In a heartwarming moment that had the East Coast buzzing, DeeDee Austin received the prestigious golden buzzer on Canada’s Got Talent last month—marking a milestone in the young artist’s already impressive career. With her soulful performance and powerful presence, Austin captured the attention of the judges, particularly Howie Mandel, who gave her the golden buzzer, […]
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The beauty behind Bologna Colorado
You may not know what a Bologna Colorado is, but you’ll want to after you experience one of their live shows. The four-piece from Halifax is committed to bursting your eardrums with screeching guitar riffs, pounding drums and impassioned, raw vocals. All of this kinetic energy has been harnessed in the band’s latest single, “GET […]
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Braden Lam’s experience manifests in his full-length album, ‘The Cloudmaker’s Cry’
Braden Lam is exactly where he wants to be. The indie-folk musician who has called Dartmouth home for nearly a decade is nearly two weeks in from releasing his first full-length album, The Cloudmaker’s Cry. It’s a place he never could have imagined himself when he finished university and couldn’t find work at the height […]
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Step right into summer with Verry Gerry’s debut album Sunny Beaches
Although the weather would have you convinced otherwise, summer is indeed right around the corner. We’re halfway through spring—halfway to sun rays and shorts. Verry Gerry’s debut album, Sunny Beaches, may be exactly what you need to push yourself towards the finish line. Released last month, the 10-track album is a marvel of indie-pop bliss. […]
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Rose Cousins believes in love on ‘Conditions of Love Vol. 1’
Rose Cousins’ latest album proves that love is both undefinable and limitless Whether it be the ones closest to us, those too far to reach, or the harmony of lying under the sun, there is love all around us. Our parents, our children, our partners and our friends. Yet, when we try to describe our […]
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Meet the Halifax DJ celebrating the city’s underground dance scene
Taylor Mooney remembers the first underground dance party she attended. The Prince Edward Island-born electronic/house DJ had recently moved to Halifax from Ottawa, when she got an invite to a secret gig that a friend was hosting. Even now, a few years later, she won’t say where exactly the gig went down. (“Can’t blow up […]
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See all the nominees for the 2025 East Coast Music Awards
The full list of nominees is here for the 2025 East Coast Music Awards, and Halifax is well-represented. Sixty-seven ECMA nominations—the annual awards celebrating the best of East Coast music—include contributions from Halifax-based artists, engineers, managers and venues this year. That includes nine ECMA shortlist nods for Enfield rapper Classified, whose album Luke’s View earned […]
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Halifax’s Eliza Rhinelander finds her voice on debut album
“I don’t know where I’m going to,” Eliza Rhinelander sings on “Massachusetts,” the earnest and clear-voiced opener to the Halifax singer-songwriter’s debut album, The Precipice. “And I’ve never had this much to lose.” Given the 19-year-old folk singer’s trajectory this past year—from a crowdfunded EP to a sold-out show at The Carleton earlier this month—it would […]
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How a recording trip to Nashville brought Halifax’s Newbridge to life
It was the twilight of COVID-19 lockdowns in Nova Scotia, and Keith Maddison and Jeff Mosher were doing what lifelong rock ‘n’ rollers do: Playing some tunes. The two veterans of Halifax’s music scene—the former, a frontman for Maddison Avenue; the latter, a lead singer and saxophonist with The Mellotones—were at Maddison’s home “in the […]
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Customer Service has a new EP—and it’ll get your head banging
Owen Harris and Max Hayden were working the customer service desk at Quinpool Road’s Canadian Tire, dreaming about making a record. The longtime friends and next-door neighbours had grown up together where Halifax’s south and west ends meet, bonding over emo and punk music, and jamming as teenagers when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down their […]
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How Aysanabee’s late grandfather sparked the singer-songwriter’s latest tour
Aysanabee isn’t superstitious, but these days he’s having a hard time chalking some things up to mere coincidence. Fresh off an Australian tour, the two-time JUNO Award-winner from Sandy Lake First Nation is embarking on his first headlining trip across eastern Canada. It’s a big moment for the Oji-Cree singer-songwriter, who had a banner year […]
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Customer Service channel Sloan in newest music video
It was days before Christmas, and Customer Service’s Owen Harris and Matt Cheverie were watching old music videos from the nineties. Although they weren’t around for the Halifax Pop Explosion, an appreciation of that era and its legacy had been one of the bonding forces for the Halifax emo/punk band when they formed as high-schoolers […]
