Even though I suspect this here site is by new old farts for new old farts, I am sure there are more than a few interested in another flourishing of the band scene in Halifax. The weekly The Coast, the only way now to keep in touch with my old City since The Daily News website became so bad, talks about the new bands in its cover story this week:

There’s something happening in the Halifax underground. Listen closely, talk to music fans at some of the shows and a sound starts to form, connected through friendships, similar influences and ideas. Halifax is in the midst of an independent musical resurgence. Not since the early ’90s have there been so many young bands making new sounds this vibrant and exciting. One of the bands at the forefront of this movement is the dance-punk five-piece Sharp Like Knives, whether they care to put themselves in that position or not. "We don’t want to be the next Sloan," says Boone over coffee in a north end Halifax cafe. "That major-label, MuchMusic-regular-rotation isn’t really me."