Cold Smoke w/Dub Kartel, Walrus, Century Egg, Jelly, Alfie, Like A Motorcycle, Ghettosocks, Pineo & Loeb, Bosby, Tomatron, Woozy, Tachichi, The Sensi, Zora the Sultan Friday, January 13, 10pm The Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $15 Baby, it’s cold outside, but the stages inside the Marquee and Seahorse Tavern are about to get toasty on […]
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Dub Kartel gets serious
“It was awesome, probably our biggest show ever. Just a super fun night of sweaty dancing and reggae and crowdsurfing and all that stuff we’ve been known for,” Dub Kartel’s Richard McNeil is talking about last weekend’s album release at the Seahorse, and if you missed it and you’re a fan, then I’m sorry. That […]
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Share this Dub Kartel post to win an Evolve bracelet + prize pack
“Where my ganja smokers at?” says Dub Kartel‘s Kyle McCracken. We’re right here, man!! If we share this live video of the dance hall/reggae band’s set at Evolve 2015, we have a chance to win a bracelet for this year’s Evolve, the amazing three-day summer festival just outside of Antigonish. ON TOP OF THIS AMAZING […]
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Best Artist / Band To Dance To
Gold Winner The Mellotones Silver Winner Neon Dreams Bronze Winner Dub Kartel Halifax’s eight-piece jazz, soul, funk and R&B band, together for 18 years now, exists precisely so you can move your body to music’s most danceable jams. “Having such a large band allows us to tackle material that most bands can’t,” says Jeffrey Mosher. […]
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Best Artist / Band To Get Trashed To
Gold Winner Dub Kartel Silver Winner Like A Motorcycle Bronze Winner The Stanfields “Fuck yeah! This category has a special place in our hearts,” says the dance-hall band’s guitarist Richard McNeil. “I think it’s because we get so trashed that we encourage everyone to get trashed, too. We’re a party band.” The seven-person unit is […]
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A Cold Smoke 2015 playlist
It’s slippery as all hell outside—all the better to slide your ass down to the Marquee Ballroom tomorrow night for two floors of good vibes and music (Saturday, January 10, 2015, 9pm, $15/$20, see the event link for ticket retailers). Featuring Dub Kartel, Cam Smith, Coyote, Glory Glory, Ambition, Floodland, Trees Speak Breeze, StahMeNah VyBz […]
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Ten things for you to do this weekend
If I had to pick a theme for this weekend I guess I’d pick the internet? Mint milkshakes? There may be no common thread. You might be careening through this weekend like a meteor shard through cold, dark space. FRIDAY, MARCH 14 First, it’s FRIDAY. Watch this video before you do anything else. Then ask […]