Articles by Sandi Rankaduwa

Gary War

The Khyber, Halifax NS June 1

PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2012

After a solid, pulsating set from Transfixed & Body Language (whose lineup included the showcase's curator, Matt Samways of Electric Voice...

Bloodshot Bill

Bus Stop Theatre, Halifax NS May 31

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2012

Solo Montreal act Bloodshot Bill didn't just help kick off the OBEY Convention V, he stomped it into a blissful ruck of dancing, thrashing...

Mike O'Neill Talks New Film Project with 'Trailer Park Boys' Creator Mike Clattenburg

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2012

Although fresh on the release of his latest album Wild Lines and some Inbreds reunion shows, East Coast singer-songwriter Mike O'Neill alre...

Mike O'Neill

Reinventing the Artist

PUBLISHED Feb 29, 2012

"I really have an inferiority complex," confesses Mike O'Neill. Given his track record, this is hard to believe. The Juno-nominated and Ge...

Mike O'Neill

Wild Lines

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2012

After an eight-year silence, former Inbreds frontman Mike O'Neill unleashes his third solo effort, Wild Lines, and it's a panoply of pop pe...

Halifax Pop Explosion featuring Rich Aucoin, Thee Oh Sees, Dog Day, Chad VanGaalen

Halifax, NS October 18 to 22

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2011

In a city where there's typically only one, maybe two, sure-thing shows to attend every weekend, the Halifax Pop Explosion always leaves fe...

SappyFest featuring Arcade Fire, Charles Bradley, Chad VanGaalen, Owen Pallett

Sackville NB July 29-31

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2011

With or Without You, the slogan for Sackville, NB's sixth annual SappyFest, served as a lighthearted jab at the hugely publicized U2 and Ar...