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SONIC CONCERTS presents Sarah Harmer’s Maritime fall tour, Oct. 29 - Nov. 3

JUNO Award-winning singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer returns to the east coast in support of her recently released album oh little fire during a Maritime tour, Oct. 29 to Nov. 3.  Dates include:

Oct. 29            Halifax                        Rebecca Cohn Auditorium

Oct. 30            Fredericton                The Playhouse

Nov. 1             Saint John                 The Imperial Theatre

Nov. 2             Sackville                     Sackville United Church

Nov. 3             Summerside              The Harbourfront Theatre

Harmer’s first album in five years, oh little fire includes 10 new songs and a cover of “Silverado,” written by Music Maul’s Trevor Henderson, who plays lap steel on the album, and features Neko Case on back up vocals.  The album was co-produced by Harmer and Gavin Brown (Metric) and recorded in Toronto and Wolfe Island.

The Globe and Mail said, “...there’s not a word put out of place, not a note her clean voice misses, not a melody that fails to take you by the hand.”

The Washington Post said, “...bright and contagious at times, buoyed by cleverly engaging lyrics and an unabashed pop production.”

After departing her band Weeping Tile in the late 90s, Harmer went on to release three solo albums, including her platinum selling debut You Were Here (2000), which featured the singles “Basement Apartment” and “Don’t Get Your Back Up,” All Of Our Names (2004) and I’m A Mountain (2005).  She appeared on Neko Case’s critically-acclaimed 2009 album Middle Cyclone as well as albums by Blue Rodeo, The Weakerthans, Bruce Cockburn and The Rheostatics, among others.

Tickets are $32.50 in advance and $37.50 day of show (including tax) PLUS service charge and go on sale this Friday, Aug. 27.

Halifax tickets go on sale at 12noon and will be available at Dalhousie Arts Centre box office (6101 University Ave.), by phone at 494-3820 (1-800-874-1669) and online at www.sonicconcerts.com.

Fredericton tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. and will be available at The Playhouse box office (686 Queen St.), by phone at 458-8344 (1-866-884-5800) and online at www.sonicconcerts.com.

Saint John tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. and will be available at The Imperial Theatre box office (24 King Square South), by phone at 674-4100 (1-800-323-7469) and online at www.sonicconcerts.com.

Sackville tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. and will be available at all Ticketpro outlets, including The Live Bait Theatre (87 Main St.) and Tidewater Books (4 Bridge St.), by phone at 1-888-311-9090 and online at www.sonicconcerts.com.

Summerside tickets go on sale at 12noon and will be available at Harbourfront Theatre box office (124 Harbour Dr.), by phone at 888-2500 (1-800-708-6505) and online at www.sonicconcerts.com. 

For more information on Sarah Harmer, visit: www.sarahharmer.com

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The show is @ the Manhattan on Friday August 27th.

$15 @ the door and 19+.

Beneath the Massacrehttp://www.myspace.com/btm 

ION DISSONANCE
http://www.myspace.com/iondissonance

Dischord
http://www.myspace.com/dischordband

Featuring headlining act from Montreal, Beneath the Massacre (Prosthetic records) 

will be on tour to support their 3rd album, Maree Noir.

With fellow countrymen as broad, and as brutal, as Kataklysm, Cryptopsy, Neuraxis, and Gorguts and modern contemporaries like Ion Dissonance, Fuck The Facts, and Despised Icon, coupled with recurring time on the road with Germans Necrophagist, BENEATH THE MASSACRE is  a step up from their American brethren, not only in sheer heaviness but in composed, technical musicianship within the confines of song structure that doesn't meander beyond its means, yet still pushes the limits of what extreme metal can be.

Ion Dissonance will be in the supporting slot. Also from Montreal, Ion Dissonance will be supporting their upcoming album called Curse (Century Media).

After playing more than 750 shows in over 5 years of touring, Ion Dissonance went into hiatus to concentrate on a more personal life, and renew their inspiration to create extreme music and take it to a whole new level. With their heaviest and most extreme album to date, the band is ready to bring their fresh new style to a whole new level... “Cursed “Ion Dissonance's fourth full length will be released worldwide in August 2010.

Local Moncton band Dischord will be opening the show. They are presently recording their second album at Trimedia studio and they will be playing a couple of new tracks to give people a glimpse of the upcoming release which will be called Casualties of War. They will also embark on their first Quebec tour in October.

Music New Brunswick is proud to announce the return of Semaine MNB Week, a three day musical event that will take place in Moncton on October 7th, 8th and 9th. Three nights of showcasing in multiple venues.

Music New Brunswick is now taking submissions from artists who wish to showcase during Semaine MNB Week 2010.

Showcase Eligibility

• All applicants must be MNB members.

• All applicants must be available on the evenings of October 7th, 8th and 9th 2010

The application form is available below. All forms must be completed and returned to Music NB by August 25th 2010.

INFO AND FORMS HERE: http://www.musicnb.org/Default.aspx?base

The completed application form and supporting documents can be submitted to Music NB via

Email: contact@musicnb.org

or

Mail / Office: 108 High Street, Suite 209, Moncton, NB, E1C 6B5

Telephone : (506) 383-4662