James Hoff w/D/A A/D, Nylon Tarps Saturday, January 14, 10pm Garrison Brewery, 1149 Marginal Road $15 suggested donation The Air You Breathe is Metallic To January 21 Anna Leonowens Gallery, 1891 Granville Street Brooklyn artist and musician James Hoff is a disruptor. Case in point: His album Blaster features beats infected by the Blaster virus […]
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Cold Smoke’s slow burn
Cold Smoke w/Dub Kartel, Walrus, Century Egg, Jelly, Alfie, Like A Motorcycle, Ghettosocks, Pineo & Loeb, Bosby, Tomatron, Woozy, Tachichi, The Sensi, Zora the Sultan Friday, January 13, 10pm The Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $15 Baby, it’s cold outside, but the stages inside the Marquee and Seahorse Tavern are about to get toasty on […]
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Where we practice: Sleepshaker
Sleepshaker EP release w/Scumgrief, Botfly, Chamber Saturday, January 14, 6:30pm The Pavilion, 5816 Cogswell Street $8/$10 WHO THEY ARE “Coming up together and going to shows in the music scene really brought us together,” says vocalist Harley Shea, who has been making progressive hardcore music with Owen Williams (guitar), Tyler Killam (guitar/vocals), James Bentley (bass/vocals) […]
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Shevy Price’s music comeback
After a two-year hiatus, hip-hop artist Shevy Price has released her second EP, REPNT, serving as a way to close an old chapter in her life and begin a new one, with a full album on the way. “REPNT is like a double-edged sword,” says Price. “It’s about how people should repent for the things […]
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Caution: Wet Paint
Hot Boxing Day w/Wet Paint, KDZ, The Sensi, Dead Horse Beats Monday, December 26, 10pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $5 Packing the Seahorse for a Boxing Day blowout of electronic music is becoming an annual tradition for Halifax producers James Gaudet and Dan Shanahan, AKA Wet Paint. While their live show on the […]
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Top five live music moments
Cyndi Cain opening for Lauryn Hill Our soul sister of Halifax opening for the soul and R&B sister of the world. Sweetz September Seduction at Hugo’s Bar and Grill It was great to see so many talented people blessing the stage and supporting each other as well as bringing a show to NS that hasn’t […]
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Top five local music moments of 2016
PUP at Halifax Pop Explosion If the amount of feet in the air and fists in the air are a way to measure crowd excitement, the PUP performance at HPX gets full marks. The crowd indulged in the music and sang along with every word and fuelled the dream that is far from over for […]
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Fighting for an inclusive music scene
Halifax: It’s about time we acknowledge the contemporary North American identity is shifting and artists—locally and otherwise—are showing up from the margins to challenge the status quo. This is becoming a palatable feeling in the local music community, where cultural shifts in language and values have seen tensions and confusion mounting. For example, a few […]
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Top five local tracks
6 Track Demo 2016 by Booji Boys Booji Boys, “I Dream of Booji” I also try not to hate but I hate anyway, Booji Boys really gets me. This is my dream band of 2008 but from 2016. Mountain God 山神仙 by Century Egg Century Egg, “Two Minutes” That high note! Getting shivers just thinking […]
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BAHNAHNAH’s appeal
BAHNAHNAH’s one-year anniversary Friday, December 9 at 10pm Khyber Centre for the Arts, 1880 Hollis Street $8 Halifax’s DJ collective will be performing at The Khyber Center for the Arts on Friday to celebrate its one-year effort in creating a safe dance space for marginalized groups. Since 2015 the trio, made up of DJs Fadzwa, […]
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Changing Three Sheet
Three Sheet w/Know Issue Friday, December 9, 10pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $10 After nearly a decade as a band, alternative hip-hop troupe Three Sheet is taking stock of where it’s at. Three Sheet’s tenure has included a huge number of shows in Halifax, a handful of tours, even a visit to Taiwan—something that […]
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Like a Motorcycle’s homecoming
Like a Motorcycle w/Keith Doom and the Wrecking Crew, Endless Nameless Saturday, November 26 at 10pm Gus’ Pub, 2605 Agricola Street $9/$13 Halifax punk-rock band, Like A Motorcycle, is ending its first international tour in support of its debut album at Gus’ Pub & Grill on Saturday. This September, Like a Motorcycle’s Jillian Comeau, Kim […]
