Adam Baldwin Record Store Day Taz tour Saturday, April 13 Taz Records, 1239 Bedford Highway, noon 45 Portland Street, 2pm 1521 Grafton Street, 4pm Atrip to Taz Records is nothing new to Adam Baldwin, but what he’s doing for Record Store Day is a little unusual for a music lover: On April 13 he’s playing […]
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Canadian Club
Social Smokers Club releases The Woods w/No, It’s Fine., Good Dear Good and Sore Loser Friday, April 5, 10pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $8 Social Smokers Club started off as a high school English project about a book. It’s led to songs and booked shows around the Maritimes. When guitarist William Robbins and […]
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Wintersleep covers ground
Wintersleep w/Moon Logic Saturday, March 30, 10pm The Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $33 sonicconcerts.com A decade after the hit single “Weighty Ghost,” Wintersleep found itself with another massive hit on its hands with “Amerika,” from 2016’s The Great Detachment. But heading back into the studio to make the followup record, it was business as […]
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Villages’ trad pride
Villages w/Thomas Stajcer Friday, March 22, 7pm & 10pm Good Robot Brewing Company, 2736 Robie Street $20-$45 W hen the members of Mardeen left Cape Breton after high school and formed an indie-rock band, the music associated with their island home was the opposite of what they wanted to play. “We totally rebelled against traditional […]
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The Barr Brothers’ autumn Breakers
The Barr Brothers w/Michael Feuerstack Friday, November 30, 9pm Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $28 adv/$32 doors sonicconcerts.com Despite releasing an album last year, it looked like The Barr Brothers were done touring it by summertime. But a second wind is pushing the Montreal indie folk band around North America—including to the Marquee on Friday—playing […]
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The duality of Donovan Woods
Donovan Woods and the Opposition w/Raye Zaragoza Saturday, November 17, 2pm and 8pm (sold out) St. Matthew’s Church, 1479 Barrington Street $30 adv/$35 doors sonicconcerts.com Earlier this month, Toronto singer-songwriter Donovan Woods tweeted the question “In your opinion, is 3pm more like 2pm or more like 4pm?” A simple question, it got ratioed with a […]
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HPX18: Juice Girls
Juice Girls w/Jon McKiel, Steve Lambke Friday, October 19, 10:30pm Gus’ Pub, 2605 Agricola Street, $15 The long-distance band relationship of Juice Girls continues to thrive and bear sweet treats. The mostly Halifax-based dream-pop band just released its self-titled album on Monday night, ahead of Halifax Pop Explosion. With vocalist and songwriter Michelle Moraitis in […]
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HPX18: Praises
Praises w/Mon Doux Saigneur, Blaze Velluto, Tallies Thursday, October 18, 9:15pm The T-Room, 1360 Barrington Street, free Toronto musician Jesse Crowe keeps busy with multiple bands on the go, but her solo project Praises is a constant she keeps coming back to. “Praises to me is kind of like the project that will always exist,” […]
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Birdie Whyte, one-time wonder
Birdie Whyte & Her One-Night Bands feat. Caribou Run w/Nik Field and Ken Voita Friday, September 28, 10pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $10 Ottawa’s Birdie Whyte has figured out a clever way to see her favourite local bands on her annual swing through the Maritimes. The banjo player will have three different bands backing […]
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Who to cheer for in Halifax
It’s a season of change in the Halifax sports scene. A new professional soccer team is coming in April, the never-ending stadium debate continues while rumours of Canadian Football League intensify and the Scotiabank Centre is getting a new sheet of ice ahead of a major hockey tournament. It’s a year of promise and hope […]
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In the Shadow of Cryptorips
Cryptorips Shadow Up Gold release w/Beach Bait & Designosaur Thursday, August 23, 8pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $8 Out of the blue, Cryptorips dropped its first full-length record early in June. Besides the occasional Instagram post, there was no hype, not even a Facebook post announcing its release—just an album of noise-rock suddenly […]
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Stand Back delivers
Stand Back w/Second Line Parade, Roadside Scarecrow Thursday, June 28, 9pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $7 For the three members of Stand Back, songwriting is a team effort. “Generally, if we write the song, we’ll sing the lead. I guess classic Halifax rock, kind of Sloan style,” says Ben Matthews, bassist and vocalist for […]