Jenn Grant w/Don Brownrigg, Kim Harris Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Dalhousie Arts Centre 6106 University Avenue Feb 14, 8pm $31.50-$36.50 The singer-songwriter was surrounded by activity at her home: Her husband and consistent collaborator, producer Daniel Ledwell, was taking down holiday decorations; their son, one-year-old Gus, was in her lap. Her attention shifting between Gus and […]
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The catharsis of Lungbutter
Lungbutter w/Glazey, Meat Substitute Thursday, June 29, 6:30pm Lost & Found, 2383 Agricola Street $10/pwyc Honey may be the first LP from Montreal post-punk trio Lungbutter, but drummer Joni Sadler says the record has been a long time coming. Back in 2013, Sadler was new to the scene in Montreal and got to know vocalist […]
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OBEY XII: Slaylor Moon
Sydney Koke, who has played with infamous Vancouver punks Shearing Pinx and rising rock trio The Courtneys, says she loves all sorts of music—but something keeps pulling her back to the weirder fringes of sound. “Experimental music is my first love,” she says. “My first band was a noise-rock band, and I really love post-punk […]
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OBEY XII: Debby Friday
For Vancouver’s Debby Friday, there’s something natural about music that sounds distinctly non-human. As both a producer and a fan of noise music, she’s drawn to the genre for the sense of humanity it expresses. “We’re using these electronic devices to make these electronic sounds that wouldn’t exist without machines…and I just feel like it […]
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OBEY XII: Nick Schofield
Like so many creative rabbit holes, the idea behind Nick Schofield’s first ambient record, Water Sine, presented itself after dark. Schofield says Water Sine emerged out of a series of sleepless nights. Instead of battling his insomnia, Schofield embraced it—he wanted to harness the creative energy of the night and try a “more intuitive approach” […]
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OBEY XII: Zamani
Zamani w/Strange Froots Friday, May 31, 4pm George Dixon Centre Greenspace 2501 Gottingen Street free (all ages) It’s pouring rain outside, but Zamani Bernard-Millar’s home studio in Clayton Park is filled with the warmth of family and music. The up-and-coming 18-year-old R&B producer, songwriter and singer—who performs under a mononym, her first name—is about to […]
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Ten years of solidarity at Mayworks
Mayworks: Festival of Working People & The Arts To June 1 various locations mayworksfestival.ca Could art help build solidarity between workers and their allies? How might revisiting local anti-racist work change how we think about climate injustice? How do you imagine a better world? For Sébastien Labelle, these questions aren’t hypothetical, nor are they unrelated. […]
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A peek inside Tin Can
Seth Smith works quietly, switching his glance between an an oblong tunnel and the set as it is captured on a camera monitor. The director is surrounded by actors in metallic suits and crew members confirming scene numbers, but he looks as if he’s in his own world. As the take is called with a […]
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River of Diamonds’ Touch of life
River of Diamonds w/Stewart Legere Saturday, April 20, 7:30pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, $15 In the middle of an otherwise steady conversation about their music, Michael Belyea and Michelle Elrick find themselves at a loss for words. Discussing their shares appreciation for the natural world, Belyea remembers last week’s ubiquitous unveiling of […]
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Tokyo Police Club, reinvigorated
Tokyo Police Club w/Sorrey Saturday, April 13, 8pm The Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $20 Greg Alsop knows what burnout feels like. By 2016, he’d been doing the same job for years. He was sick of repetition, tired from overworking and unsure whether the path he was on was really right for the long haul. […]
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The energy of Jean-Michel Blais
Jean-Michel Blais w/Paper Beat Scissors Saturday, April 6, 7pm St. Matthew’s Church, 1479 Barrington Street $33 adv/$38 doors, sonicconcerts.com It’s early on a weekend morning and Jean-Michel Blais is already buzzing with energy. When Blais first picks up the phone, he’s in the middle of packing up boxes of merch for a jaunt from Montreal […]
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Arielle Twist’s becoming
Arielle Twist, Disintegrate / Dissociate launch Saturday, March 2, 7:30pm Khyber Centre for the Arts, 1880 Hollis Street Originally from George Gordon First Nation, Arielle Twist, 24, has been well-known among Halifax queer communities for the past several years through her work as a sex educator at Venus Envy. But these days, you’re more likely […]