When Halifax intermedia artist Rebecca Baxter began designing and building sound machines, she had no idea that within a year, she’d be scoring Eraserhead with The Flaming Lips for a private David Lynch party. She also didn’t realize that bands and artists like Holy Fuck, Miley Cyrus, Buck 65, Mike O’Neill, Panos or Moby would […]
Adria Young
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Dream a little Dreamsphere
“It sounds like if in 2000 years, somebody found some weird jukebox at the bottom of the ocean,” says Charles Austin of Dreamsphere, the debut full-length from Halifax super-group Aqua Alta. With Jenn Grant and Graeme Campbell, Aqua Alta is a collaborative project that weaves Campbell and Austin’s hip-hop and electronic production with Grant’s hypnotic […]
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In the margins
In 1981, young art educator Tim Rollins was assigned to a classroom in South Bronx, New York, where he began art collaborations between marginalized youth and literary classics. The collective, Kids of Survival, has been active for the last 30 years. On Thursday at The Khyber and on Friday at NSCAD, Rollins will talk about […]
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Mardeen’s winning Silver
“I’ve always loved winter, but this one sucks,” says Matt Ellis, bassist of Cape Breton pop band Mardeen. The long-time four-piece is hitting icy roads to tour new EP, Silver Fan, a three-song atmospheric adventure that was recorded in Halifax after a creepy cabin experience in Quebec. “We rented a place north of Montreal to […]
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Neon icons
In this world, anything can happen. Just ask Neon Dreams, Halifax’s EDM four-piece that recently signed to Atlanta trap god Waka Flocka Flame’s new label, 36Brickhouse. The band’s engineer Corey LeRue hit it off with the rapper at his Halifax show last January. Since then, Neon Dreams has released remixes of Waka’s “50K” and “Hard […]
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Review: Jay Mayne, S/T
A tip for all my weed-smokers: never soak your blunt wraps. Things burn better when they’re not weighed down. Same goes for your blunt raps and Dartmouth rapper and WESC activist Jay Mayne wants to catch fire with his latest self-titled 15-track record that leaves his heavy 2014 ECMA-nominated project, F*kit, in the ashes. This is an airier, more cohesive and much more honest collection of cloud rap, start to finish. “It […]
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Oddfellows short film to screen this Friday
Hold up, there’s a pinball machine, a puggle, a WWE wrestling belt, cult movie references and skateboarding? Halifax filmmaker Dave Hung has tapped into my deepest fantasies with his new short, Oddfellows, which screens this Friday at the Oddfellows premiere party at Pro Skates (6451 Quinpool Road). Produced by Our Dynasty, Our Destiny (ODOD), the […]
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Where I work: Quake Matthews
WHO HE IS After his rise as a battle rapper, Quake Matthews has been grinding since his 2010 debut, The Myth, laying down tracks with everyone from Laura Roy to Dylan Guthro to Neon Dreams, working with Freeway, appearing in The Source and putting out The Book of Matthew and Corrado. On Friday, the King […]
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Twenty years of Cheelin
Cheelin Restaurant 1496 Lower Water Street, 902-422-2252 Succulent, intertwined chicken fried noodles, glistening pan-fried dumplings and steaming hot and sour soup are only a few of the mouth-watering dishes at Cheelin Restaurant, one of Halifax’s best-known Chinese cuisines. This month, Cheelin celebrates 20 years in business at its Brewery Market location. “We are the best,” […]
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Job mentality
Halifax’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.9 percent last month, almost on par with the national average at 6.6 percent. Crappy weather aside, a job search in HRM at this time of year can be spiritually exhausting. “But when people have the tools that are required to secure employment, the search becomes much easier,” says Cora […]
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Stacks self-help
Each year, I resolve to become a better Adria by making behavioural changes that I’ve been putting off for months (or years. Will I ever quit smoking?). I can stay motivated, but my mental attitude has a huge impact on whether I actually accomplish my goals. In 2015, I need to strengthen my positive thinking. […]
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Better together: five ways to get fit with friends
1 CrossFit ”If you attend three to four classes a week, you’ll notice improvements in strength, flexibility, coordination, body awareness and, most importantly, confidence,” says Mel Clarke, CrossFit coach at Blended Athletics (580 Wright Avenue). With tailored work-out plans, CrossFit requires consistency to see results but the strong sense of community mixed with achievable personal […]
