There is something magical that happens in a small town and Sackville New Brunswick is no exception. Sackville contains one artist run centre, Struts Gallery, which also houses Faucet Media Arts Center, one gallery, Owens Art Gallery, one natural food store, one cafe, one cinema, you get the idea. The art community in Sackville has [...]
John and Tessa interview the friendly folks behind Sackville, New Brunswick’s Shotgun and Jaybird: Shotgun Jimmie, Dick Morello, Paul Henderson and Julie Doiron. Warm, giggly, and mature they make me miss the East Coast. Catch them playing here on Nov. 13th at O Patro Vys.
We learn that:
The Mayor of Sackville works at Greco Pizza.
Shotgun [...]
Jonathan @ Popmontreal: Here’s a grab bag of experiences, concert reviews, and interviews from Wednesday to now (in several parts) covering popmontreal for Indyish and Halifax’s arts weekly “The Coast”.
Thursday
I spoke to Sloan’s Jay Ferguson and the wide ranging conversation included the future of the band, thoughts on the new album, the worst show he’s [...]
Jonathan @ Popmontreal: Here’s a grab bag of experiences, concert reviews, and interviews from Wednesday to now (in several parts) covering popmontreal for Indyish and Halifax’s arts weekly “The Coast”.
Wednesday
Tessa’s already posted about some Wednesday and Thursday adventures so I’ll try not to reiterate. I arrived at O Patro Vys around 21:00 to see Toronto’s [...]
Woooo! Let the games begin!!
I went with Indyish reporters, Jonathan Stewart and Sarah Beall, to pick up our pases at Hotel Godin and wade through the goody bag and press material. The sampler cd looks great this year though I haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet (or do my laundry for that [...]