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Rock of Independence
July 02, 2008 | 03:14 PM
For those of you who haven't had enough flag-waving yet and are craving more patriotic themed events, you're in luck. Rock of Independence, July 4 at the Bus Stop Theatre (6pm, $7) is a night of metal and hard rock, with King Ruckus from Moncton ("groovy metal"), Surefire Machine (Toronto) ("hard hitting anthemic rockabilly"), Badseed Overdrive ("super chunky riffy metal band"), Broken Ohms singer Peter Hubley is playing an acoustic set, Janus ("cultish metal band") and Halcyon ("ethereal high emotional folk rock band"). (All band descriptions thoughtfully provided by Brett Campaigne from Janus). The show, booked originally by Heather Doran of Halcyon, was "booked as a fluke but when it came to coming up for a theme for the show it was appropriate that it fell on independence day." Says Campaigne. Janus are currently working on a self produced demo and planning a show for August 16th with Winnipeg's gothic metal troupe Nocturnal Divinity. Personally, I am glad people still consider themes necessary for shows. It's a rare breed of show, but I do appreciate it. - The Coast
Simply put...amazing
Right as the song began I thought it sounded an awful lot like Pink Floyd's "Speak to Me/Breathe" off of their album 'Darkside of the Moon'. Yet it sounded different, and it was both soothing and exciting, the recording is of great quality and the performance is equal in greatness. I wasn't expecting the vocals that came out, but to say the least it was a good surprise. This vocalist has a great voice, kind of like Linda Perry from the band 4 Non Blondes (who happens to be one of my favorite singers, so extra points there.) The lyrics are great, everything meshes together nicely, there isn't a weak point of the song. The music crescendos appropriately at points and refocuses your attention, even though there isn't really any need due to the song never crossing into the boring area. Not only is this by far the best song I've reviewed on this site but it has also become one of my new favorite songs period. I hope this band has more gold where this song came from because I am hungry for more. Much more.
Reviewed by: Bled_Dead_Rose from Chetek, Wisconsin
www.garageband.com/halcyon - Reviewed by: Bled_Dead_Rose from Chetek, Wisconsin
CKDU 88.1 MHz - Halifax
Loud
For the Week Ending: Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Other CKDU charts: Top 30 Electronic Hip Hop Loud
Other Loud charts: !earshot | CFMH CFOU CFUV CHRW CHUO CHYZ CILU CIOI CJAM CJLO CJSR CJSW CJUM CKDU CKUT CKXU
TW LW Artist Title Label
1 2 Duchess Says Anthologies Des 3 Perchoirs Alien8
2 -- Cancer Bats Hail Destroyer Distort
3 1 The Nymphets Feels Like Motherfuckers Psychic Handshake
4 5 Various Vancouver's Punk As Fuck VPAF
5 -- Be Your Own Pet Get Awkward Ecstatic Peace
6 -- Halcyon Halcyon Independent
7 -- I Hate Sally/GFK Sp(l)it Underground Operations
8 3 Cursed Three Goodfellow
9 -- Menace Ruine Cult Of Ruins Alien 8
10 -- Evile Enter The Grave Earache
- !Earshot Online - http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/ckdu.cfm
Discography
Halcyon - Hear me out (2008)
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Bio
In the small town Of Halifax Nova Scotia, Singer/songwriter, Heather Doran collaborated with Dan Doran to express their love for music and Halcyon was formed. With it unique sound and vocals, Halcyon has moved fast in the past couple of years and has played in Many venue across Canada. With Ian Kean on drums and Kieran Richardson on bass guitar Halcyôn has been described as a unique sound with passion and rocking groove.
The word has spread quickly about Halcyon and their unique sound. They have been featured on CKDU and Q104 in Halifax and are expanding to more radio stations throughout Canada. Halcyôn has toured Toronto at many venues including Clinton's Tavern, The Blue Moon and The legendary, Planet Kensington. They have been a part of many charity events such as: Rock for the Cure (Breast Cancer Research) and Saint Mary's University fund raisers.
With the growing popularity of their music, Halcyon is looking to move into the mainstream and playing more around North America.
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