Articles by Michael Barclay

Canuck Signing Blitz

Sixtoo, Constantines, Royal City and Hidden Cameras Ink International Deals

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Shortly after his Sebutones partner Buck 65 signed to Warner Records, Sixtoo has inked a deal with Ninja Tune. The Halifax-now-Montreal DJ...

The Guthries's Blessings and Curses

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

The debut album by Halifax country band the Guthries, 2000's Off Windmill, seemingly came from nowhere, and the reaction was instantaneous....

The Russian Futurists's Keyboard Kaos

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

When then-23-year-old synth enthusiast Matthew Adam Hart released his debut album as the Russian Futurists in 2000, he sounded behind the t...

Sleater-Kinney The Future is Now

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Of the many so-called Important Rock Bands worthy of hyperbole today, few are, in reality, more than a retro retread. But the three women i...

Kid Koala Turns the Page

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

After small diversions like the multi-platinum Gorillaz project, Montreal DJ Kid Koala is about to release his first graphic novel, Nufonia...

Fire Strikes <b>Halifax Artistic Community</b>

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

A major block fire in Halifax on February 26 left about 20 people homeless, most of them artists and musicians who lost everything in the f...

Super Friendz Powers Reactivate

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Over five years after their break-up, Halifax's Super Friendz have reunited and recorded a new album slated for a July release. Since the b...

Kinnie Starr Joins the Circus

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Kinnie Starr will be starring in a new Cirque de Soleil production, which she describes as "an erotic cabaret," which opens on July 31 in L...