The past year was pivotal for pop/EDM band Neon Dreams, composed of four locals riding the high of recognition. They landed among the stars on top 40 charts with their single,”Marching Bands” and performed at the 2017 Juno Awards gala dinner. “It felt like a level-up,” says songwriter and producer Corey LeRue. Neon Dreams’ roots […]
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Jenn Grant’s intangible feeling
Jenn Grant Saturday, May 13, 8pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium 6101 University Avenue $27-$32 Breaking apart a peanut butter cookie in the sunny window of a cafe on Gottingen Street, Jenn Grant glows. The singer-songwriter has just returned to Nova Scotia after weeks of touring behind her sixth album, Paradise. It’s a beautiful, subtly adventurous record […]
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Take it easy with Tasseomancy
Tasseomancy w/Mega Bog, Fake Buildings Thursday, May 4, 10pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $10 Twin sisters Romy and Sari Lightman have been dancing around genres in their shared musical practice for years. They’re currently working under the name Tasseomancy with bandmates Evan Cartwright and Johnny Spence and their latest album, 2016’s Do Easy, […]
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Welcome Shift From Tha 902
RiFF RAFF w/Shift From Tha 902, F8FUL, Relly, Panda Gang, Peter Jackson, DJ Afterthought, Rude Dowg, Pineo & Loeb Tuesday, May 9, 9pm Reflections Cabaret, 5187 Salter Street riffraffhalifax2017.eventbrite.ca Todd Googoo, AKA Shift From Tha 902—a hip hop artist from We’koqma’q First Nations, is speaking from his hotel room in Saint John, up from Cape […]
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Xara’s The Hours Turn to Nothing shows unity
The Hours Turn to Nothing St. Matthew’s United Church 1479 Barrington Street Apr 28, 8pm & Apr 29, 2:30pm & 8pm $23/$28 xara.ca/tickets “I purposely didn’t name any of the ‘characters’ within the narrative,” says author Ami McKay, speaking on the inter-disciplinary choral performance, The Hours Turn to Nothing, that she has written in collaboration […]
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Oh so Quiet
Stewart Legere album release Wednesday, April 19, 7:30pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen St. $20/$25 tickethalifax.com Stewart Legere walks in the side door of Tom’s Little Havana on Dresden Row wearing a mix of denim and leather, taking off tortoise-shell sunglasses to reveal blue eyes sparkling with excitement—and for good reason. The multi-disciplinary artist is […]
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A helping of VIMANA
A new artist collective helping to propel artists and musicians by providing resources and networking opportunities is one of the latest positive additions to Halifax’s creative scene. It’s called V I M A N A. MC Darren Pyper (AKA Ghettosocks) is one of the nine founding members of the collective. “The collective was formed out […]
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Lounging with Dazor
Dazor w/Co-Pilot, Stonehouse Saturday, April 1, 10pm The Oasis Pub & Eatery 5661 Spring Garden Road, $6 Bumming cigarettes and video games were the catalysts that started Halifax alt-rock trio Dazor. “When we first started playing, we were playing in the basement of a frat house,” says drummer and vocalist Lewis Belcher. Belcher started chatting […]
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Going way Underground
Staying Underground residency Friday April 13 & 20, 9pm Alteregos Cafe, 2193 Gottingen Street RHONDA, Pleasure Forever, All Black Everything with Alfalfa Brown Friday April 7, 10pm Reflections Cabaret, 5187 Salter Street Pop-up shop with Alfalfa Brown Tuesday April 11, 6-8pm Lost & Found, 2383 Agricola Street “The best comment I heard was that […]
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Classical Yas
Yas Quartet Sunday, March 26, 7pm Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts 6199 Chebucto Road $10-$30 ceciliaconcerts.ca Yas Quartet has been making waves. The international string group is fresh off a third-place win at the 2016 Schoenfeld International String Competition in Harbin, China. Made up of violinists John Heffernan and Artem Kolesov, cellist Titilayo Ayangade (who has […]
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Chronos’ tick tock
Chronos Friday, March 24 Bearly’s House of Blues and Ribs Chronos’ latest invitation to the dancefloor is upbeat, soulful and bursting with brass. The eight-piece instrumental ensemble brings a fuller, more luscious sound in its sophomore album, What It Is. Chronos’ 2013 debut, Boots the Cat, earned nominations for Jazz Album of the Year from […]
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Death’s companions: Meet Nova Scotia’s forensic pathology team
In a modern glass and steel building, embedded in the Burnside Industrial Park, reside the dead. The Dr. William Finn Centre for Forensic Medicine—named after Nova Scotia’s first medical examiner, appointed in 1895—was designed by Fowler Bauld & Mitchell, the same architect firm that created the sprawling cathedral that is the Halifax Central Library. The […]