The 2017 Polaris Prize winner Lido Pimienta is back in town tonight, six weeks after her Halifax Pop Explosion show—during which she made her standard request for women of colour to move to the front, followed by white women and then men—became national news due to some audience members’ reactions. Pimienta is here as a […]
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Halifax Pop Explosion 2017 in pictures
The 25th Halifax Pop Explosion has come and gone, another blitz of guitars, beats, clapalongs and discoveries. Here’s how our Lenny Mullins saw the festival.
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Lido Pimienta is lit
Lido Pimienta w/Charlotte Day Wilson, Ralph, Vogue Dots Thursday, October 19, 9:15pm The Marquee, 2037 Gottingen Street $25 Navigate the Industry or Die Trying Friday, October 20, 3:30pm Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road free If you’ve heard Lido Pimienta’s name recently, chances are it’s been in one of a handful […]
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Cloud Nothings’ clean energy
Cloud Nothings w/Japandroids, The Courtneys, Julie & The Wrong Guys Thursday, October 19, 7pm Forum MPC, 2901 Windsor Street $40 adv/$50 doors What began as a one-man project in his parents’ basement in Cleveland quickly morphed into Dylan Baldi’s life’s work—he dropped out of college in 2010 and has been on the road ever since. […]
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Patrick Watson, finally
Patrick Watson w/Rural Alberta Advantage, Yukon Blonde, Dance Movie Saturday, October 21, 7pm Forum MPC, 2901 Windsor Street $40 adv/$50 doors After releasing music as a band for close to 15 years, Patrick Watson is finally coming to Halifax. “I can’t believe we haven’t played Halifax yet, this is ridiculous. I can’t believe it’s finally […]
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Ms. Banks is on fire
Ms. Banks w/Beach Season, PLAYSW/MUSIC, Thrillah & Jay Mayne, Maje, Malcolm London, Devonteé Friday, October 20, 10pm Reflections Cabaret, 5187 Salter Street $15 The rapper Ms. Banks comes with confidence and swagger all wrapped in a British accent. Her rhymes are politically charged, fully feminist and viciously delivered—disarmingly, thrillingly so. The south London woman Vice […]
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Forward Music Group’s slow burn
Forward Music Group presents JOYFULTALK and Gianna Lauren Thursday, October 19, 7:30pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street free Forward Music Group was borne of scarcity and passion. As friends, musicians and show promoters in Fredericton in 2007, Kyle Cunjak, James Boyle and Zach Atkinson were “young and eager and getting to a point […]
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Get caught up in Twist
Twist w/Weaves, Casper Skulls, Pony Friday, October 20, 6pm The Khyber, 1880 Hollis Street free Although Twist’s debut Spectral came out in 2016, don’t expect to hear many songs from it Halifax Pop Explosion. Fronted by Laura Hermiston, the album dropped around the same time she was getting the band together and working on a […]
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Charlotte Day Wilson’s homecoming
Charlotte Day Wilson w/Lido Pimienta, Ralph, Vogue Dots Thursday, October 19, 9:15pm The Marquee, 2037 Gottingen Street $25 Charlotte Day Wilson’s voice is unlike any other in the country. She’s soulful and gentle, able to communicate just as much feeling through a quiet slope of blue notes as she is with an impassioned growl. Naturally, […]
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The Courtneys’ tour snacks
The Courtneys w/Cloud Nothings, Japandroids, Julie & The Wrong Guys Thursday, October 19, 7pm Forum MPC, 2901 Windsor Street $40 adv/$50 doors w/Frigs, Motherhood, Bad Pop Friday, October 20, 10pm Gus’ Pub, 2601 Agricola Street $15 When The Courtneys are on tour, drummer Jen Twynn Payne and guitarist Courtney Loove like to try out different […]
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The Rural Alberta Advantage’s Wild heart
Rural Alberta Advantage w/Patrick Watson, Yukon Blonde, Dance Movie Saturday, October 21, 7pm Forum MPC, 2901 Windsor Street $40 adv/$50 doors Like clockwork, The Rural Alberta Advantage manages to release a new album every three years, even if not by design. “This time, we were like ‘It’s going to be different this time. We’re going […]
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Yamantaka // Sonic Titan’s new approach
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan w/WHOOP-Szo, Geil, Inland Island Thursday, October 19, 10pm Gus’ Pub, 2601 Agricola Street A lot has changed since the “noh-wave” noise-rock collective Yamantaka // Sonic Titan last played Halifax in 2012. For one, the band’s lineup has shifted: The group went on hiatus after the departure of founding members Ruby Kato […]
