The Initial Show Craig Gallery, Alderney Landing 2 Ochterloney Street To July 23 Artists’ talk Saturday, July 15, 2pm A singular Nova Scotian artistic voice is impossible to pin down—and The Initial Show, which runs until July 23 at the Craig Gallery in Dartmouth, stands as modest proof of the province’s artistic multeity. The show […]
Brennan McCracken
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OBEY X marks the spot
At the beginning of last year’s OBEY Convention, current OBEY creative director Andrew Patterson stood in front of a crowd gathered in the Halifax Central Library to deliver a set of opening remarks. Among punks, seniors, library babies and intrigued onlookers, Patterson shared a few words about his experience teaching poetry workshops to high school […]
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Jenn Grant’s intangible feeling
Jenn Grant Saturday, May 13, 8pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium 6101 University Avenue $27-$32 Breaking apart a peanut butter cookie in the sunny window of a cafe on Gottingen Street, Jenn Grant glows. The singer-songwriter has just returned to Nova Scotia after weeks of touring behind her sixth album, Paradise. It’s a beautiful, subtly adventurous record […]
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Take it easy with Tasseomancy
Tasseomancy w/Mega Bog, Fake Buildings Thursday, May 4, 10pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $10 Twin sisters Romy and Sari Lightman have been dancing around genres in their shared musical practice for years. They’re currently working under the name Tasseomancy with bandmates Evan Cartwright and Johnny Spence and their latest album, 2016’s Do Easy, […]
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Comedy of sharers
Relaxing on a sectional sofa in a suburban basement, Catherine Robertson starts to chuckle at the sight of a notification on her phone. Robertson, a Halifax-based comedian, smiles across the room to fellow comics Dan Hendricken and Travis Lindsay. “Dan!” she says, “Facebook says we’ve been friends for three years now!” Before long the three […]
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Chicago Producer RP Boo’s dancing drive
RP Boo w/Thrillah, EDDY/BUDI, DJ Goldilocks Friday, March 3, 10pm Menz & Mollyz Bar, 2182 Gottingen Street $20 OBEY Convention has been at the forefront of presenting underground music and art in Halifax for years, as each spring its namesake festival lines up artists that cross genre lines and push the boundaries of sound and […]
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Jennifer Castle’s solo call
Jennifer Castle w/The Attempted Murder of Laura Jean, Kurt Inder, LUKA Thursday, January 19, 9pm Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $23/$25 Two years removed from her gorgeous, Polaris Prize-shortlisted album Pink City, Jennifer Castle continues to call out with incisive lyrics and a sharp, effervescent voice. While both Pink City and the new music that […]
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Where we practice: Sleepshaker
Sleepshaker EP release w/Scumgrief, Botfly, Chamber Saturday, January 14, 6:30pm The Pavilion, 5816 Cogswell Street $8/$10 WHO THEY ARE “Coming up together and going to shows in the music scene really brought us together,” says vocalist Harley Shea, who has been making progressive hardcore music with Owen Williams (guitar), Tyler Killam (guitar/vocals), James Bentley (bass/vocals) […]
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Changing Three Sheet
Three Sheet w/Know Issue Friday, December 9, 10pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $10 After nearly a decade as a band, alternative hip-hop troupe Three Sheet is taking stock of where it’s at. Three Sheet’s tenure has included a huge number of shows in Halifax, a handful of tours, even a visit to Taiwan—something that […]
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Review: Monomyth, Happy Pop Family
Happy Pop Family (Mint) Two years after its ambitious Mint Records debut, Monomyth has returned with a new rhythm section and a nimble, buoyant new album, Happy Pop Family. Two thousand fourteen’s Saturnalia Regalia saw the band honing in on a slick, spindly style of guitar pop that sanded down some of its rougher edges. […]
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Destroyer’s solo creation
Destroyer w/Jon McKiel Monday, November 7, 8pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street sold out For over two decades, Vancouver’s Dan Bejar has been writing and performing unpredictable songs under the moniker Destroyer. His dense lyric sheets vary from lilting laments to snarling ramblings but always carry a remarkable sincerity—Bejar’s certainly one of the most […]
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Showing Creative Roots
Creative Roots fashion and music show Thursday, October 20, 6pm The Pavilion 5816 Cogswell Street Last year, Ann Denny of the non-profit Youth Art Connection sat down with folks from Halifax Pop Explosion and the Pavilion Youth Association with the goal of reviving the venerable Pavilion as a hub of the all-ages arts scene in town. […]