Iskwé w/Rococode and Arsoniste Friday, November 10, 9pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $8/$12 Iskwé, a genre-bending artist based in Hamilton, concerns herself less with how to describe her music and more with the kind of change her music can create. Pulling from trip hop, R&B and traditional folk music, her new album The Fight […]
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Ria Mae talks My Love
Halifax’s favourite pop star Ria Mae is fresh off a gold record (and two Best of Halifax golds!) for her major-label debut, but now is no time for slowing down. Her new EP My Love drops today, featuring six songs (plus a remix of “Bend”) co-written with a slate of CanCon stars like herself. On […]
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Lisa LeBlanc, the star
Lisa LeBlanc w/Quiet Parade Saturday November 4, 8pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $15 Lisa LeBlanc’s been thinking a lot about high school lately. After all, it is autumn, the season of nostalgia. Walking through curling fallen leaves back in her hometown, just last week, she found herself back in the garages of her […]
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Generation HPX: Halifax Pop Explosion 2017
Here we go—the music event Haligonians have been waiting for is finally here. The only problem is, how will you choose who to go see? Maybe our profiles below will help you narrow it down. Ms. Banks Charlotte Day Wilson Cloud Nothings The CourtneysLido Pimienta Patrick Watson The Rural Alberta Advantage Tasha the Amazon Twist […]
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Lido Pimienta is lit
Lido Pimienta w/Charlotte Day Wilson, Ralph, Vogue Dots Thursday, October 19, 9:15pm The Marquee, 2037 Gottingen Street $25 Navigate the Industry or Die Trying Friday, October 20, 3:30pm Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road free If you’ve heard Lido Pimienta’s name recently, chances are it’s been in one of a handful […]
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Yamantaka // Sonic Titan’s new approach
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan w/WHOOP-Szo, Geil, Inland Island Thursday, October 19, 10pm Gus’ Pub, 2601 Agricola Street A lot has changed since the “noh-wave” noise-rock collective Yamantaka // Sonic Titan last played Halifax in 2012. For one, the band’s lineup has shifted: The group went on hiatus after the departure of founding members Ruby Kato […]
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Weaves burst Wide Open
Weaves w/Twist Casper Skulls, Pony Friday, October 20, 6pm The Khyber, 1880 Hollis Street free w/Aquakultre & Big Budi Band, Kurt Inder, LUKA, Strongboy Friday, October 20, 8pm The Marquee, 2037 Gottingen Street $25 In their brief tenure as a band, Toronto art rockers Weaves have built a name for themselves by pulling apart and […]
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Tasha the Amazon does it all
Tasha The Amazon w/Bambii, Clairmont The Second, Reeny Smith, Quake & Kayo, Elijah Saturday, October 21, 9pm The Marquee, 2037 Gottingen Street $25 The moniker The Patron Saint of Ruckus is both an indicator of what to expect from Tasha the Amazon and a challenge for the audience. “I feel more of like a party […]
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Cloud Nothings’ clean energy
Cloud Nothings w/Japandroids, The Courtneys, Julie & The Wrong Guys Thursday, October 19, 7pm Forum MPC, 2901 Windsor Street $40 adv/$50 doors What began as a one-man project in his parents’ basement in Cleveland quickly morphed into Dylan Baldi’s life’s work—he dropped out of college in 2010 and has been on the road ever since. […]
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Patrick Watson, finally
Patrick Watson w/Rural Alberta Advantage, Yukon Blonde, Dance Movie Saturday, October 21, 7pm Forum MPC, 2901 Windsor Street $40 adv/$50 doors After releasing music as a band for close to 15 years, Patrick Watson is finally coming to Halifax. “I can’t believe we haven’t played Halifax yet, this is ridiculous. I can’t believe it’s finally […]
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Ms. Banks is on fire
Ms. Banks w/Beach Season, PLAYSW/MUSIC, Thrillah & Jay Mayne, Maje, Malcolm London, Devonteé Friday, October 20, 10pm Reflections Cabaret, 5187 Salter Street $15 The rapper Ms. Banks comes with confidence and swagger all wrapped in a British accent. Her rhymes are politically charged, fully feminist and viciously delivered—disarmingly, thrillingly so. The south London woman Vice […]
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Forward Music Group’s slow burn
Forward Music Group presents JOYFULTALK and Gianna Lauren Thursday, October 19, 7:30pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street free Forward Music Group was borne of scarcity and passion. As friends, musicians and show promoters in Fredericton in 2007, Kyle Cunjak, James Boyle and Zach Atkinson were “young and eager and getting to a point […]
