Sorrey w/Calm Baretta, Little Cities, Vince The Messenger Fri Oct 25, 4:30pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $10 F all may be nature’s brilliant and prolonged sendoff before winter, but this year it’s also the start of Sorrey season. “I do feel like we’re blooming. I feel like we’re taking advantage of all these opportunities […]
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How the Mighty is rising
Haviah Mighty w/Just John x Dom Dias, Hua Li, Yohvn Blvck Sat Oct 26 The Seahorse Tavern 2037 Gottingen Street, 9-11pm $15/$20 “T he past year has been a bit of a blur,” says Brampton, Ontario’s Haviah Mighty—and if you’ve been paying attention to Canadian music in 2019, it’s abundantly clear why that might be […]
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Howling PUP
PUP w/Weakened Friends, OUTTACONTROLLER Fri Oct 25, 9pm The Marquee Ballroom 2037 Gottingen Street Sold out Toronto four-piece punk outfit PUP is going to tear up the Marquee Ballroom at Halifax Pop Explosion, and we’re sorry you couldn’t get tickets. This Halifax stop on the Morbid Stuff tour will be the band’s third time playing […]
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Cassie Josephine is Only Half Blue, but all brilliant
Driftwood People w/Alexandria Maillot, Cassie Josephine & The Cry If I Want To’s Fri Oct 25, 8pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $10 C assie Josephine—the eponymous leader of Cassie Josephine & The Cry If I Want To’s—has a record both lovely and vulnerable in 2018’s Only Half Blue. Written in the months preceding her […]
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Walrus works it out
Diet Cig w/Walrus, Luna Li, Diamondtown Sat Oct 26, 9:15pm The Marquee Ballroom 2037 Gottingen Street C ool To Who, the latest full-length album from local band Walrus, opens with a soft, electronic beat that blossoms into warm synths that recall Soft Bulletin-era Flaming Lips in their simple spaciness. “Feels good to breathe again,” frontman […]
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BACKXWASH won’t back off
BACKXWASH w/Janette King Thu Oct 24, 8:30pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street free A shanti Mutinta—AKA the rapper BACKXWASH—fills the phone line with incandescent laugher, ready to soften the moment and appreciate a joke. She fills her songs with audio snippets from Mean Girls and Britney Spears samples, a cotton candy cloud foundation for infectious […]
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Review: Jeremy Dutcher and Symphony Nova Scotia float your soul in a sea of song
A spotlight beams down over two women on stools, warm blue. With soft voices, they share a Mi’kmaq lesson: “This land is known as the land of deep water,” says Ursula Johnson to Angela Parsons. “Kinuk” is the opening act of Jeremy Dutcher’s co-performance with Symphony Nova Scotia. It’s a subtle sign the evening will be […]
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Review: Erwan Keravec and Hamid Drake shatter the silence at suddenlyLISTEN’s season debut show
[Editor’s note: In time for suddenlyLISTEN’s second showcase of the season—a concert on Oct 20 at 7:30pm at Art Bar + Projects that aims to combine composition with computer programming—we asked writer Andrew Bethune to share a review of sL’s Sep 17 season-opening show, titled Urban Pipes] Silence. One musician sits behind his drums, eyes […]
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Ten questions with Dave Sampson
Folk music strained through an indie-pop sieve is the signature of Nova Scotia’s own Dave Sampson, who arrives at The Marquee on Oct 19 to celebrate his new album, All Types of Ways, with a hometown(-ish) show. Sampson was born in Cape Breton and spent time in Nashville as he cut All Types of Ways, […]
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Guy Paul Thibault’s trance to the top
W hen Guy Paul Thibault hits the stage, he goes into what can only be described as a self-induced trance. The singer-songwriter can crank out as many as 150 songs during a performance without stopping—not even for water. “I’m not big on taking breaks,” Thibault reflects on his extreme, if not dehydrating, commitment to giving his […]
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Give thanks for the long weekend with these Sure Things
From Trixie Mattel’s Halifax arrival to Carbon Arc’s latest flick, here’s the can’t-miss turkey weekend fun to add to your calendar. Nonna’s very own: A comedy showcase with Marc-Anthony Sinagoga Thursday Up-and-coming comic Marc-Anthony Sinagoga makes you LOL hard enough to fuggetabout your worries at the Bus Stop Theatre. more deets Trixie Mattel: Skinny Legend […]
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The Halifax Queer Ensemble is here to play
Since its inception just months ago, the Halifax Queer Ensemble has been on its come up, rise, ascension, crescendo—basically, doing very well. Having been chosen as the inaugural artist-in-residence at the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, its success continues as the group of instrumentalists takes up space in the traditionally exclusive world of classical music. […]