Mike O'Neill

Halifax Festival Shows Winter Isn't Dead

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) February 2, 2009 1:38 pm
Festival organizer and performer Amelia Curran described In The Dead Of Winter best: "It's like Christmas, only better." More than 50 musical acts performed at five venues around Halifax from Jan. 27 to 31, and Curran and fellow festival organizers Heather Gibson, Tanya Davis and Don Brownrigg outdid themselves. This year's Dead fest...
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Mike O'Neill Starts Again With The Beginners At St. Stephen's

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 5, 2008 2:00 pm
"I was really nervous before this show, so my brother went down the street to a bar and picked me up a shot of whiskey in a plastic bottle," opener Laura Peek giggled after she'd played a few songs on Friday at St. Stephen-In-The-Fields Church. "They funneled it into the bottle. I'm not nervous anymore." The Halifax-based...
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The Beginners

Mike O'Neill @ NXNE 2000

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By Brian Pascual (CHARTattack) June 14, 2000 11:30 am
Hometown: Halifax, NS Background/Composition: O'Neill unveils a full band with guitars, and piano joining the bass and drum setup he has been known for in the past. Still able to write the perfect pop song that can stay in your head all day. Achievement of Rock 'n' Roll Expectations: 80-100: Band exceeds skill and knowledge...
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NXNE 2000

Mike O'Neill — What Happens Now?

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By Brian Pascual (CHARTattack) June 6, 2000 5:39 pm
Even though the breakup of the Inbreds royally pissed me off, I will say this: The bass and drum combo format was starting to get stale. Rather than capture the spirit of Hilario and Kombinator, Winning Hearts seemed like a step back for Messrs. O'Neill and Ulrich. Instead, the full, gorgeous sound of the unfairly overlooked It's Sydney Or The...
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What Happens Now

I Read The News Today... For Aug. 20, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 20, 2010 12:14 pm
Former Inbreds singer/bassist Mike O'Neill is helping Halifax indie rockers In-Flight Safety record new material. —TwitterDallas Green has written a song about the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster called "At The Bird's Foot." But he says it's different from many of the other songs about the tragedy because he focuses...
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Zunior.com Turns Five

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 20, 2009 4:29 pm
Zunior.com turns five this year and the music retail website has organized a few special events to celebrate its birthday. The first is the Independent Music Hall Of Fame, which the site describes as "a new award that we will present every year to two of the best independent Canadian artists of all time." You can nominate your...
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Mike O'Neill and Charles Austin

Lodge Of Inbred Hermit Super Friendz

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) March 31, 2009 4:51 pm
The idea of an Inbreds-Thrush Hermit-Super Friendz east coast supergroup is no longer just the wild masturbatory fantasy of half of the CHARTattack writing staff. It's now a reality. The Lodge — made up of Mike O'Neill (The Inbreds), Charles Austin (The Super Friendz, Neuseiland), Cliff Gibb (Thrush Hermit) and Andrew Glencross (Neuseiland) —...
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The Beginners Are Really Inbred Super Friendz

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By Natalia Manzocco (CHARTattack) May 1, 2008 5:00 pm
It's been four years since Mike O'Neill released an album, and fans of the former Inbreds songwriter/bassist are getting a mite impatient. But O'Neill has had his hands full since The Owl was released in 2004. He's been playing on and off in three or four bands, trying his hand at record production, doing sound for the hit Canadian show Trailer...
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Mike O'Neill @ CMW 2001

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By Brian Pascual (CHARTattack) April 3, 2001 12:30 pm
Hometown: Halifax, NS Background/Composition: The quintessential songsmith, O'Neill returns to Toronto with yet another four-piece, all-star Halifax combo. Achievement of Rock 'n' Roll Expectations 80-100: Band exceeds skill and knowledge expectations. Rocked us so hard we peed our pants. 70-79: Band achieves required skills and...
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Mike O'Neill's Album Voted As Canada's Best

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By Andrew Horan (CHARTattack) April 3, 2001 7:30 am
After being passed over for an East Coast Music Award Mike O'Neill has finally been recognized for his artistic achievement by winning the Best Alternative Rock Album for What Happens Now, at the Canadian Independent Music Awards. The awards were handed out last night as a culmination of Canadian Music Week. O'Neill has the distinction of...
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Mike O'Neill Announce Slew Of Tour Dates

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By CHARTattack Staff February 27, 2001 3:30 pm
Attention fans of the mucho adored Mike O'Neil! The runner-up in Chart Magazine's Y2K Year-end Readers' Poll will be heading out on a very extensive tour of Canada with a few shows in the States. This comes hot on the heels of the former Inbreds frontman's successful performance at last week's 2001 East Coast Music Association Gala Awards show...
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