Videos to start your week right - ECMA Style

Not only did Moncton's The Motorleague come home from the ECMAs with an award for Loud Recording of the Year but they also won the Fan's Choice Video of the Year for this awesome "Hymn For The Newly Departed" video:



I caught The Motorleague's set at the Forward Music Group showcase at Governor's and they were awesome as always. Congrats boys!

In other video news, Cape Breton's Tom Fun Orchestra took home the Video of the Year award for "Throw Me To The Rats". Check it out:



To read the full list of ECMA winners, visit this site.

This week's show will feature a bunch of tracks from ECMA winners and nominees, so be sure to tune in Tuesday at 6:30pm.

Halifax is Burning is on Twitter!

Halifax Is Burning is joining the social media revolution, and now has a Twitter account.

Please follow the show at http://www.twitter.com/HfxIsBurning.

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Halifax Is Burning :: S02E05

I feel like punching myself in the throat for getting sick again. Blerg.

Played a whole lot of tunes this week, lots of new stuff. Didn't get a chance to talk about the ECMAs which are happening in Sydney, NS this week because there was too much awesome stuff going on in Halifax. This is a good place to be.

Also, in case you didn't know - Halifax is Burning is re-broadcast every week Fridays on CKDU from 1am to 2am. Perfect listening for when you get home from the sweet shows I preview every week.

March 2, 2010
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Track List
The Sheepdogs - I Don't Know
Scott Whithers & The Whispering Banshees - Ne'er-Do-Well
The Numbered Head - Alligator Gallop
Myles Deck & The Fuzz - Filthy Addiction
Stop Motion Massacre - Teledonics
Ocean Towers - The Stand
Kestrels - Ridicule
The Voice of Russia - Only Birch
Share Interview
Share - A Pause
Postdata - Lazarus
The Remains of Brian Borcherdt - Still Without You
Bad Vibrations - Think About Life
Dog Day - Ritual
The Pinecones - Sage
The Wooden Sky - (Bit Part)

Share The Wealth

Andrew Sisk is a generous man, and he is giving the new Share EP away online for free.

The EP - "Coco et Co." - is a three-song homage to "french pop with a bossa nova flare" and features the lovely Miranda Durka as an "up and coming accompanist."

(Download it HERE!)

Tonight on Halifax Is Burning, I'll have feature an interview with Share frontman Andrew Sisk. He'll talk about his new free EP, his upcoming West Coast tour and his lovely lady friend.

6:30pm-7:30pm on CKDU 88.1FM in Halifax, or online at CKDU.ca

Videos to start your week right.

Halifax is churning out the music videos these days. I'm liking it.
Here are four to get your week started right:

Dog Day - "Stray"


The Numbered Head - "Alligator Gallop"


Quiet Parade - "This House Is Haunted


Andrew Watt and the Glory Glory - "Sweeping Away"

Show of the year perhaps?

CKDU, The Coast, Forward Music Group & Picaroons beer presents:



Not only am I excited to play this show, I am excited to see four of my favorite bands in one night. It's gonna be a good one.

Be there.

Halifax Is Burning :: S02E04 - Back in the Habit!

Well, after some technical difficulties at the station, and some time off to go on tour - Halifax Is Burning is back on the radio airwaves and in the digital world better than ever!

Crammed two-weeks worth of awesome tunes into one week because the show is being pre-empted by the 8th Annual Homelessness Marathon.

February 18, 2010
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Track List
The Fat Stupids - Sixteen
Cuban Assassins - Money
Andrew Watt and the Glory Glory - One Day At A Time
Myles Deck & The Fuzz - Lights Out, Electric Co.
The Stanfields - Ship To Shore
Big Game Hunt - The Gods Drink Whiskey
The Motorleague - You Wear Me Down
Dog Day - Synastry
Sleepless Nights - Politics Part I
Share - Penmanship
Hamilton Trading Company - Wrong Reasons
The Diableros - Wandering Dry
Jon Epworth - Cities
The Slate Pacific - OEC (Senior Citizen Remix)