sebastien grainger

Sebastien Grainger and the Mountains recently came to Fredericton to play at the Capital Complex’s ‘Pop Explosion Hits Fredericton.”’

The concert series consisted of nearly a week of musical acts, a great number of whom happened to also plai in Halifax for the Pop Explosion weekend. The concerts featured artists like Two Hours Traffic, Tom Fun Orchestra, Matthew Barber, and The d’Urbervilles.

The Capital’s “Pop Explosion Hits Fredericton” started on Oct. 21, and culminated in the final show on Oct. 28, in which Grainger headlined.

Three years ago, I missed a chance to see Death from Above 1979, and I’ve regretted it ever since.

I had just started a new job working nights at a call centre in Saint John, and by the time I got to the bar that the dance-punk duo were playing at, the bar had reached max capacity.

When I found out that Sebastien Grainger, the former drummer and vocalist for DFA 1979, was playing at the Halifax Pop Explosion, I jumped at the chance to go. Bruns Production Editor Christian Hapgood was already headed to the city with a friend, so I hopped aboard.

What a weekend.

Josh: Is this your first solo embark outside of Toronto with the Mountains?

Sebastien: No, I think the first thing we did was a tour with Bloc Party and Albert Hammond – so we left the city pretty quickly, I think we played one show in the city and then went on tour.

J: How long ago was that?

S: Almost two years ago.

J: With the current lineup of the Mountains?

S: Yeah, as a three piece. Andrew [Scott] joined a year ago.

J: How long have you been working with the Mountains?