Daniel Caesar w/BadBadNotGood, Lady Wray, Reeny Smith Halifax Forum Multi-purpose Centre 2901 Windsor Street Thursday, October 20, 8pm $40 Daniel Caesar w/ Loveland The Carleton Music Bar & Grill 1685 Argyle Street Thursday, October 20, 11:30pm $15 It’s fitting Daniel Caesar plays two shows in one night at Halifax Pop Explosion. The Toronto R&B and soul artist […]
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White Lung finds Paradise
White Lung w/Crossed Wires, Not You, The Yips Thursday, October 20, 10pm, The Seahorse Tavern, $25 Even if you haven’t heard of the Polaris Prize-shortlisted White Lung, its poppy-punk vibes will make you feel like its your favourite high school band you accidentally forgot about. With just the right amount of angst and heavy guitars […]
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Harrison’s PMA
Harrison w/Eddy, Chastity, Holy Fuck Thursday, October 20, 10:30pm Reflections Cabaret, 5187 Salter Street $15 Harrison w/Matty Galaxy Friday, October 21 at 1:30am Reflections Cabaret, 5187 Salter Street $15 When Toronto producer Harrison goes on tour, he can be found binge-watching episodes of Seinfeld while travelling. While he finds comfort in the show about nothing, […]
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Voivod returns to ‘80s roots
Voivod w/Black Moor, Scumgrief, Geil Thursday, October 20, 9pm The Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $25 With over 30 years together, Quebec sci-fi thrash metal band Voivod is still going strong. The band has gone through some changes along the way–after guitarist Denis “Piggy” D’Amour passed away from colon cancer in 2005, the group said […]
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The Highest Order’s spooky party
The Highest Order w/Cactus Flower, Laura Sauvage, The Barr Brothers Saturday, October 22, 10pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street “It’s the most ‘party’ record I’ve ever made,” The Highest Order’s Simone Schmidt says of the band’s second album, Still Holding, released this past June. Three-quarters comprised of former members of country group $100 (Schmidt, […]
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“If you like The Beach Boys, you’ll probably like TUNS”
TUNS w/Partner, Monomyth, Century Egg Friday, October 21, midnight The Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $25 The members of the pop-rock group TUNS were friends first, which is probably why their debut, self-titled record feels as familiar and tasty as a sonic slice of vanilla cake. Or, as Mike O’Neill says about the “vocally driven pop” […]
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John River’s got hope
John River w/Keys N Krates, Grandtheft, Okay TK Friday, October 21, 11pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $15 John River was born and raised and still lives in Mississauga, Ontario, a place he speaks of with the love and fervour his GTA neighbour Drake is known for showing Toronto (“If Drizzy is the poppa of […]
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Extra Mega Bog
Mega Bog w/Nap Eyes, Freelove Fenner Wednesday, October 19 at 10:30pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $25 Mega Bog w/Old and Weird, The Painters, Soft Spot Thursday, October 20 at 6pm Art Bar + Projects, 1873 Granville Street $10 Mega Bog is always in a state of fluidity, the only constant being found in […]
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PUP patrol
PUP w/White Lung, Greys, Pkew Pkew Pkew Wednesday, October 19, 8pm The Marquee Club 2037 Gottingen Street $25 “My body has no clue what time zone it’s in,” says Stefan Babcock, on the line Thanksgiving morning, the day after he arrived home in Toronto from a surprisingly successful tour of Australia. PUP, the punk band […]
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Sample She-Devils
She-Devils w/Phern, Laps, Programm Wednesday, October 19 at 6pm Art Bar + Projects, 1873 Granville Street all ages $10 It’s OK to lose track of time and get sucked in and have your senses manipulated in the sample-heavy vortex of Montreal duo She-Devils. “For me, sound is really hypnotic. I definitely work at it from […]
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All 164 Sloan songs ranked worst to best
Sloan made me want to be in a band. From the first time I watched them on MuchMusic (“The Other Man”—still my favourite music video) to seeing them play Twice Removed at the Marquee, I was enamoured. During my Masters at Dalhousie, under the guidance of Dr. J (shout out to Jacqueline Warwick!) I examined […]
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Hello Delaware’s having fun
Hello Delaware album release Dance Movie, CAMERON Friday, September 30, 7:30pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $10/$15 Dana Beeler knows a thing or two about change. Two years ago, the Halifax-based musician found herself writing songs with a broken heart and an ache to move away from the bluegrass-inflected sound with which she made […]