Tiffany Naugler and Dan Nightingale would “bend over backwards” for music in Halifax. They are the co-founders of the blog and media company Noisography, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Before smartphones and social media, Naugler and Nightingale were lugging cameras to shows, hoping to capture a candid moment to share with fans online. […]
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A look back at OBEY X
Photographer Meg Yoshida was in OBEY Convention mode all weekend long, and we get to reap the benefits. Take a detailed trip down memory lane at the fun, wonderful and varied events that OBEY Convention’s 10th year provided. all photos by Meg Yoshida. Related Stories
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A look back at OBEY X
Photographer Meg Yoshida was in OBEY Convention mode all weekend long, and we get to reap the benefits. Take a detailed trip down memory lane at the fun, wonderful and varied events that OBEY Convention’s 10th year provided. all photos by Meg Yoshida.
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Premiere: Listen to Valerie’s dreamy “Quit”
Valerie, a brand new ambient dream pop/shoegaze/reverb concoction from Shawn McNally (guitar), Caleb Schriver (bass), Kayla Stevens (guitar), and Ryan Brown (drums) and Palmer Jamieson (guitar and vocals), came together “out of luck.” Our luck, really. “Caleb joined by a recommendation from our pal Dexter. It took a little to convince her, but Kayla joined in […]
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Sa-Roc with you
Sa-Roc w/Ghettosocks, Uncle Fester, Shevy Price, Realeyez, Kxng Wooz, Iyari, DJ Anderoc, DJ Fadzwa Friday, June 9 at 10pm Reflections Cabaret, 5187 Salter Street $9 After a seemingly endless winter and spring, you no doubt need a blast of heat that warms you from head to toe, lifts your spirits and makes you say, “hell […]
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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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Pretty Normal release new EP
Pretty Normal EP release w/Juice Girls, Crossed Wires, Sarah Denim Friday, May 5, doors at 9:30pm show at 10pm Art Bar + Projects, 1873 Granville Street $5 Pretty Normal makes pretty music. With the newest three-song EP, released this Friday, Nich Patzelt (vocals/synth), Scott Kedy (vocals/bass), Sam Benson (drums), Andrew Wright: (guitar) make some top […]
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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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Andrew MacKelvie wants you to hear the silence
Sounding Evolution: Andrew MacKelvie w/Lukas Pearse, Geordie Haley Monday, April 10, 8pm 1313 Hollis, 1313 Hollis Street $20/PWYC Silence is seemingly the opposite of music. For Andrew MacKelvie, though, there’s a certain resonance to it—and that’s what he seeks to explore in his work. “There’s certain patterns, almost, in the air that you can start […]