year Old Classic in 'One Chord to Another'" ''Vice'', April 11, 2016. and was later released in Japan in a one-disc package with ''One Chord to Another'' on Universal Records. Although the album is called ''Recorded Live at a Sloan Party!'', and background noises and conversations between the songs suggest that the album was recorded during a party attended by Sloan and friends (including Jennifer Pierce from the band Jale, and Joel Plaskett), the four members of Sloan now admit that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murderecords
Murderecords is an independent record label that releases the music of the Canadian rock band Sloan. Originally formed in 1992 to produce just the records of that band, it later released work of other bands including Eric's Trip, The Hardship Post, Al Tuck, Stinkin' Rich, Hip Club Groove, The Inbreds, Thrush Hermit, and The Super Friendz, and was Canada's best-known indie label in the 1990s. Later, the roster was stripped bare, and released Sloan albums exclusively for nearly a decade. In 2008, however, albums by Will Currie and the Country French and Pony Da Look were released by the label. Releases and artists mur001 Sloan – Peppermint EP (cd/cass) mur002 Eric's Trip – Peter EP (cd/cass) mur003 Hardship Post – Hack EP (cd/cass) mur004 Thrush Hermit – Smart Bomb EP (cd/cass) mur005 Eric's Trip/Sloan – Stove/Smother (split 7-inch vinyl) mur006 Al Tuck and No Action – Arhoolie (cass only) mur007 Hardship Post – Why Don't You and I Smooth Things Over (7-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Coast (newspaper)
''The Coast'' is a free alternative weekly newspaper in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The paper distributes 24,000 copies per week throughout the Halifax Regional Municipality. The paper is owned by ''Overstory Media Group''. Founded in 1993, ''The Coast'' has a generally left wing editorial policy. It focuses on local issues, especially "people working for change" within the community. ''The Coast'' is available in Bedford, Lower Sackville, Tantallon, and the Stanfield International Airport, but 75 percent of its readership lives in downtown Halifax and Dartmouth. The paper claims a readership of 61,263. According to a January 2007 Corporate Research Associates metro quarterly survey, 55 percent of ''The Coast''s readers are between 18 and 34 years of age (34.701 readers). See also *List of newspapers in Canada This list of newspapers in Canada is a list of newspapers printed and distributed in Canada. Daily newspapers Local weeklies Alberta * Airdrie – ''Airdrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Newman
Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist known for his Southern American English, Southern-accented singing style, early Americana (music), Americana-influenced songs (often with mordant or satirical lyrics), and various film scores. His best-known songs as a recording artist are "Short People" (1977), "I Love L.A." (1983), and "You've Got a Friend in Me" (1995) with Lyle Lovett, while other artists have enjoyed more success with cover versions of his "Mama Told Me Not to Come" (1966), "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (1968) and "You Can Leave Your Hat On" (1972). Born in Los Angeles to an extended family of Hollywood film composers, Newman began his songwriting career at the age of 17, penning hits for acts such as the Fleetwoods, Cilla Black, Gene Pitney, and the Alan Price Set. In 1968, he made his formal debut as a solo artist with the album ''Randy Newman (album), Randy Newman'', produced by Lenny Waro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roky Erickson
Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson (July 15, 1947 – May 31, 2019) was an American musician and singer-songwriter. He was a founding member and the leader of the 13th Floor Elevators and a pioneer of the psychedelic rock genre. Biography Erickson was born in Dallas, Texas, to Roger and Evelyn Erickson, and had four younger brothers. The nickname "Roky", a contraction of his first and middle names, was given to him by his parents. His father, an architect and civil engineer, was stern and disapproving of Erickson's countercultural attitudes, once forcibly cutting his son's hair rather than allow him to grow it out Beatles-style. His mother was an amateur artist and opera singer, and encouraged Erickson's musical talent by taking guitar lessons herself so she could teach him. Erickson was interested in music from his youth, playing piano from age five and taking up guitar at 10. He attended school in Austin and dropped out of Travis High School in 1965, one month before graduating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cale
John Davies Cale (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, singer, songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet Underground. Over his six-decade career, Cale has worked in various styles across rock, drone, classical, avant-garde and electronic music. He studied music at Goldsmiths College, University of London, before relocating in 1963 to New York City's downtown music scene, where he performed as part of the Theatre of Eternal Music and formed the Velvet Underground. Since leaving the band in 1968, Cale has released sixteen solo studio albums, including the widely acclaimed '' Paris 1919'' (1973) and '' Music for a New Society'' (1982). Cale has also acquired a reputation as an adventurous record producer, working on the debut albums of several innovative artists, including the Stooges and Patti Smith. Early life and career John Davies Cale was born on 9 March 1942 in the mining village of Garnant in the valley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Zevon
Warren William Zevon (; January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician. Zevon's most famous compositions include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money", and " Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner". All three songs are featured on his third album, ''Excitable Boy'' (1978), the title track of which is also well-known. He also wrote major hits that were recorded by other artists, including "Poor Poor Pitiful Me", "Accidentally Like a Martyr", "Mohammed's Radio", " Carmelita", and "Hasten Down the Wind". Zevon's early music industry successes were found as a session musician, jingle composer, songwriter, touring musician, musical coordinator and bandleader. Despite all this, Zevon struggled to break through in his solo career until his music was performed by Linda Ronstadt, beginning with her 1976 album ''Hasten Down the Wind''. This launched a cult following that lasted 25 years, with Zevon making occasional returns to al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weird Canada
Weird Canada is a blog that celebrates Canadian emerging music, literature, spaces, ideas, and art. It was founded in 2009 by Aaron Levin and Marie LeBlanc-Flanagan in Edmonton, Alberta. Background In 2011, Weird Canada won CBC Radio 3's Searchlight competition for Best Canadian Music Website. As of 2012, the blog is completely bilingual in English and French."Weird Canada is Busy Being Popular" '' Hazlitt'', May 9, 2013. In 2011 and 2012, Levin was a judge on the panel. In 2012, LeBlanc-Flanagan incorporated Wyrd Arts Initiatives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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