september kick-off

***First Class Bash***
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
In front of ye olde stud
8:00 PM, free with frosh kit

*Matt Mays and El Torpedo, Cole Harbour, NS (http://www.mattmays.com): Atlantic Canada's commercial radio darlings.
*Hey Rosetta!, St. John's, NF (http://www.heyrosetta.com): rock-solid indie rock from the Rock.


***Electro-night house party***
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Bridgeport Falls Early Childhood Education Centre (67 Bridge)
9:00 PM, PWYC

*Pete Samples, Montreal, PQ (http://www.petesamples.com): a solo artist and a one-of-a-kind creative force. This multi-instrumentalist invites us into a fantastical musical creation of cinematic sounds, whimsical melodies, and hypnotic rhythms. An artist known for consistently reinventing his sound, Pete Samples has created a world entirely of his own, and a live show with as many tricks as a circus.
*Dick Morello, Sackville, NB: road-tested rock artist busts out the drum machine.

Party to follow.


***A Sackville rite of passage***
Friday, September 5, 2008
Struts Gallery (7 Lorne St)
8:00 PM, $8

*Petunia, Ste-Dorothee, PQ (http://www.petuniamusic.com): the world famous, wanderin,  olde tyme country musician
*The Minimalist Jugband, Vancouver, BC: A true postmodern beatnik, a lovechild of Tom Waits and Jack Kerouac or the brainchild of Frankenstein and Rimbaud, The Minimalist Jugband is sure to delight fans of all musical styles, from jazz to classical, to hip hop and bluegrass.


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02/21/08

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02/14/08

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feed/water the locals night @ george's

Saturday February 16, 2008
George's Roadhouse, 10:00 PM, 19+

CHMA 106.9 FM presents...

FEED/WATER THE LOCALS NIGHT: a stunning and eclectic mix of all the dudes you see every other day appearing for a maritime-exclusive show at George's. Presented with the aid of cultural capitals.

*Shotgun Jimmie, Sackville, NB (http://www.shotgunjimmie.com): comin' around.
*Pat Lepoidevin, Sackville, NB (http://www.patlepoidevin.com/): singing songs about Patrick Roy with the aid of pipes, chanter, looper pedal, guitar, hands on guitar, etc. etc.
*Field Museum, Sackville, NB (chma_music@mta.ca): rock tunes influenced by watching The Sopranos, summer softball, archiving CD's in the CHMA music library, and walking to the liquour store, all in the name of friends/friendship.

Poster presented by the town of Sackville...

02/05/08

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01/29/08

CHMA 106.9 FM Record Review: The New Pornographers / Challengers

There's been a lot of complaints around the internet music reviewosphere that The New Pornographers' newest record, Challengers, is bad or worse than previous release than Twin Cinema. This isn't entirely true. While critics are quite right to point out that Twin Cinema doesn't measure up in breadth or depth to its predecessor, it's not simply because the songs are boring or less interesting.

As with most other New Pornographer releases, this record is built around the vocal and melodic talents of its primary members, not to mention the pop hooks and melodic talents for which Carl Newman has become rather well known, not to mention a backing band that adds enough depth to the pop melodies to make them into rock and roll songs.

The main difference here is not so much that the New Pornographers are playing slow songs. The problem here is that all the catchy and showy vocal melodies, which actually serve as excellent window dressing for a band that is actually made up of some very talented musicians and a very brilliant songwriter in Carl Newman, really don't have as much depth to them as records past. Newman even gave his backing musicians on his solo release, The Slow Wonder, more wiggle room than this. Here his band seems underused, even bored.

Every New Pornographers release gets old after the melodies are worn out after a few listens, and Challengers offers the exact same feeling of exhiliration upon first listen. The difference here is that this just gets old quicker than most New Pornographer records.