Category Archives: Music

The Twisted Song by RoMoMac

By Iain K. MacLeod | Published: 30-September-2009

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Sony, Warner, Universal and EMI Put Finishing Touches On Selves

By Iain K. MacLeod | Published: 11-August-2009

One senior record label insider said: “Ours will be a file that you click on, it opens and it would have a totally brand-new look, with a launch page and all the different options. When you click on it you’re not just going to get the ten tracks, you’re going to get the artwork, the [...]

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Windom Earle on the Road

By Iain K. MacLeod | Published: 20-May-2009

21-MAY-2009: WINDOM EARLE / ANGRY PARROTS / JENOCIDE @ green room (Montreal) 23-MAY-2009: OVER THE TOP – Tiny Masters, Windom Earle, The Superstitions (Toronto)

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FWD: THE BEST SHOW on WFMU MARATHON WEEK TWO! TEDDY! AIMEE! PFT! HODGMAN!

By Iain K. MacLeod | Published: 10-March-2009

Well, this space is underused. Might as well re-blog: Hello everybody! It’s Tom Scharpling, the host of The Best Show On WFMU, heard every Tuesday night from 8-11 PM EST over at WFMU (91.1 FM/www.wfmu.org) . WFMU is in the middle of its fundraising marathon, and I will be doing my second and final marathon show this [...]

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NL + NB

By Iain K. MacLeod | Published: 13-November-2008

Windom Earle begin their three-night stay in Newfoundland at The Ship on November 13 alongside A/V and The Kettle Black. They play CBTGs on the 14 with BA Johnston, and return to The Ship with him on November 15. from Holding out for a hero | The Scope You can catch Windom Earle and Hamilton’s B.A. Johnston [...]

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This Nova Scotia Music Week Has 4 Days

By Iain K. MacLeod | Published: 13-November-2008

Do to random comment spam, I realized I already have a post called Windom Takes New Glasgow. Here is an update.

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Hanging up on the Pom Phone

By Iain K. MacLeod | Published: 3-October-2008

The Pomegranate phone is the thrust of a $300 000 “viral” marketing campaign by the Province of Nova Scotia to lure ex-pats back home. It features a mythical mobile phone that can do all sorts of useful things (that actual cell phones can do nowadays) plus some extra “out there” features like a harmonica and [...]

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Meg Genius

By Iain K. MacLeod | Published: 19-September-2008

It recently came to my attention that due to the prolific quality of his work, a Mr. Jack White of a rock band called the White Stripes is considered by many a genius. Having never heard this group who, as I understand, are quite popular in the Western world, I was able to catch them [...]

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Beefed-up Party Tracks

By Iain K. MacLeod | Published: 19-September-2008

Stairway to Hamilton was recorded in Halifax—where he lived for a spell before returning to Hamilton two years ago—with Dave Ewenson at Echo Chamber. Noticeable on this album is the beefed-up sound on his party tracks, which benefit from the musical input of Windom Earle’s Stephan MacLeod. From The Coast.

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Ted Times Two

By Iain K. MacLeod | Published: 17-September-2008

One of the world’s most innovative comedians, Zach Galifianakis, joined up with comedian AD Miles, record producer Jon Brion and Fiona Apple (yes, that Fiona Apple) to record the ultra-danceable track “Up In Them Guts”. We guarantee that it’ll soon to outpace “You Look Mahvelous” by Billy Crystal but will never touch anything by Joe [...]

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HNiC

By Iain K. MacLeod | Published: 3-September-2008

Over here at CBC Radio 3, we’ve sifted through thousands of entries and found six themes by six independent Canadian artists that we want you to rate for us on our blog. Will any of these five be in contention for the title? :: Windom Earle “Get On Into It” (Halifax) :: Eden Fineday (Vancougar) “The Speed [...]

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Dick Stacey’s Country Jamboree

By Iain K. MacLeod | Published: 3-September-2008

A Forest of Guitars | MetaFilter

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Experienced Compact & Digital Versatile Disc Sale

By Iain K. MacLeod | Published: 18-July-2008

For More information: Facebook • Halifax Locals • The Coast • Infomonkey • KiJiJi • Craigslist

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Live Recording

By Iain K. MacLeod | Published: 23-June-2008

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Busting stupid moves in a big sweaty crowd

By Iain K. MacLeod | Published: 23-June-2008

If you’re going to get into a situation like this (especially a Windom Earle show) expect to get drenched with sweat; not only yours, but that of the people around you too. —Pat Garrity

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Dan Norman

By Iain K. MacLeod | Published: 9-June-2008

There’s something about a recording that when you feeling like you’re going your voice is going on tape you’re liable to, well, do some little thing, make a little slip in saying a word or something in the song that just won’t be perfect. It’s human nature I guess to be a little bit nervous [...]

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HELP HPX FIGHT HALIFAX CITY HALL

By Iain K. MacLeod | Published: 5-June-2008

HPX NEEDS YOU HELP Please take a minute to read this and write an email to help us get support for our funding application. BACKGROUND Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) has never had enough funding for any festivals and events. Halifax Pop Explosion has not received funding in several years, because we stopped applying because the city would only come [...]

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Actors with Passable Voices

By Iain K. MacLeod | Published: 21-May-2008

…she comes across as a touch slow, as if she’d been hit in the head with a blunt object before she got to the studio. Or, at least, as if she should have been. —Carl Wilson on Scarlett Johansson covering Tom Waits Lost in translation | globeandmail.com

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