Loud Luxury w/Neon Dreams, Fama, Karate Kactus Tue, Nov 26, 7pm Cunard Centre, 961 Marginal Road $41.50-$52.50 This has been more than just a coming out year for Halifax’s Neon Dreams. After 2019 witnessed the release of the band’s debut full-length album (that’d be the long-awaited Sweet Dreams Till Sundown) hits like “High School Dropout,” […]
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Best Electronic Artist / Band
Gold Winner Neon Dreams Silver Winner Rich Aucoin Bronze Winner Scientists of Sound Neon Dreams nabbed Best Electronic and Best Pop Band this year, and the trio is happy to be slotted in either or both. “We’ve transitioned a lot from EDM but we’re still very much electronic,” says drummer Adrian Morris, ahead of a […]
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Best Pop Artist / Band
Gold Winner Neon Dreams Silver Winner Port Cities Bronze Winner Rich Aucoin “We draw from so much,” says Adrian Morris, drummer for Top 40 juggernaut Neon Dreams. “At one point we were a hip hop group. Frank [Kadillac] draws from his father with reggae and dancehall. Me and Matt [Gats] draw from punk and rock. […]
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Best Social Media Presence By An Artist / Band
Gold Winner Neon Dreams Silver Winner The Town Heroes Bronze Winner Like a Motorcycle Neon Dreams used to have someone on their team whose job it was to document the trio for social media. That’s shifted recently. “This past year we’ve been wanting to make our social media look raw with less thought behind it,” […]
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Neon Dreams exits Hedley arena tour
Halifax EDM outfit Neon Dreams has announced it has pulled out of a cross-Canada tour as allegations of sexual misconduct against the members of Hedley pile up this week. The trio has been on the Cageless tour since it kicked off February 5 in Abbottsford, BC, and was scheduled to open all 32 shows to […]
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Voices carry
MO KENNEY Mo Kenney is reserved and unassuming, a quietly quick wit. She saves it for the stage, as the saying goes—her demeanour is not one of meekness or deference to any of the men in her band, but of a measured confidence that borders on laconic until she leans into her guitar, a 1965 […]
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Your 2017 Music Nova Scotia award winners
A post shared by Port Cities (@port_cities) on Nov 5, 2017 at 5:39pm PST Another Nova Scotia Music Week has come to a close after a wild weather weekend in Truro, where the roving annual event is in the middle of a four-year stay. Harmerrific Port Cities walked away the biggest winners, with five of […]
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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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Manifest destiny: NSCC music business students strut their stuff
“The Halifax music industry is overflowing with incredible, underrated musicians who are yet to be discovered,” says Emma Cassidy, one of the 21 students in this year’s edition of the Nova Scotia Community College‘s Music Business Program. Tonight at The Marquee and The Seahorse (2037 Gottingen Street, 10pm, $8/$5), students in the program are putting on […]
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Best Artist / Band Most Likely To Make It Big
Gold Winner Neon Dreams Silver Winner Like A Motorcycle Bronze Winner Mo Kenney “Woo! Woo! Woo! What an honour,” exclaims the producer for Neon Dreams, Corey LeRue. “It feels great to be recognized in your hometown. It just feels great! It’s such an amazing honour! Thank you everyone who voted.” Over the last couple of […]
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Best Artist / Band To Dance To
Gold Winner The Mellotones Silver Winner Neon Dreams Bronze Winner Dub Kartel Halifax’s eight-piece jazz, soul, funk and R&B band, together for 18 years now, exists precisely so you can move your body to music’s most danceable jams. “Having such a large band allows us to tackle material that most bands can’t,” says Jeffrey Mosher. […]
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Best Electronic Artist / Band
Gold Winner Neon Dreams Silver Winner Pineo & Loeb Bronze Winner Scientists of Sound Find out what makes Neon Dreams the Best on page TK.