Land of the Lotus Eaters, Halifax rapper, hip-hop scholar and spoken word artist hermitofthewoods’ most recent release combines his talents to create a body of work that is both rap album and manifesto. Rooting itself in musical traditions from classic hip-hop to industrial noise poetics with equal ease, delivering sober reality checks with driving raps, rabble […]
David Dahms
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Night group
Have you ever thought to yourself, “Who else is up right now? Where’s the party?” ReelLifeFam, the brainchild of Trevor Walter and Courtney (C-Note) Simmonds, hopes to answer those questions with the launch of the Midnight 6 Society. “Midnight 6 Society is basically a movement, our whole case we’re pushing with that is owning the […]
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Inventions’ classical swagger
Bryn McLeod, director of operations for the Halifax Music Co-op calls its showcase Inventions “a coming together of two musical worlds, bringing the bar scene into a concert hall and adding everything that entails.” In its 2013 manifestation, the HMC has paired two new composers with local indie artists Gianna Lauren and Hermitofthewoods (AKA Michael […]
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El-P + Killer Mike
[image-1} Run The Jewels, the latest album from the creative team of Killer Mike, who will be performing at this year’s Halifax Pop Explosion and El-P (who was here for last year’s Pop Ex), is a fantastic mix of head-knocking bass-heavy beats and critical, articulate lyrics. While there is the ubiquitous self aggrandizement found in […]
