Jeri Brown Friday, July 13, 11:15pm The Carleton $20 Jeri Brown’s singing is effortless. But make no mistake: Her position as one of jazz music’s most acclaimed contemporary vocalists is the product of decades of hard work. “It is essential that the story is clear,” says Brown, who seems to hold her story with a […]
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Meet the infectious Fungus
Fungus EP release w/No, It’s Fine., Dimension Boys, Stand Back Friday, July 6, 10pm Gus’ Pub, 2605 Agricola Street $6/$8 “She been around the block / she don’t like to talk about it,” sings Vivika Ballard on “Fungus Theme,” a swamp-country stomper from her band’s debut EP, D’well, out Friday. Which block she’s talking about […]
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Stand Back delivers
Stand Back w/Second Line Parade, Roadside Scarecrow Thursday, June 28, 9pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $7 For the three members of Stand Back, songwriting is a team effort. “Generally, if we write the song, we’ll sing the lead. I guess classic Halifax rock, kind of Sloan style,” says Ben Matthews, bassist and vocalist for […]
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X-Plycit and Mackie are on the come-up
X-Plycit & Mackie 902 Lit Tour w/Stack Loot Divide, Kam Speech, Scence, The UnderDogs, Connor Moore, J-Pimpin, CHELL, Devon Paul Muzik Thursday, June 28, 8pm Menz & Mollyz, 2182 Gottingen Street $10 Halifax is going to be lit when rappers X-Plycit and Mackie take to the stage at Menz and Mollyz tonight, giving the city […]
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Kilmore’s Call
Kilmore w/Which Witch is Which, The Holy Snappers, Hatchet Lake Saturday, June 23, 10pm Gus’ Pub, 2605 Agricola Street $10 ($20 with CD) Three years after releasing its debut City Lights EP, Kilmore dims the lights and cranks up the darkness on its new full-length. On Call of the Void, the riffs are relentless as […]
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Going with Partner’s flow
Partner w/No, It’s Fine., Century Egg Thursday, June 21, 8pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $17.50 adv/$25 door About two-thirds of the way into In Search of Lost Time, the long-awaited debut album from Windsor, ON-via-Sackville, NB rock band Partner, a voice solemnly offers a proclamation about the state of music and its listeners: […]
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The Old Confidence Lodge: Sonic and iconic
There is something so unmistakably whole about people, whether thoroughbred or import, from the south shore of Nova Scotia. The stretch of land and water running from Lunenburg County to Yarmouth and curling up into Digby breeds a good, honest and endlessly admirable people. They come fully equipped with unabridged resourcefulness, a thriving arsenal of […]
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Upstream’s cool and composing
International Music Concert Saturday, June 16, 7:30pm Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road $20 New Directions UP Sunday, June 17, 8pm The Halifax Music Co-op, 2164 Barrington Street $10-$25 Lukas Pearse and Halifax are in a mutually beneficial relationship. Pearse has dedicated his life to sound art and in return, Halifax has provided the […]
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Steele my Sunset
Matt Steele & The Corvette Sunset album release w/The Kents, Lazeez, Nick Faye & The Deputies Thursday, June 7, 8pm The Seahorse Tavern 2037 Gottingen Street $10 eventbrite.com Matt Steele is accustomed to taking the stage with various musicians behind him.”It was a lot of moving the guitar neck up and down to signal, ‘Here […]
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Reeny Smith: Pop and power
CIOE 97.5 FM East Coast Music Showcase w/Reeny Smith, John Gracie, Makayla Lynn, JJ Roots and more Saturday, June 2, 6pm Spatz Theatre, 1855 Trollope Street $25 tickethalifax.com Growing up in the church, R&B-singer Reeny Smith witnessed first-hand the powerful effects of words and music. Delivering inspiration, hope and faith through song is second nature […]
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OBEY XI: Yohvn Blvck
Yohvn Blvck w/DIáSPORA Saturday, May 27, 2pm Seven Bays Bouldering, 2019 Gottingen Street free, all ages “Growing up in Antigua, there was never a place for anyone to express themselves in that shared manner. If anything, the closest thing to that was church—and that was a no,” says Edwin Hull with a laugh. “So I […]
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OBEY XI: Science Project
Science Project Thursday, May 24, 10pm Garrison Brewery, 1149 Marginal Road $10 Cody Googoo has been prolific in the Halifax punk and noise scene for the past number of years, playing in countless bands including Unreal Thought and young legends Booji Boys. The music he’s recently made as Science Project, however, carries a more insular […]
