T he crowd of friends knocking around pool balls and chalking cue sticks don’t know who Morgan Davis is. Their laughter bubbles and expands, filling the bar on an otherwise quiet night. The sound threatens to drown out Davis and his modest Ampro amp after he flicks through his mental songbook and begins playing on […]
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The Mellotones’ magical New Year’s Eve playlist
New Year’s Eve with The Mellotones Cunard Centre, 961 Marginal Road Tue Dec 31, 7pm/9:30pm $34 – $145 The Mellotones are a staple of the Halifax live music scene, filling dance floors with R&B, soul and funk for over 20 years. From the band’s standing Thursday at Bearly’s to drawing sell-out crowds at the Rebecca […]
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Kenni G keeps it real
Vision 2020 New Year’s Party feat. Kenni G, Aquasocks and more Halifax Music Co-op, 2170 Barrington Street, Tue, Dec 31, 9pm-2am, $20 When Kennedy Crossland went to a music festival for the first time—at Evolve, the club kid destination for an EDM slant on the festival experience—she expected to fall deeper in love with electronic […]
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Flossin’ with Famba this NYE
Famba w/Scientists of Sound, Maximum Overdrive Grand Parade, Barrington at George Streets Tue Dec 31, 11pm, free Famba The Dome, 1732 Argyle Street Tue Dec 31, 11:30pm, $35 Halifax will get a double dose of Famba on New Year’s Eve: The electronic dance musician from Halifax plays Grand Parade before hopping across the street to […]
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The 2020 New Year’s Eve planner
BIG TICKET EVENTS Fifty Shades of Grey NYE gala feat. Asia & NuGruv Head to the DoubleTree Hilton (101 Wyse Road, Dartmouth) for this event with the powerhouse vocals and good-time-giving setlist of Asia & NuGruv. Three DJs and good vibes keep the party goin’ late. 9pm-2:30am New Year’s Eve on the Grand Parade w/Famba, […]
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The year of T. Thomason
O n New Year’s Eve, T. Thomason opens for Platinum Blonde at Casino Nova Scotia, capping off a year that included an album release and winning an episode of the American Idol-meets-America’s Next Top Model TV show The Launch. Here, he describes the perfect New Year’s party and what he hopes the new decade will […]
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Boney M., the original bop star
Boney M. Dec 18, 7:30pm Scotiabank Centre, 1800 Argyle Street $61.75-$73.50 Boney M. is not a perfect cult disco group. It is perfect, period. The foursome—including original lead vocalist Liz Mitchell—will scorch the Scotiabank Centre on December 18. Dig out your damn body glitter. Founded in 1974, Boney M. was always too out-there to be […]
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Kids Losing Sleep are gaining hits
Kids Losing Sleep EP release show w/Sundae Girl, Social Smokers Club Dec 13 , The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street, 10pm-2am, $12 The four BFFs in Kids Losing Sleep wanna set the record straight: Though they stan Katy Perry and were raised on bands like Sum 41, they’re not just another pop-punk band. “We’re emo […]
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Where I record: Ashley Pringle’s Arrangements
Who he is Ashley Pringle has been kicking around the Halifax music scene for years: You might know his guitar noodling in the heavy-psychedelic band, Nor, or remember his face-melting prog-metal band MVMNTS—and then there was his stint in the two-piece prog-punk band Slashy that had a fan in The Super Friendz’ Charles Austin (“he […]
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Said The Whale floats on
Gambier Island is a heavily forested island to the west of Vancouver, British Columbia. Its green landscape and natural beauty are one of many such locations referenced in the music of Vancouver indie-rocker Said The Whale. The band’s newest album, Cascadia, is the sixth studio album it has created—but most importantly, this album has the […]
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Catching up with the Crash Test Dummies
In the early 1990s, the Crash Test Dummies strummed their way into the international stage with a string of smart, oddball hits—including “Afternoons and Coffeespoons”, “Swimming in your ocean”, “In the days of the caveman,” and, of course, the unforgettable ear worm “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm.” The album on which those songs were featured, God […]
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Gabrielle Papillon wants to see you Shout
Gabrielle Papillon w/Gianna Lauren Nov 30 The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street 7pm $25 Gabrielle Papillon will take you on a journey through social anxiety to a new kind of bravery with her art-pop album Shout. “If you start off at the beginning of the record,” Papillon says, “that song is like anxiety brain.” She’s […]