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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Sweet Neon Dreams
The past year was pivotal for pop/EDM band Neon Dreams, composed of four locals riding the high of recognition. They landed among the stars on top 40 charts with their single,”Marching Bands” and performed at the 2017 Juno Awards gala dinner. “It felt like a level-up,” says songwriter and producer Corey LeRue. Neon Dreams’ roots […]
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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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Xara’s The Hours Turn to Nothing shows unity
The Hours Turn to Nothing St. Matthew’s United Church 1479 Barrington Street Apr 28, 8pm & Apr 29, 2:30pm & 8pm $23/$28 xara.ca/tickets “I purposely didn’t name any of the ‘characters’ within the narrative,” says author Ami McKay, speaking on the inter-disciplinary choral performance, The Hours Turn to Nothing, that she has written in collaboration […]
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Oh so Quiet
Stewart Legere album release Wednesday, April 19, 7:30pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen St. $20/$25 tickethalifax.com Stewart Legere walks in the side door of Tom’s Little Havana on Dresden Row wearing a mix of denim and leather, taking off tortoise-shell sunglasses to reveal blue eyes sparkling with excitement—and for good reason. The multi-disciplinary artist is […]
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Heist stakes
Heist launch party w/Stewart Legere, Manny Dingo, Princess Edward and DJ Almond Breeze Saturday, April 8 at 9pm Mother’s Halifax, 5710 Young Street Free A new live art company is taking over Mother’s Pizza on Saturday night. “Let art take over” is the motto of Heist, the rebranded group formerly known as Angels & Heroes. […]
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Lounging with Dazor
Dazor w/Co-Pilot, Stonehouse Saturday, April 1, 10pm The Oasis Pub & Eatery 5661 Spring Garden Road, $6 Bumming cigarettes and video games were the catalysts that started Halifax alt-rock trio Dazor. “When we first started playing, we were playing in the basement of a frat house,” says drummer and vocalist Lewis Belcher. Belcher started chatting […]
