“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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Order this photobook of seven years at Evolve
What do you get for the special raver in your life that has everything? Just in time for the holidays, Halifax photographer Chris Smith has put together seven years of his favourite Evolve photos. The beautiful photobook is available for pre-order in both hardcover and softcover editions, and you can look through a glorious full preview on the sale site. […]
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24 Hours at Evolve 2015
A quick rip out to Antigonish for one of the summer’s most anticipated events reminds us that Evolve Festival’s charm comes from its community.
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Full Evolve Lineup Announced
Man Man The full Evolve Festival lineup was released today, and it’s massive. Those wild and crazy nutters in Man Man, hippie-thingies Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, former Jurassic 5 rapper Chali 2na and last year’s show-stealer Fred Penner are all on the bill, while notable first-timers include No Flyers Please and the Belle Comedians. The Sheepdogs – the Saskatoon-based rock outfit who are in the finals to win a contest to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone – will also be playing. Other popular DJ/dancey acts returning from previous years include Mat the Alien, Pretty Lights and
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Pole of confusion
Eight staples per poster, four per side: that’s how you’ll recognize the work of Ian McRuer. He aligns the temporary signs one on top of another with a bit of space between, as if in an outdoor gallery. He picks up fallen, soaked and crumpled posters from the ground, though it isn’t his job, and […]
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Hot Summer Guide: Concerts and music festivals
Paul McCartney July 11 A Beatle is coming to Halifax. Some come down on the man for his stand against the seal hunt—though it sounds like these days most blame the militancy on his ex-wife, Heather Mills—or some say that his wanting to change the order of the songwriting credits on “Yesterday” from Lennon/McCartney to […]