Wordburglar album release + DCAF kick-off Friday, August 17, 9pm Jacob’s Lounge, 106 Portland Street, Dartmouth $7 Things are about to get nerdy when rapper Wordburglar (AKA Sean Jordan) visits Halifax this weekend. Combining his love for hip hop and comic books, the Halifax ex-pat comes home to kick off a coast to coast tour […]
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Justin McGrath (Walrus) interviews Kurt Inder
Today for The Scene Blog, I’ve asked Justin McGrath (Walrus, The Age) to interview Kurt Inder, the frontman of the Halifax pop-noodle band of the same name. Indebted to the lo-fi jazz-jizz sounds of Mac DeMarco and beyond, I first saw Kurt Inder last summer at The Khyber, featuring one of our favourite drummers Bianca Palmer (Vulva Culture) and […]
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Sure Things: A round-up of this weekend’s must-see shows
This weekend we’ll be singing along to songstresses from western Canada, Dartmouth punks, Pixies covers and The North End Metal All-Stars.
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Q&A with 902 NonStop Records’ Ally Dee
Ally Dee and Ryszky Biz run 902 NonStop Records, intensely repping local hip-hop. With both a radio show and regular rap showcases, Dee puts in hard work for a scene he clearly loves. Friday, March 6, the Rap Therapy event (Jacob’s Lounge, 9pm, $5 in advance, $10 at the door) features a handful of some […]
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Dartmouth daytripper
As San Francisco has Oakland and New York has Jersey, Halifax has my dear Dartmouth. I opted to settle there when I moved back from Toronto a month ago. Plenty of Haligonians think Dartmouth is just a place to drive through on the way to the airport, but here are a few of the reasons […]