Alexander MacNeil, the wry leader of Alexander and the Great Ones, is a Nova Scotia native, but he was gone for awhile. “I was working and avoiding responsibility,” he says of his time in Dawson City, Yukon. “I worked at a hotel and wrote most of what will be my new album on a piano […]
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New Music 2018: Bear Le Friends
The rock-fusion band Bear Le Friends (barely friends) throws things back in a variety of ways with sharp vests, multiple vocalists and a whopping six members. “I love having so many voices around,” says vocalist/guitarist Brad Hill. “It makes the whole process so much more fun. It’s much more compromise, so many different avenues for […]
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New Music 2018: Kids Losing Sleep
When three of the four members of the pop-rock band Kids Losing Sleep start listing their influences, they shuffle around in a cafe booth, their matching black Converse-shod feet clapping as names get bounced around emphatically. Bassist Brycen Gunn loves Led Zeppelin, something that carries into the band’s churning rhythms, while the whole gang’s devout […]
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Nap Eyes’ subjective science
Nap Eyes w/Surveillance & MTCHCRFT Thursday, August 9, 8pm The Seahorse, 2037 Gottingen Street, $10 Near the end of “Roses,” the rollicking centrepiece of Nap Eyes’ dense third album I’m Bad Now, Nigel Chapman offers one of his most surprisingly simple lyrics. Earlier, he remarks that “people look for their reflections everywhere/in everyone”—something that resonates […]
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Nancy Wilson rocks on
Nancy Wilson w/Roadcase Royale Wednesday, August 15, 8pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium 6101 University Avenue $50-$65 After 40 years as a working musician, Nancy Wilson knows how to get shit done. Wilson is best known as half of the powerhouse rock ‘n’ roll duo Heart with her sister Ann. But when she touches down at the Rebecca […]
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Goldilox, just right
“In 2018, Goldilox found herself thrown back into time—into a far-out and colourful world where disco was in the air and everyone was getting high,” reads an old-school radio announcer’s voice in the singer’s Instagram story. “Recorded at Studio 108 in Paris, France, this new album witnesses Goldi’s path to Very Best. With her frequent […]
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Get lifted with The PepTides
The PepTides August 6-7, 8pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $10 Need to add some pep to your step? Well, The PepTides are here to save the day. With seven east coast shows planned this week—including a pair of shows at The Carleton—the nine-member group is coming through with a prescription for summertime sadness. Featured […]
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Thorgy Thor hits all the right notes
Thorgy and the Thorchestra July 27-28, 7:30pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium 6101 University Avenue $25-$55 History—or rather, “herstory”—will be made when Thorgy Thor (AKA Shane Galligan) of RuPaul’s Drag Race fame graces the Rebecca Cohn this weekend stage to give Canada its first-ever orchestral drag performance: Thorgy and the Thorchestra. Presented by Symphony Nova Scotia, it’s a […]
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FOONYAP’s vessel for feeling
FOONYAP w/BUDI and Special Costello Saturday, July 21, 9pm (Artist talk 2-4pm) Khyber Centre for the Arts 1880 Hollis Street $10 Calgary artist FOONYAP has been surrounded by music since her childhood, but it wasn’t until she discovered the world of indie-rock that she felt comfortable using it to express herself. FOONYAP grew up studying […]
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Jazz Fest: Daniel Caesar
Daniel Caesar w/Charlotte Day Wilson Sunday, July 15, 8:30pm Waterfront Stage $32-$38 Love, loss, faith, desire and determination—hear it all when Daniel Caesar takes to the Halifax Jazz Festival stage on July 15. Closing out a year which saw the release of his successful debut album Freudian, the singer will serenade audiences with the soulful […]
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Jazz Fest: Land of Talk
Land of Talk Thursday, July 12, 7pm St. Matthew’s United Church $35 Elizabeth Powell doesn’t have it all figured out, but she sure is trying. The frontperson of acclaimed indie outfit Land of Talk has just returned from a morning run when she answers the phone, full of energy and new revelations. “I had another […]
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Jazz Fest: Charlotte Day Wilson
Charlotte Day Wilson w/Daniel Caesar Sunday, July 15, 8:30pm Waterfront Stage $32-$38 Charlotte Day Wilson wants you to feel something—but she also acknowledges just how hard it can be to feel anything at all. The self-made R&B singer and producer—now back in her native Toronto after a stint living, studying and fronting local smooth-talkers The […]
