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Money Talks: local features at the Atlantic Film Fest
Tonight, the 35th Atlantic Film Festival kicks off with the premiere of Hyena Road, the new Paul Gross–Allan Hawco joint about Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan (7pm, Rebecca Cohn). There are a number of internationally acclaimed films and shorts screening in the next eight days, but there are also great batch of Atlantic-made features that show just how skilled […]
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Tales from the Cryptorips & Viet Cong show tonight
Mark Mullane knows what’s up. The former frontman of Halifax’s ’90s phenomenon North of America got pals together last year and started Cryptorips, a semi-nostalgic return to the math-rock of his youth. After only a few shows, the band was exciting music nerds everywhere; in July, Cryptorips opened the Toronto reunion of ’90s indie-shoegaze legends, The Swirlies. Not […]
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Nova Scotia Music Week nominees announced
The first round of nominees have been announced for Molson Canadian Nova Scotia Music Week, taking place in Yarmouth this year from November 5 to November 8. YEAH DOGGY. The NSMW Super Show closes it out on the Sunday night at the Mariners Centre. This year’s top nominees include In-Flight Safety with six nominations, Christina Martin and […]
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Check out all these locals playing Pop Montréal
From this Wednesday until this Sunday, the city of Montréal will be “fire,” as they say. The kids say that. Dozens of music’s ‘coolest’ acts (Thurston Moore, for one, and Motörhead, for some reason) will take over the land of smoked meat sandies and cheap gross ’40s for Pop Montreal. I wish I could go but alas. Luckily The […]
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From the car: a text-interview with Montreal’s Babysitter
Babysitter, one of Montreal’s gnarliest rock bands, will play in Halifax tonight and tomorrow night and you should almost definitely check them out. Do it for me. Originally from Victoria, B.C., the prolific trio of dudes relocated to the east last year and recently released a seven-inch split on Toronto’s Pleasance Records with Calgary’s Hagface (side note: last fall, […]
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How the Atlantic Fringe Festival made it to 25 years
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Atlantic Fringe Festival, Halifax’s alternative and accessible community-based small-theatre spectacular. And this week, there’s even more than the festival’s longevity to celebrate. Days before the Fringe’s Thursday, September 3 opening, Halifax city council approved only $8,750 of the festival’s $14,500 usual allocation for a special events grant. […]
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Q&A with Jake “The Snake” Roberts
In the history of professional wrestling, no man inspired more fear in his opponents than Jake “The Snake” Roberts. At 6-feet 6-inches tall, Roberts wreaked havoc on Andre the Giant, Macho Man Randy Savage, Ultimate Warrior and every wrestler in his path with his chilling laugh and deadly python, Damien. After almost 30 years in the […]
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Country Christmas
Brett Kissel Wednesday, September 16, 8pm Casino Nova Scotia, 1983 Upper Water Street $25 Halifax turns into a gat-dang rodeo this weekend to host Canadian Country Music Week and the Canadian Country Music Awards, with performances by some of pop-country’s biggest stars—like Alberta’s own Brett Kissel. While Halifax seems like an unlikely place to celebrate […]
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‘Liberated’ Matthew Good plays Halifax, tickets on sale Friday
Matthew Good, the king of early 2000s Can-rock, is coming to Halifax on his cross-country tour in support of his new album Chaotic Neutral. He will play on December 9 at The Marquee Club. Tickets go on sale on Friday, September 11 (10am) via ticketpro.ca or by phone. From the press release: In his two […]
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Photos: Rebecca West at Pro Skates
Last night at Pro Skateboards & Surfboards, 90s-era Halifax band Rebecca West reunited for a sick set in anticipation of the band’s performance at Pop Montreal later this month. Fronted by Allison Outhit, with Lukas Pearse on bass and Dale Hussey on drums, Rebecca West played from both Cinnamon Toast Records albums, including the amazing jam “State of Grace,” […]
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Sunday Jam: The Okay Day Patio Party Playlist
This Sunday, 13 Halifax DJs and some special guests will ROCK YOUR FUCKING BODY all day and all night at The Argyle Bar & Grill ($10, 3pm to close). To celebrate this special event (and $3.75 drinks), we present The Okay Day Patio Party Playlist to start your weekend. Brought to you by OKAY TK, in partnership […]