Just as the weather finally turns to winter, Halifax’s favourite reggae band, Dub Kartel, has lined up the third annual Cold Smoke festival. This kick-ass one-day fest will be setting fire to The Seahorse and the Marquee’s stages to keep you hot-hot-hot. Starting Saturday night, Cold Smoke will showcase some of the best bands from […]
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Best Live Music Venue
Gold Winner The Carleton Bar & Grill Silver Winner The Marquee Ballroom Bronze Winner The Seahorse Tavern “I think it’s the sound, the service and the attention to detail during shows that makes us the best live music venue in the city,” says the Carleton’s owner Mike Campbell. “Credit there goes to Jon Cornwall and […]
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Jump into Hopscotch Halifax
Hopscotch Halifax is quickly becoming one of the city’s best annual music festivals. From live street art demos to the country’s champion battle rappers to American DJs and local dancers, this year’s Hopscotch pulls out the big guns with Orlando’s DJ Dallask and festival headliners Indiana’s Freddie Gibbs and Long Island MC Rakim. This year, […]
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Experimental music
It’s time to check the freezing temperatures at the door and heat the hell up with The Experiment, a multi-act party experience at both The Marquee and The Seahorse on Friday night. Presented by Birchwood Entertainment, The Experiment promises a two-storey full-sensory experience from visual art installations by Wasako AV to appearances from Halifax Circus […]
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Sloan come home
With a 20-plus year career, Canadian indie rock heroes Sloan return for a hometown show at The Marquee March 7 to celebrate, Commonwealth, the band’s 11th studio album. “We’ve been around for so long we could have easily made another Sloan record where everyone contributes another one or two songs,” says Jay Ferguson. “We talked […]
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Where I work: Shevy Price
WHO SHE IS “Recently I let my wall down and joined TMG Entertainment. My decision is solid, a lot of people don’t like it but they have no choice but to respect it. I feel my music will continue to mature and develop as I speak about my ongoing struggles with life, love and relationships—which […]
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Neon icons
In this world, anything can happen. Just ask Neon Dreams, Halifax’s EDM four-piece that recently signed to Atlanta trap god Waka Flocka Flame’s new label, 36Brickhouse. The band’s engineer Corey LeRue hit it off with the rapper at his Halifax show last January. Since then, Neon Dreams has released remixes of Waka’s “50K” and “Hard […]
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Keys N Krates expectations
Second World Collective official launch w/Keys N Krates, gLAdiator, Sleepy Tom Saturday, January 24 at 9pm Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $35 www.secondworldcollective.com Toronto’s Keys N Krates walks the line between rap and trap, and that’s mostly because it’s not easy to describe what type of music they play. A live band playing electronic on […]
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Trina in Halifax February 28
You know how it is, just browsing Facebook on a Wednesday, having some tea and WHAT THE SWEET JUMPIN FRIG IS THIS TRINA IS COMING TO TOWN??!? Yes. That is exactly what is happening. My idol and mentor, Miami’s Trina (AKA Da Baddest Bitch AKA Diamond Princess AKA Steph’s Ideal Woman) is indeed coming to […]
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A Cold Smoke 2015 playlist
It’s slippery as all hell outside—all the better to slide your ass down to the Marquee Ballroom tomorrow night for two floors of good vibes and music (Saturday, January 10, 2015, 9pm, $15/$20, see the event link for ticket retailers). Featuring Dub Kartel, Cam Smith, Coyote, Glory Glory, Ambition, Floodland, Trees Speak Breeze, StahMeNah VyBz […]
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Best Party Venue
Gold Winner Reflections Cabaret Silver Winner The Seahorse Tavern Bronze Winner The Marquee Ballroom A new look and a new location haven’t changed who Reflections really is inside. This crazy party animal is up for anything at all hours of the night, any night of the week—whether its a drag competition, a dubstep dance party, […]
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Essential YG tracks
1. “Bicken Back Being Bool” This week brought a new video for My Krazy Life‘s top track, and it’s bery, bery bool (also, blink and you’ll miss Ty Dolla $ign, so don’t blink). 2. “Toot It and Boot It Remix (ft. 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg and Ty Dolla $ign). YG doles out some dodgy relationship […]