Julie Doiron will perform at SappyFest this summer.
Sackville, N.B.-based music festival SappyFest recently announced Old Man Luedecke, Attack in Black, Rockets Red Glare, Daniel, Fred & Julie, The Heavy Blinkers, Apollo Ghosts, Mecca Normal, and more for its 2010 line-up.
SappyFest is an independent music festival produced annually in partnership with the Ok.Quoi?! Arts Festival, Struts Gallery and Faucet Media Arts Centre. The festival takes place July 30 to Aug. 1.
Other acts announced for the 2010 line-up include: $100, BA Johnston, Baby Eagle, Baird Brothers, Braids, By Divine Right, Contrived, Cat Pontoon, Diamond Rings, Dog Day, Etaoin Shrdlu, Julie Doiron, Katie Moore, Lullabye Arkestra, Metz, Michelle McAdorey, Moonsocket, P.S. I Love You, The Reveries, Richard Laviolette & The Oil Spills, Shapes & Sizes, Shotgun Jimmie, Skeletones Four, Snailhouse, Steamboat and The Silt.
Bands already confirmed for SappyFest 2010 include: The Sadies, Jim Guthrie, Chad Van Gaalen, The Felice Brothers and Holy Fuck.
SappyFest passes are available at all Ticketpro outlets and online here.
Dwayne and Duane release debut duet
Renowned Cape Breton fiddler Dwayne Côté and multi-award winning Newfoundland guitarist Duane Andrews have joined forces on a new album.
Côté and Andrews will launch their new self-titled CD this weekend with performances in Atlantic Canada and Maine. Atlantic dates are as follows:
May 15 – Sydney, N.S., CB Yacht Club, 6-10 p.m., $8 at the door – all ages
May 21 – St. Andrew’s, N.B., Arena Complex Theatre, 8 p.m.
May 22 – Halifax, N.S., 1313 Hollis St., 8 p.m., $10 – all ages
June 4 – Carbonear, N.L., Princess Sheila NaGeira Theatre, 8 p.m.
June 5 – St. John’s, N.L., DF Cook Recital Hall, MUN, 8 p.m., Tickets $15 at the door
The Dwayne Côté and Duane Andrews CD is available for purchase at their live shows, select music retailers, online at www.maplemusic.com and iTunes.
Diminished Fifth releases new compilation
Dartmouth metal label Diminished Fifth Records has announced the track listing of bands and songs to be released on its upcoming compilation album ‘The Music of Artisanship and War: Volume 3′ scheduled for a summer release.
This is the third compilation album to be released by the label as its approaches its four-year anniversary this summer, and the compilation features 21 tracks by some of the east coast’s heaviest acts.
Label head Josh Hogan says the toughest part of releasing these compilations is selecting tracks. D5R received over 65 submissions for songs from various artists and a jury pared the number down to 21.
The song listing for the album is as follows (alphabetically) :
Big Game Hunt – Lucky 13 (Halifax, N.S.)
Black Moor – Red Blood, Cold Steel (Cole Harbour, N.S.)
Bomarc – 11th Hour (Moncton, N.B.)
Broken Ohms – Give (Halifax, N.S.)
Coffin Birth – Hatchet Burial (Saint John, N.B.)
The.Daisy.Anthesis – Iced Currant and Crimson Ivy (Saint John, N.B.)
Dawn Brings Vengeance – Ravenous Horde (Fredericton, N.B.)
Death Valley Driver – Mothsblood (Charlottetown, P.E.I.)
Gallactus – Cylon Rising (Moncton, N.B.)
Iron Giant – Creator of Scars (Moncton, N.B.)
The Kamikaze Survival Guide – Earthquakes (Moncton, N.B.)
Last Call Chernobyl – Beneath the Veil (Halifax, N.S.)
The Motorleague – Let It Go (Moncton, N.B.)
North End Metal All-Stars – The Ballad of Drunkenforce (Halifax, N.S.)
Obsydian – Divine Sedition (Cole Harbour, N.S.)
Orchid’s Curse – Shadows of Imitation (Dartmouth,N.S.)
Rusted Dawn – I Am Becoming Death (Saint John, N.B.)
Thy Flesh Consumed – The Disciplined Scorn (Halifax, N.S.)
Uigg – Monstrosity (Charlottetown, P.E.I.)
Uncooperative Death – Murderous Apotheosis (Halifax, N.S.)
We, The Undersigned – Tonight I Dine On Turtle Soup (Fredericton, N.B.)
