Adam Baldwin was nervous about his headlining slot at The Marquee Ballroom on October 5: “I had been asking about ticket sales up to a couple days before,” he confesses, speaking by phone. “I made a decision to not look up at the crowd until I got right to the mic.” He needn’t have worried—the […]
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To a T.
T. Thomason w/Zamani, X Thu Oct 3, 8pm The Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen Street $12/$15 There’s a moment on track six of T. Thomason’s new, eponymous album that bobs across the listener’s consciousness. It is equal parts siren song and buyer beware. “Queen of hearts, I’m the King of Spades, always digging my own […]
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Ten questions with Shotgun Jimmie
Grinding it out in the indie landscape since the mid-2000s, Shotgun Jimmie (real name Jim Kilpatrick) has carved a niche in the pop-tinged, singer-songwriter landscape. With nine albums under his belt and his heart forever on his sleeve, his is the jangly sort of sound that tickles your eardrums—as sugary and energetic as Pop Rocks […]
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Radstorm forever
Some places are so special, an entire community forms around it. Radstorm is one of these places. A volunteer-run, not-for- profit all-ages community space, Radstorm has hosted wild and wonderful music, comedy, art and activist events—highlighting queer and youth-centred creative programs—for the past 15 years. Its resources include over 7000 zines in the Anchor Archive Zine Library […]
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Twirl on into the weekend with these Sure Things
From the Brazilian dance troupe Focus Cia de Dança kick-starting Live Art Dance’s new season to Sugar Sammy bringing down the house at Spatz Theatre, it’s a red-hot weekend. Sugar Sammy Friday The funny guy The New York Times calls “a fearless comic with a talent for provoking both laughter and outrage”, Sugar Sammy brings […]
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Fall Arts Preview: Live music calendar
SEPTEMBER Vortex w/Enemy Designed, Ignightor Gus’ Pub, 2605 Agricola Street, $8, Sep 20,10pm Kids Losing Sleep w/Social Smokers Club, Izra Fitch The local four-piece Kids Losing Sleep calls its brand of Warped Tour-inspired punk “heartbreak you can dance to.” Gus’ Pub 2605 Agricola Street, $8, Sep 21, 10pm NAMU Prismatic Arts Festival brings this traditional […]
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Fall Art Preview: Devarrow contemplates adulthood versus #adulting
The questions pondered on the upcoming Devarrow album are more than just hashtag millennial problems. When indie folk singer-songwriter Graham Ereaux started recording songs for a new Devarrow LP, the original plan was to create a narrative-based record built around a person moving from small town to big city and the often conflicting concepts of […]
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Ten questions with Mobina Galore
From the out-to-please-nobody energy of staying-in anthem “I Need To Go Home” to the brute squall that is “You’re Not 23 Anymore”, Mobina Galore doesn’t give a fuck what you think. What do drummer Marcia Hanson and guitarist Jenna Priestner care about? Crafting punched-up rock songs they describe as “vocally aggressive power chord punk.” The result […]
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Have a poppin’ weekend with these Sure Things
Get into feast mode at the return of Italian Weekend, rock out with the hardcore punk of Mobina Galore and pass the popcorn at FIN Atlantic International Film Festival’s opening weekend. Who Let The Dogs Out screening Friday Over 120 movies will be shown at this year’s FIN Atlantic International Film Festival—and while they are […]
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Halifax Pop Explosion reveals full 2019 lineup
It was back in April when PUP—the Toronto punk four-piece that’s garnering international attention and acclaim for its latest, Morbid Stuff—leaked it’d be playing a show at The Marquee Ballroom, during dates that lined up with Halifax Pop Explosion. And though cool kids around town made sure that set was sold out before it was […]
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Have a confetti-filled Labour Day weekend with these Sure Things
It’s Fringe’s opening weekend and the Halifax Urban Folk Fest lineup is stacked, as Labour Day and summer’s swan song draws nigh. Halifax Wanderers FC vs. FC Edmonton Monday The perfect cure for Labour Day’s end-of-summer blues? Watching an outdoor sport—like soccer at the Wanderers Grounds. more deets The Other Mozart Saturday, Sunday, Monday With […]
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Halifax, meet Jah’Mila
Cassie Josephine & The Cry If I Want To’s w/Pretty Archie, Jah’Mila, Eaton McGrath & The Halifax All Stars Sat Aug 31, 2pm Halifax Waterfront Free Jah’Mila first came to Halifax to visit family and ended up staying for love. Originally form Kingston, Jamaica, Jhamiela Smith Dunn would regularly come to Halifax to see her […]