Kilmore w/Which Witch is Which, The Holy Snappers, Hatchet Lake Saturday, June 23, 10pm Gus’ Pub, 2605 Agricola Street $10 ($20 with CD) Three years after releasing its debut City Lights EP, Kilmore dims the lights and cranks up the darkness on its new full-length. On Call of the Void, the riffs are relentless as […]
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June Body’s Life and darkness
June Body EP release w/Shuteye, Eyeball Kid, Ursa Bright Thursday, May 24, 10pm Gus’ Pub, 2605 Agricola Street $10 Halifax’s June Body may be an alternative rock band loaded with energy, but underneath there’s an openness and vulnerability that permeates the core of every song. The songs on the new EP Life from Underneath share a […]
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The Olympic Symphonium: We have fun
The Olympic Symphonium w/Jennah Barry Friday, April 20, 8:30pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $20 It can be difficult for a band with four distinct songwriters with families and jobs to settle down to make an album. Fredericton-based indie folk outfit The Olympic Symphonium got away from home and went to the south […]
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Liam Corcoran builds Nevahland
Liam Corcoran w/Tyler Messick Friday, March 23, 10pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $10 Four years after the breakup of Charlottetown indie rock band Two Hours Traffic, frontperson Liam Corcoran tried something different for his debut solo album. “I’ve been writing songs since I was 14 and I’d become very sick of writing about myself,” […]
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Said the Whale’s song explosion
Into the Night Festival night two w/Said the Whale, The Town Heroes, Rain Over St. Ambrose and The Drug Rugs Saturday, March 17, 8:30pm Olympic Hall, 2304 Hunter Street $25-$45, tickethalifax.com When Vancouver’s Said the Whale headline the Into the Night festival on St. Patrick’s Day, it’ll be business as usual on a booze-soaked day […]
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Everybody loves Palehound
Palehound w/Dance Movie, Emily Rockarts, Valerie Thursday, January 18, 8pm The Seahorse, 2037 Gottingen Street $15 adv/$20 door The highlight of 2018 may have already happened for Palehound. On January 8, the Boston indie pop-rock band was a crossword clue in The New York Times, much to the delight of frontperson Ellen Kempner. “I wish […]
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The growth of Kaia Kater
Kaia Kater w/Meaghan Blanchard, Camille Delean, Leanne Hoffman Friday, January 19 The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street, 7:30pm $15 adv/$25 door w/Rose Cousins Good Robot Brewing Co., 2736 Robie Street Saturday, January 20, 7-8pm Sold Out When Kaia Kater plays a pair of shows at In the Dead of Winter this weekend, one will be next […]
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Matt Mays moves up
Matt Mays w/July Talk, The Beaches Saturday, January 20, 8pm Scotiabank Centre, 1800 Argyle Street $37.50-$57.50 sonicconcerts.com Matt Mays camped out overnight to get tickets for a Neil Young & Crazy Horse show at the arena formerly known as the Metro Centre on November 5, 1996. He got tickets 10 rows back, but pushed ahead […]
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Hatchet Lake’s vibes
Hatchet Lake w/The Royal Volts, Bear Le Friends Saturday, January 13, 10pm Gus’ Pub, 2605 Agricola Street $7 A couple postponed recording sessions proved to work in favour of Halifax rockers Hatchet Lake. “It was almost two or three months later than we originally planned to record” the songs, says vocalist and guitarist Craig Harris. […]
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Down to Earthtones
Bahamas w/Old Man Luedecke Friday, January 12, 8pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, 6101 University Avenue $41.50 When Bahamas plays the Rebecca Cohn on Friday night, it’ll be exactly one week before the release of his fourth album, Earthtones. The artist is excited to play the new songs—it’s going on four years since his last record, Bahamas […]
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Noon Hoops is anyone’s game
“Game!” a booming voice yells out with a hint of pride laced with exhaustion. At that moment, 22 people playing basketball end three simultaneous matches in the middle of a Friday work day. It’s Noon Hoops at the Dalplex and the four letter word signals that it’s time to switch it up and start a […]
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The year in music
Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals at Halifax Jazz Festival Watching Anderson .Paak, one of the hottest current R&B artists, alternate between jumping around the stage to hyping the crowd from behind a drum kit seemed too good to actually be happening in Halifax. The crowd ate it up, singing along with every word and […]