MAY 31ST - FREE SHOW @ CKDU

thursday, may 31st, 2012

5:00 pm @ the ckdu lobby (6136 university ave.)
free! all ages! listen online if you can't make it or tune into 88.1 fm @ 5:00 sharp.

PRMTV CCMLTN
BLOODSHOT BILL
J FM
SHEARING PINX

& maybe more?

WATERWORLD: THE ULYSSES CUT SCREENING TONIGHT

have you ever seen waterworld? ...the 1995 kevin costner epic about a dystopic futuristic world covered completely in ocean? where crust punks drink pee, smoke cigarettes & fight each other on the open sea, searching for clues to the mythical dry land?
have you ever seen the ulysses cut? it's probably the punkest movie that's ever existed. before waterworld was released in theaters, the film was around four hours long. fearing the target audience wouldn't have the attention spans, the studio cut the film down to two hours, removed much of the dialogue & character development & left all of the action, essentially making the film a weird disjointed mess.
years later when waterworld was beginning to screen on television they had to censor a lot of the violence which made it far too short for a three hour film block complete with commercials. they added back in the missing pieces & different scenes, yet still the film was incomplete & inconsistent.
a full version has never been officially released but fans online have taken both versions & edited them together to make a nearly four hour long version of waterworld, complete with all of the violence & action of the theatrical version & all of the plot & character development of the television version.

ever wonder what the fuck is going on in waterworld? now you can find out as we're filling in the plot holes for you & screening the ulysses cut tonight at midnight, appropriately on the halifax waterfront. bring blankets, fireworks & coffee. it'll be a late night.
meet at the ferry terminal at 12:00 (after the lavender den show).

DRY LAND IS A MYTH (well, actually it's not, & this cut of the film actually explains where dry land is geographically in the world... exciting!)

HWF3 "SHITTY HALI MAP"

a map of where everything is happening. sorry we didn't get this up before yesterday. hopefully everyone's been finding everything okay!

HWF3 WORKSHOPS - MAY 26TH & 27TH

free/pwyc workshops as a part of harbour water fest 3. check it out!

HARBOUR WATER FEST 3 MIXTAPE DOWNLOAD

here's an online mix that I threw together for harbour water fest 3. it features the majority of the bands (23 out of 25) playing over the weekend. you'll likely notice that it is really diverse stylistically & no two bands sound alike. this is intentional! we want there to be something for everyone at the fest from banjo playing smoke rolling skids, to cynical anarchist post-everything jerks, to silly queer weirdos in short shorts, to posi pop punk geeks drinking soda pop, to flailing ska kids (if they even exist anymore), to crusty angry & stoned punks who are too stubborn to dance, to honest folks who write zines & play the guitar with their fingers all quiet. punks who want something better. punks who do their best. punks who don't give a fuck, yet give ALL of the fucks at the same time.
punks who get it. that's what this is about!

1. tongan death grip - rad moves
2. key teens - swingin' party reprise
3. malhenri knox/symbols/iconoclasm - klaxon pro choix (revenge of the sith)
4. concrete asylum - lost in the crisis
5. eekum seekum - pink dollar$
6. bloodbeard - rot & cestros
7. snail party - everything is o.k. (more or less)
8. vixens - stop fucking yourself
9. ryley, the official sucker - fuck you halifax (hangover headache)
10. sockfoot - shoot into our open palms
11. uncle - caged ape
12. bless yr heart - take my heart
13. force quit - bodily domain
14. remise - salvatore
15. jakery - going deep
16. money in the banana stand - lifestyles
17. ((prmtv-ccmltn)) - psychic repression
18. fail better - blanket forts (& broken kneecaps)
19. mournwood - salve
20. the rise - catching up
21. the fucking gummi bears - over & over
22. story. - broken glass
23. celery soup - unexpectedly

DOWNLOAD HERE FROM MEDIAFIRE

fuck, I'm sitting inside & I'm sweating. it's going to be a scorcher today. blast this shit on your stoops! spread the link around.

HARBOUR WATER FEST 3 - MAY 27TH

may 27th, 2012

7:00 pm @ the lavender den (allan st & chebucto ln)
all ages / 5$ or pay what you can

SNAIL PARTY
BLOODBEARD (toronto)
JAKERY
MALARKY NORTHER (alberta)
RYLEY, THE OFFICIAL SUCKER
BLESS YR HEART

this is the last show of harbour water fest 3. come out & stomp your feet, strain your voices, puke your guts out & say goodbye to all the lovely fuck ups you met over the weekend.
we're going to play an epic game of four square on the oval immediately after this show. fuck yeah!

poster by sorrel.

HARBOUR WATER FEST 3 - MAY 26TH

may 26th, 2012

7:00 pm sharp @ shake it dance (5523 cornwallis)
all ages / 5$

FORCE QUIT (toronto)
PRMTV CCMLTN
UNCLE (pei)
KEY TEENS
REMISE (moncton)
THE FUCKING GUMMI BEARS (moncton)

this is the third show of harbour water fest 3. it's a really diverse line up. everything from powerviolence, to pop punk, to hardcore, to ska, to screamo. don't be afraid to get into it. dance/thrash/skank/cry/whatever. it's all good.

poster by beyon magic champagne.

HARBOUR WATER FEST 3 - MAY 25TH NIGHTTIME

may 25th, 2012

7:00 pm sharp @ shake it dance (5523 cornwallis)
all ages / 5$

TONGAN DEATH GRIP
CONCRETE ASYLUM
FAIL BETTER (montreal)
VIXENS
EEKUM SEEKUM
MONEY IN THE BANANA STAND (pei)

the second show of harbour water fest 3. you should try to be at the venue very close to door time. first band will likely start about ten minutes after 7:00 pm. don't be late & miss out & then complain to me.
as with all the shows we have a zero tolerance for bullshit policy. be nice. use your head. fuck shit up but respect the venue & everyone around you.

click the button up to the right of this post for more info on the fest in general.

poster by rosie davis & adam kindred.

HARBOUR WATER FEST 3 - MAY 25TH AFTERNOON

may 25th, 2012

12:00 noon @ the treehouse (6113 willow)
all ages / 5$ or pay what you can

SOCKFOOT
STORY. (pei)
MOURNWOOD
THE RISE (moncton)
CELERY SOUP (guelph)

this is the kickoff show/meet up for harbour water fest 3. bring some food to share. we're going to try & find a bbq to borrow (do you have have one?) & cook up a bunch of veggie dogs & other stuff.
backyard show! pray for sunshine. don't be late! don't get drunk unless you want to feel really tired & weird for the rest of the day...

poster by mary burnet.

HARBOUR WATER FEST 3 - MAY 25TH, 26TH, 27TH

harbour water fest, the annual all ages d.i.y. punk fest that a couple of us organize ever year is just under two weeks away. this site is likely going to be saturated with HWF3 content for the next couple weeks so be warned & get into it.
this is OFFICIAL fest poster, so please feel free to spread it around far & wide. you can find more information on the fest by clicking on the huge button over there to the right.
individual show posters are in the works & will posted soon along with more detailed information on workshops.
there will be a HWF3 downloadable mixtape with a bunch of bands playing the fest posted to this page in a couple days as well. in the meantime, like last year, here are some links we think you should check out to get yourselves as stoked as we are.

click here & here & here & here & here & here.

show photos & review - april 28th house show on agricola

It seems like there have been house shows every weekend for the last while, and that really rules! I had only been to one show at the Lockerbie house previously and I noticed they have the gear set up differently (facing to the side instead of towards the back of the basement) which I liked a lot better. ABJECT PAX played first after waiting around a bit for an amp and then kindly being lent one. I had a lot of fun playing, not gonna write about it any more because it's my own band and that's awkward.

Then CONCRETE ASYLUM were up, who I always enjoy. They play rippin' fast hardcore with nods to CONCRETE SOX, RIPCORD, NEGATIVE FX for those who haven't caught them playing yet, that seems to be increasingly fast each time they play. One of their new songs is a little weirder and a little powerviolency, which I dug. They're been playing more frequently recently it seems and it shows in people nodding their heads a bit more while they're playing. I think this band is gonna grow on people alot, especially when they get to know the songs that are so blisteringly fast at points it can be hard to follow if you're not familiar with them. Then I noticed that Adam's amp that he had borrowed had started smoking...which I pointed out and the set abruptly ended...

Next up were WORD ON THE STREET, self described STRAIGHT AHEAD worship, although personally I think that they transcend this. I LOVE this band.  They're so tight, high energy, and Chris Murdoch's vocals sound exactly like the singer from HERESY. I hope these guys continue to play more often, especially in mixed bag shows like this...it adds a nice sense of variety but fits in perfectly. High energy set that culminated in a cover of I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU which to me is a surprising and hilarious choice for this band. Also I got an awesome photo of Cody clearly laughing at the dude in the front who was being a maniac.





NAPALM RAID played next, which I thought was kinda odd (I assumed they would play last as it was their tour kickoff) but I guess it was SEX WIZARD'S house so whatever. Anyway, Napalm Raid are always great to see (I'm sure everyone is already familiar with their straight up DOOM/DISCHARGE influenced crusty dbeat) and I feel like they have a pretty big following in Halifax, so it's high energy with people rockin' out in the front. I've always been into them, but I think their new stuff is super super good and I was glad to catch them before they headed off on their big huge tour (which includes them playing Chaos In Tejas, amazingggg majorly jealous). Then they played a RIPCORD cover, which Ben sang for them and it ruled my life.





I didn't really catch SEX WIZARD, it was packed by then and I had peed on myself in the alley a little and was rounding up my peeps to head home. It seemed like everyone was having a good time when I ducked briefly into the basement, though.

All in all, a fun show with a great lineup, hopefully this house continues to have 'em.

- Rosie Davis

MAY 19TH - ALL AGES PUNK SHOW @ PROSKATES

saturday, may 19th, 2012
7:00 pm @ proskates (quinpool near the timmies)
all ages/5$

NEGATIVE CIRCLES
THEIDON'TGIVEARIPS
GO GET FUCKED (sackville, nb)
WORD ON THE STREET

fuck yes. another rad show in the equally rad proskates backroom.
apparently negative cirles & theidon'tgivearips are releasing a split cassette on this night but so far everyone seems a little unsure about whether or not that will actualize.
regardless, come check this out. maybe you'll be lucky & the boys in negative circles will break a few skateboards over your head or something.
in the meantime, click here for a digital preview of the upcoming split tape.