Hey, Sunday night mothership radio host: Stop talking over the goddamn music!! Fucking cacophony. —Sore Ears
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Idle no more ya bastards!
I‘m a recording artist trying to lay down a track, but there’s been a big noisy stanky diesel truck idling outside my place for the last half hour. Turn off your engine and stop idling! Not only are you ruining the environment, you’re loud rumbling truck is bugging the shit out of those of us […]
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Nova Scotia liquor board cuts down on live music at Timber Lounge following complaints
Restrictions on live music has a local business owner wondering “where is music allowed in Halifax?” Due to multiple noise complaints, the Timber Lounge on Agricola Street is no longer permitted to host amplified shows. Acoustic performances, however, are still allowed. Owner Marc Chisholm says the axe-throwing bar previously made an agreement with the province’s […]
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53 live music events to satisfy your fall concert cravings
Hat Fitz & Cara Robinson w/Three Finger Shot Aussie duo Hat Fitz & Cara Robinson bring bluesy rock’n’roll passion to The Carleton—with a retro-folk twist. The Carleton Music Bar & Grill ,1685 Argyle Street, Thu., Sept. 14, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Hollerado Hollerado loves its fans. So much so that the blues-funk-rock getup’s 2015 effort, 111 […]
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Applications for The Plumtree Project are now open
The Halifax Pop Explosion (HPX) and Mirus Records are collaborating to empower more women, trans folks and/or people of colour to “be in bands and feel confident playing music.” The result is The Plumtree Project, an initiative named after a local all-female band that took the stage at the first HPX and for many years […]
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Premiere: Sarah Denim’s “We Are Always”
Ease into the week with Sarah Denim‘s audio equivalent of an iced mango green tea, brand new single “We Are Always.” Cool, calm and organic-sounding, the track is a preview of Denim’s upcoming album, due for release in September, following up 2016’s gorgeous Left Side Trilogy EP. Produced by Sarah Denim, engineered by Evan Cox, […]
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LISTEN TO THIS: Vadell Gabriel’s new maxi-single
If you’re not a fan of the first version of this single, you might like the next. Or the next. “Rule Five,” a new maxi-single by Seth Glasgow—AKA Vadell Gabriel—was released earlier last week. It’s currently available to listen to on his bandcamp and for pay-what-you-can download. Glasgow says he used to be in a […]
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Teaching the technical side of music and media
Electro Femmes: A Technology Focused Workshop Series July 29, 10am to 3pm CKDU, Dalhousie University Student Union Building Three local women are looking to support artists who want to work in digital media—specifically, women and non-binary folks. Grace Stratton, Francella Fiallos and Danielle Jakubiak are putting together Electro Femmes: A Technology Focused Workshop Series coming […]
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Xara Choral Theatre searches for stories from the Halifax Explosion
Xara Choral Theatre Ensemble is calling for stories of women involved in relief efforts after the Halifax Explosion. The Hours Turn to Nothing, Xara’s collaboration with author Ami McKay, premiered in Halifax in April. Despite the evidence that women were needed and present following the explosion, they’ve largely been excluded from the narrative. “A number […]
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The beat of Mobius Percussion
Mobius Percussion Thursday, June 1 at 7pm Sir James Dunn Theatre, 6101 University Avenue $35 The Mobius Percussion group is often described as a chamber music quartet, but to hear them perform is to know they don’t fit squarely into any box. “We are all over the map,” says member Mika Godbole. The quartet, which […]
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Cecilia Concerts launches its upcoming season
Cecilia Concerts has announced its 2017/18 season, and it’s music to our ears. The season kicks off in September with clarinetist Dominic Desautels, Cecilia’s musician-in-residence for the year. In addition to homegrown talent, music fans can get a taste of Belgium later in the fall through the Psallentes ensembles and cello octect Ô-Celli. Things wrap up […]
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Addicted to The Drug Rugs
Aftermath 2017 – An NSCC Last Class BashFriday, April 7, 9pm-2am The Marquee Ballroom and The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street NSCC Students: $5 advance/$7 door Public: $10 advance/$12 door Psychedelic pop group The Drug Rugs are dropping in to a two-level concert on Friday, lined-up with popular locals such as The Town Heroes and […]
