Vision 2020 New Year’s Party feat. Kenni G, Aquasocks and more Halifax Music Co-op, 2170 Barrington Street, Tue, Dec 31, 9pm-2am, $20 When Kennedy Crossland went to a music festival for the first time—at Evolve, the club kid destination for an EDM slant on the festival experience—she expected to fall deeper in love with electronic […]
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HPX18: Rayannah
Rayannah w/Cartel Madras, Jon Bryant, Beach Body Friday, October 19, 5:30pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street, $15 From the airy opening flourishes of “Best of You,” Rayannah’s latest single, it’s clear that the Franco-Manitoban’s twist on electronic music isn’t what comes to mind when thinking of the genre: “In general, my stuff is pretty dense […]
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The Lifeblood of Pineo & Loeb
Lifeblood Friday, September 29 pineoandloeb.com Local EDM duo Pineo & Loeb will release its first album, Lifeblood, on Friday. “This is us as a body of work,” says Mitchell Pineo. “It’s a statement of our sound and what we do and what we love.” The two musicians, both 25, hang out in their home studio […]
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Sweet Talk with DJ Festive Special (and a dance mix!)
Hey out there, The Coast got you covered. Here’s what’s up Saturday night: you’re gonna get turnt with your friends, drink some of that purp, and then get greasy at Sugar 2: Deep Fried Fun. It’s the next episode of a very sweet dance party hosted by DJ Festive Special (Andrew Neville), with bass-heavy DJ Fadzwa and […]
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Flack attack: Is Russia The Next Up-and-Coming EDM Scene?
[Image-1] We get a lot of press releases during our day. Some of them are useful, others not so much. Presented without judgment or context, this past month’s weirdest releases. 3 gifts that help #SaveTheBees TSN’s James Duthie sports chicken suit for charity “Not everyone has the pluck to step into a chicken suit and […]
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Bass Bias’ amazing bass
The walls of The Argyle’s basement will be shaking on January 24 as part of the latest edition of Bassment Bump, a series of shows put on by local label Bass Bias Records. And if an evening of shaking it to a DJ spinning bass-heavy tracks in Halifax’s literal underground doesn’t sound like your cup […]