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Angel Bat Dawid soars

Chicago’s new free-jazz star shines in Halifax on Saturday, Jan 25.

Angel Bat Dawid w/NAT Chantel, New Hermitage Sat Jan 25, 8pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $20/PWYC

By Chris Stoodley Jan 23, 2020

Angel Bat Dawid NAT Chantel music OBEY Convention EVERYSEEKER The Bus Stop Theatre Video

Stewart Legere, Cliff Le Jeune and friends are tangled up in <i>Blue</i>.

Stewart Legere, Cliff Le Jeune and friends are tangled up in Blue.

A star-studded tribute night to Joni Mitchell’s landmark album helps beat the bleakest day of the year.

Blue Monday Cabaret Mon Jan 20, 7:30-9:30pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $15/$20

By Michael Lake Jan 16, 2020

Cliff Le Jeune Margot Sampson Kyle Gillis Laura Caswell Stewart Legere Joni Mitchell The Carleton

Morgan Davis: Ahead by a half-century

A lifelong student of the blues looks back at what he’s learned over a five-decade career.

T he crowd of friends knocking around pool balls and chalking cue sticks don't know who Morgan Davis is. Their laughter bubbles and expands, filling the bar on an otherwise quiet night.

By Morgan Mullin Jan 9, 2020

New Scotland Brewing Co.

Kenni G keeps it real

The bass-dropping DJ is making EDM more inclusive, one dance floor at a time.

Vision 2020 New Year's Party feat.

By Morgan Mullin Dec 26, 2019

EDM Kenni G Halifax Music Co-op

Flossin’ with Famba this NYE

The Halifax-born EDM star-on-the-rise plays two hometown gigs in one night.

Famba w/Scientists of Sound, Maximum Overdrive

By Jonathan Briggins Dec 26, 2019

NYE NYE 2020 New Year’s Eve

The 2020 New Year’s Eve planner

Over 55 ways to celebrate the last night of the decade.

BIG TICKET EVENTS Fifty Shades of Grey NYE gala feat.

By Morgan Mullin Dec 26, 2019

NYE 2020 New Year’s Eve

The year of T. Thomason

As he opens one of the biggest New Year’s shows in town, the pop star reflects on what’s now and what’s next.

O n New Year's Eve, T. Thomason opens for Platinum Blonde at Casino Nova Scotia, capping off a year that included an album release and winning an episode of the American Idol-meets-America's Next Top Model TV show The Launch.

By Jonathan Briggins Dec 26, 2019

NYE 2020 New Year’s Eve

The Mellotones’ magical New Year’s Eve playlist

A playlist of NYE bangers from the city’s most devoted party band.

New Year's Eve with The Mellotones

By Jonathan Briggins Dec 26, 2019

NYE 2020 New Year’s Eve

Boney M., the original bop star

The German supergroup brings its dripping-in-extra breed of disco to Halifax.

Boney M. Dec 18, 7:30pm Scotiabank Centre, 1800 Argyle Street $61.75-$73.50

By Lezlie Lowe Dec 12, 2019

Scotiabank Centre

Kids Losing Sleep are gaining hits

The Halifax four-piece drops the ultimate emo-pop soundtrack for early adulthood.

Kids Losing Sleep EP release show w/Sundae Girl, Social Smokers Club Dec 13 , The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street, 10pm-2am, $12

By Morgan Mullin Dec 12, 2019

The Seahorse Tavern

Where I record: Ashley Pringle’s <i>Arrangements</i>

Where I record: Ashley Pringle’s Arrangements

The EP influenced by Weezer’s debut should be on your short list of 2019’s top albums.

Who he is Ashley Pringle has been kicking around the Halifax music scene for years: You might know his guitar noodling in the heavy-psychedelic band, Nor, or remember his face-melting prog-metal band MVMNTS—and then there was his stint in the two-piece prog-punk band Slashy that had a fan in The Super Friendz' Charles Austin ("he said we were, and I quote, 'no joke,'" Pringle writes in an email).

By Morgan Mullin Dec 5, 2019

Said The Whale floats on

The indie-rock stalwart returns to Halifax with sea-sprayed songs in tow.

Gambier Island is a heavily forested island to the west of Vancouver, British Columbia.

By Jack Parsons Dec 1, 2019

Said The Whale

Catching up with the Crash Test Dummies

It's been over two decades since God Shuffled His Feet—but as a sold-out show last weekend proved, Halifax still brakes for the Winnipeg folk-rock five-piece.

In the early 1990s, the Crash Test Dummies strummed their way into the international stage with a string of smart, oddball hits—including "Afternoons and Coffeespoons", "Swimming in your ocean", "In the days of the caveman," and, of course, the unforgettable ear worm "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm." The album on which those songs were featured, God Shuffled His Feet, rebuked the notion of a sophomore slump—and instead went on to become the band's most commercially successful effort.

By Erin Christie Nov 30, 2019