Since its debut last October, Fast Times, the monthly DJ/art showcase at The Marquee Club, has quickly established itself as the premiere dance party in Halifax. For those of us with two left feet, dancing downtown is usually a cover band at The Lower Deck. Or if you’re a little more coordinated, top 40 at […]
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Colour me pretty with The Hives, Brooke Miller, Nordic Nomadic, Bran Van 3000 and Wu-Tang Clan & searchable archives
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New Years Eve party by Aaron Fraser & searchable photo archives
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Heavy rotation
January continued the trend of never having to leave the north end when Hot Wire My Heart, a classy evening of garage music, debuted at Charlie’s Club. While it was short-lived, it was also a rousing success. CKDU’s Final Fridays began at the Khyber, and was host to varied music styles, for one magical Friday […]
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Risky Business w/Bus Pass,Get Tested, Envision, At Both Ends, C.I.
Risky Business became a band almost as joke because Mike Scarth, Ian Hart, Dave Prime and JD Gaudet wanted a band so their friends could sing along. Hart, the bass player, is as surprised as anyone. “If someone had told me that we would tour Europe twice in one year…I would have punched them in […]
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Sixtoo life
Let it be known, asking Sixtoo to explain all of his alter egos makes you sound like when your dad asks you, “What’s with all this hippity-hop music I keep hearing about?” Like the Ryan Adams of hip-hop, this guy just keeps coming up with new projects. He dropped a new Sixtoo LP in September, […]
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Gordon B. Isnor w/The Just Barelys, On Film
Celebrate the end of Christmas at Gus’ Pub on December 27 as local artisans gather to raise their baby pints high above the booze-stained carpets and give cheers to the tail-end of the overly jovial, commercial holiday season. Wild rover and former local legend Gordon B. Isnor is also rolling into town for a Boxing […]
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We’re over the rainbow with Shooter Jennings, Steve Bowers, Sondre Lerche, Jesse Dangerously and Rufus Wainwright & searchable archives.
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Class act
After her classmates had filed out of their grade nine and 10 music class in an adolescent ruckus, Shannon O’Toole poked her head back into Mal Kazi’s classroom. With her head down and hair in her eyes, she darted in, handing Kazi a well-folded piece of paper. He began to unfold it, but O’Toole scolded […]
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Hissyfit Christmas Drag Show
Looking for something to lift you out of those holiday blues? Why not check out your favourite local rockers decked out in drag for the holidays? The latest installment of Reflections Cabaret’s wildly popular Hissyfit series brings eight bands, including Die Brucke, Money Over Bitches, War Pony, The Visitation, Doug Mason and the Certified Legends, […]
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Something old and something new with Ween, Taken By Trees, Jay-Z, Ryan Bingham and Gorillaz & searchable archives.
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Woman of steel
Brace yourself for Sontiago. The Portland, Maine, resident recently released her sophomore full-length Steel Yourself on Endemik Music. Sonya Tomlinson, AKA Sontiago, the lyrical MC, finds herself Halifax-bound with her wordy playmate Dilly Dilly on December 8 for a gig with Ghettosocks at Hell’s Kitchen. “Performing together is really fun,” says Tomlinson, calling from her […]