Unearth album release show Sat Sept 19, 7:30pm St. George’s Round Church, 2222 Brunswick Street $15/PWYC, newhermitageinfo@gmail.com to RSVP Most music — at least much of the top 40 — relies on predictability. It’s what our ears want: Catchy choruses, the comfort of melody. But experimental classical quartet New Hermitage’s upcoming album Unearth throws predictability […]
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Take a look at Zuppa’s stunning Vista
Vista 20 Available until May 31 download the free app via mayworkshalifax.ca. “Here’s a little experiment,” asks Vista20, a new web-based app by Halifax’s Zuppa Theatre Company. “Can you look around and drop the personal associations you have with your surroundings?” Is that hard to do? Is it difficult to see just the “wirings”, as […]
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Review: Kristen Martell’s Coming Home will heal you
Kristen Martell wants you to breathe. And you will, after listening to her latest EP, Coming Home. It’s an album with all the warmth of a summer sun which shines through acoustic pop that’s bright and hopeful — without sacrificing meaningful, insightful lyrics. The Mahone bay songwriter crafts her tunes in a reflective, introspective style—much […]
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Century Egg’s new record is a sunny-side-up return
Century Egg, the Halifax-based Mandopop group, dropped its latest EP on Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Well, not really. But it did announce We Can Play, an exuberant collection of undeniably fun songs, via an Instagram post with a screen-shot of an Animal Crossing character sporting a custom-designed Century Egg t-shirt. After all, band members and partners […]
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Are online shows live music’s new lifeline?
Open Instagram these days and chances are that you’ll see performers broadcasting live into the online world from their homes. Those shows are usually free. For many, live music online has been a light during these tough days. But, at the same time, they can be read as a sign of longstanding rot in the […]
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Beauts and the beats
“There’s something fleeting about the idea of a dalliance,” says Beauts lyricist Jeff Lawton. Lawton and bandmate Darryl Smith cradle pints at a dimly-lit table at The Local. It is late February, when COVID-19 was but a murmur in the news cycle, and the Halifax indie band’s debut LP was about to drop. “I looked […]
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Bull-riding event draws animal welfare protest
Despite public backlash and calls to cancel the event, professional bull riding is set to visit Halifax this spring. Over 68,000 people have added their names to an online petition urging the Scotiabank Centre to cancel Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Canada’s Elite Monster Energy Tour scheduled for May 26. Tony Payzant, an HRM based editor, […]