Band:: Outdoor Miners Album:: self-titled Web:: http://www.myspace.com/outdoor miners Review:: http://www.herohill.com/2009/1 1/quick-hitters-outdoor-miners -release-7.htm Q1) What was the band's best musical moment of '09? Alec had to have surgery that had a much longer recovery time than originally expected, so we had to cancel all sorts of shit that we were looking forward to. When we were finally able to get back at it, we wrote a bunch of new songs that are probably our best yet (At least we think so). [...]
It's almost the weekend, and for all you youngens it's probably close to the end of your term/school year so you might as well head out on Friday for some drinks and great local music. Christina Martin - you know, #13 on our Best-of 2008 list - and The Prospector's Union (complete with 9 piece backing band) are fixing to crank out the jams at The Seahorse on Friday night , and thanks to Ms. Martin, we have 2 tickets for one lucky reader. All you have to do is [...]
(photo: myspace.com) What I love about writing a blog is having a documented record of the changes in my listening habits, and seeing the evolution/connection between records in my collection. Have you noticed how one artist leads you to another, or how a specific record sort of opens the door to a new genre or style that you may have not listened to before, and thereby exposing you to a whole new musical branch? What I've noticed lately is how I get into a regional listening pattern. For the better half of 2009, I've been pitching [...]
You cannot stop the herohill random question machine, you can only hope to contain it. So in that vein, our random question-fueled HPX preview-post series continues with a true friend of the hill: Matt Charlton of The Prospectors' Union . Matt is a truly talented man about town here in Halifax, not only running a PR company that has helped a ton of local bands from this part of the world get heard out there in the cyberspace, but he's also the driving force [...]
With CBC threatening to cancel the 5 PM airing of the Simpson, it only seems fitting that I run a Simpsons inspired "clip-show" style post trying to bring some shine to local artists. It's been an impressive year already and with Rich Aucoin, Jon McKiel and Ruth Minnikin all holding finished records in their respective vaults, we obviously aren't done yet. Obviously, record like Joel Plaskett , Classified and Jenn Grant would be standing high on this list, but if you are from Halifax and reading a music blog, chances are you already [...]
When it comes to promoting East Coast acts, there aren't many people working harder than Matt Charlton (well, except us of course). I remember when herohill first started getting emails from his PR firm – efficient, easy to download snippets without any of the glowing hyberbole that plagues not only music PR people, but bloggers as well – and I assumed Matt was just a guy that loved music and wanted to find a way to make a living from it. Now, a year or so later his roster has grown and [...]
There are a lot of things to talk about on this Halifax Friday Morning. First, the handy post counter shows that this is our 2004th post. Hot damn. Two thousand posts that range from diatribes about women with holes in the ass of their jeans, personal vendettas against Raps writer Dave Feschuk, Sportsguy Bill Simmons and unfunny yutz Robin Williams, copious amounts of poorly written reviews that are usually about 1000 words too long, golden age rap jams, and more weather metaphors than you can shake a stick at. We've been doing [...]
As is often the case, looks like me getting shipped out for work will result in missing a few good shows. First, I miss These Hands, First-Aid Kit and Rich Aucoin . Then I realized I'm going to miss The Pack A.D. when they tear down Gus' and now the news that Husband & Knife / The Prospector's Union will be playing the Lost & Found will I'm away. Dog Day's KC Spidle - incidentally, that is also an awesome hobo name - is playing a few East Coast dates [...]
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Quick Before It Melts
Bison - Quill
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Neutral Milk Hotel- Aeroplane Over the Sea
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