Matt Mays w/July Talk, The Beaches Saturday, January 20, 8pm Scotiabank Centre, 1800 Argyle Street $37.50-$57.50 sonicconcerts.com Matt Mays camped out overnight to get tickets for a Neil Young & Crazy Horse show at the arena formerly known as the Metro Centre on November 5, 1996. He got tickets 10 rows back, but pushed ahead […]
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The Carleton Music Bar & Grill closes this week for renovations
The Carleton Music Bar & Grill (1685 Argyle Street) is temporarily closing its doors for renovations. According to a press release, the Carleton will shut down on December 22. It will briefly re-open for its In The Dead of Winter Festival shows from January 18-20, but the official re-opening won’t take place until February 8. […]
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Playing somebody else’s songs
In whole acts of love and admiration, here are the tribute shows I have personally produced, played and sung in: Tori Amos, Under the Pink (May 9, 2014); Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill (June 12, 2015, two shows); Tori Amos, Boys for Pele (January 20, 2016). These are three of the most important albums of […]
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Mauno brings it all home
Mauno w/Jon McKiel, Juice Girls Thursday, November 23, 8pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $10 Nick Everett doesn’t beat around the bush. The music he makes as a part of the band Mauno—with guitarist Scott Boudreau, bassist/vocalist Eliza Niemi and drummer Adam White—carries this same affects as his conversational style: Spry, thoughtful, quietly intellectual. […]
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Lisa LeBlanc, the star
Lisa LeBlanc w/Quiet Parade Saturday November 4, 8pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $15 Lisa LeBlanc’s been thinking a lot about high school lately. After all, it is autumn, the season of nostalgia. Walking through curling fallen leaves back in her hometown, just last week, she found herself back in the garages of her […]
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The Lifeblood of Pineo & Loeb
Lifeblood Friday, September 29 pineoandloeb.com Local EDM duo Pineo & Loeb will release its first album, Lifeblood, on Friday. “This is us as a body of work,” says Mitchell Pineo. “It’s a statement of our sound and what we do and what we love.” The two musicians, both 25, hang out in their home studio […]
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Floodland releases new album Static Walls
Floodland Album Release Party Friday September 1, 10pm-2am The Seahorse Tavern 2037 Gottingen Street $10/$15 Floodland is rolling into the Halifax Urban Folk Festival (HUFF) with its new album in tow. The four-piece band is predominately known for its live shows around the city. On Friday, Floodland is joined by Beauts and No It’s Fine […]
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Listen to this: Jale, “Again” (Komoda mix)
It’s 2017 and Jale has a “new” song—the gods have smiled upon us. The upcoming Brave New Waves session was recorded in the spring of 1993, remixed by Kevin Komoda that year, and will—finally—be released as a record September 8 (preorder here, limited edition on blue vinyl, oooo). The album features songs that would eventually end up […]
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OVAV’s relatable style
OVAV video/EP release w/Dirt Stache, Cringeworthy and Last Call Chernobyl Friday, August 18, 6:30pm Plan B, 2180 Gottingen Street $7 The post-hardcore band OVAV formed when its five members were still teenagers. Now in their early and mid-20s, the music they make—propulsive, dynamic, dark and heartfelt—has grown with them. The new single “A Reflection,” part […]
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Vakvnt’s dark energy
COMIC BY Jordyn Bochon and Tim Carpenter More from Vakvnt
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Listen to this: 3B’s “Switch Up”
Released on Monday, beatboxer 3B explores a new pop-hip hop hybrid sound with his new single, “Switch Up.” Mellow marimba and woodwind back up 3B’s (AKA Branden Taylor) plaintive lyrics about some disloyal buster. “This song was inspired by the people in life that are so easy to come and go,” Taylor says. “The […]
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A feast of Transfiguration Day’s tunes
Transfiguration Day at King’s Chapel Sunday, August 6, 7:30pm King’s College Chapel, 6350 Coburg Road free This coming weekend, the members of Transfiguration Day mark their first anniversary of performing together as a musical group. The name comes from the Feast of the Transfiguration: A Christian festival celebrated on August 6, commemorating the transfiguration of […]