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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Best Artist / Band Most Likely To Make It Big
Gold Winner Makayla Lynn Silver Winner Aquakultre Bronze Winner Owen Meany’s Batting Stance Makayla Lynn is only 17 but she’s putting all the pieces in place with regards to this making it big business. First of all, she got high school out of the way a year early with the help of correspondence courses. “I […]
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Best R&B Artist / Band
Gold Winner Reeny Smith Silver Winner Aquakultre Bronze Winner Alfie It feels like every year we say “it’s been a big year for Reeny Smith” but it’s always true. This particular year Smith finally, finally released her long-awaited LP WWIII: Strength. Courage. Love. Her hometown has always been on board. “Most musicians don’t have that […]
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Aquakultre wins CBC Searchlight
Halifax hip hop artist Aquakultre has won the 2018 CBC Searchlight competition, an annual online contest with the aim to find the best unsigned talent in Canada. Part of his prize includes a week’s recording residency at Studio Bell in Calgary’s National Music Centre, and a slot at the CBC Music Festival in Toronto May […]
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The year in music
Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals at Halifax Jazz Festival Watching Anderson .Paak, one of the hottest current R&B artists, alternate between jumping around the stage to hyping the crowd from behind a drum kit seemed too good to actually be happening in Halifax. The crowd ate it up, singing along with every word and […]
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Halifax Pop Explosion 2017 in pictures
The 25th Halifax Pop Explosion has come and gone, another blitz of guitars, beats, clapalongs and discoveries. Here’s how our Lenny Mullins saw the festival.
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Review: Lido Pimienta at SappyFest 2017
SappyFest has always produced a sort of magic. But this year’s festival, which for the twelfth time reignited Sackville, New Brunswick with a weekend of music and palship and not-so-secret secrets, felt especially vital. Locals Kirsten Olivia and Aquakultre were both highlights—Olivia moved a packed Vogue Theatre to both laughter and tears, while Aqukultre was […]
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LISTEN TO THIS: Aquakultre’s “Wife Tonight”
In advance of Friday’s show at Warriors Gym (451 Windmill Road, 8pm, with Hussles Music, DJ R$ $mooth, Corey Writes, MAJE, Tandra, J Jigga and more) chill your butt and romance your special bunny with Aquakultre’s “Wife Tonight.” Aquakultre (AKA Lance Sampson) calls the song: “just a little single I was rocking with at the time.” […]