BAHNAHNAH’s one-year anniversary Friday, December 9 at 10pm Khyber Centre for the Arts, 1880 Hollis Street $8 Halifax’s DJ collective will be performing at The Khyber Center for the Arts on Friday to celebrate its one-year effort in creating a safe dance space for marginalized groups. Since 2015 the trio, made up of DJs Fadzwa, […]
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Meet the fresh DJs behind Halifax’s hottest dance party
It takes a bunch of DJs to create a scene like the fourth instalment of BAH-NAH-NAH, happening Friday, April 1 at The Company House (2202 Gottingen Street, 10pm, $5). This soiree is so hot you’ll feel “like summer is right around the corner.” DJ Shyshaya (AKA Shaya Ishaq, pictured above left) I’m from Ottawa, and […]
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Trust your GUTS
Up-tempo beats, positive vibes and sweaty bodies will fill The Company House on March 10 when GUTS holds a dynamic dance party, its first in Halifax. The online Canadian feminist magazine has already held several of the fundraisers across the country, and the creators say they’re excited to bring the event to our seaside city. […]
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A look inside Skratch Bastid’s studio
Last week, Halifax-bred, Toronto-based DJ Skratch Bastid (AKA Paul Murphy) released a filmed remix of David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” on the morning after the rock star’s death. In just a few days, the video had been viewed and shared over 11 million times on Bastid’s Facebook page. This Saturday, Skratch Bastid returns to The Marquee […]
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A 90s Quiz with That 90s Night
*Joey from Blossom voice* Woah! Did you know that DJs Jeff Pineau and Trevor Murphy (Quiet Parade) have been bringing Halifax one of the most nostalgic dance events, That 90s Night, since July 2012? *Jesse from Full House voice* Have mercy! Well, it’s true and it’s giving me Goosebumps. Tonight at The Seahorse, they’re gonna hit you baby, […]
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Listen to this v. funky Boxing Day playlist by Dead Horse Beats
Tonight, Halifax-bred, Montreal-livin’ Dead Horse Beats (Patrick Wade) will spin it silly at The Seahorse with Wet Paint and Kyle. Have you heard DHB before? Dude can mix. Check out his “Still Dre” remix, and also this Bobby Shmurda jam. He’ll also be headlining Cold Smoke next weekend, but since you can’t hold your horses, better pony up tonight and get […]
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Upcoming: Crystal Method DJ set
i guess i didn’t know So Infinity Promotions – the people who nearly brought us Crystal Castles that one time – are now bringing in the Crystal Method on December 3 to the Paragon. (I like the person on my Twitter feed who quipped “Who’s next? Crystal Gayle?”) Now, mind you, this is a DJ […]
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Stuart Wade Gives Us a Little Soul
lean back, lean back This weekend, listen for the chug-chug-chug of vintage Vespas and the clackity-clack of tiny flats wearing holes in the linoleum— these are the sounds of the Northern Soul DJ Night. This installment will be held at this Saturday night at Club 1668 (9pm, $5) and features Simon Thibault, Candice Mackenzie-Storer, Henri […]
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Rave review
With roughly 100 kids armed with Red Bull in a fume-filled military bunker, no one would confuse the January 30 rave at York Redoubt with a scene from Go. But for a party with near-fatal consequences, the Facebook group memorializing the rave has a surprisingly optimistic tone. “It was sketchy, yes it was dangerous, yes […]
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Scare tactics: 3 concerts, 3 costumes
GWARw/Lamb of God, Job for a Cowboy</p> Thursday, October 29 at 8pm, Cunard Centre, 961 Marginal Road, $45 adv/$50 door, ticketpro.ca, sonicconcerts.com, 888-311-9090 “Some people see the glass as half-empty, some people see the glass as half-full, I see the glass as broken and being rammed up someone’s butt.” Such is the philosophy of GWAR’s […]
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Daniel LeDisko’s house rules
Daniel LeDisko has a couple of things to get off his chest. The DJ has racked up air miles playing shows all over the world over the past few years as one half of the electro-remix juggernauts LA Riots (the other half is producer Jo’B). The duo have produced a huge array of remixes for […]
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Andy Rourke takes a spin
If you trust the words of Morrissey, his old bandmates have been sitting on their collective thumbs over the past decade. In an interview with Uncut a few years ago, Mozzer bristled: “I feel as if I’ve worked very hard since the demise of The Smiths and the others haven’t.” Of course, the statement isn’t […]