Articles by Ryan McNutt

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  Two Hours Traffic

  Marquee Club, Halifax NS, December 20

  PUBLISHED Dec 21, 2013

  Far as I can recall, no one actually said the word "goodbye" at Two Hours Traffic's final Halifax show. Admittedly, that might have been a...

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  Dog Day / Cold Warps / Psychic Fair

  Marquee Club, Halifax NS, December 7

  PUBLISHED Dec 9, 2013

  Dog Day's new album Fade Out isn't a huge leap forward for the Halifax-based band, but it might be their best record, marrying a taste for...

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  The Creepshow

  Life After Death

  PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2013

  The Creepshow's fourth album opens with the sound of a flatlining heart monitor being replaced by a kick drum. The "rock music as rebirth"...

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  METZ

  Olympic Community Hall, Halifax NS, October 26

  PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2013

  While I'm normally the type to stick near the middle of a crowd, METZ actually inspired me to get as close to the speakers as humanly possi...

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  Japandroids

  Olympic Community Hall, Halifax NS, October 26

  PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2013

  Four years ago, Japandroids closed out Halifax Pop Explosion with a too-short set at the Paragon (Brian King was ill and the band went on l...

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  Young Galaxy

  Marquee Club, Halifax NS, October 25

  PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2013

  Halfway through Young Galaxy's night-ending set at the Marquee Club, things weren't looking up. The bass was drowning out the textures in t...

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  The Walkmen

  Olympic Community Hall, Halifax NS, October 25

  PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2013

  "We're a man down tonight," Walkmen vocalist Hamilton Leithauser told the crowd, "so cut us some slack." One song into the band's first-eve...

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  Fucked Up

  The Pavilion, Halifax NS, October 24

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2013

  Damian Abraham thrives in venues with low ceilings. With easy-to-grab rafters mere inches above his head, and a wide front-of-stage barrier...