“The music I tend to play is usually techno and acid house,” says DJ Kaz_Kandy (AKA Kelly Zwicker). “Sometimes I like playing EDM and minimal-wave, but techno is a really transcendent type of music for me. I love how repetitive and hard-hitting it can be, while still having so much depth. Plus, it’s just super-fun […]
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Brave Radar’s minimalist pop
Playing soft and intricate pop, Brave Radar began as the solo project of Sydney, Australia’s Conor Prendergast. After moving to Montreal, he was joined by Halifax’s Tessa Smith of Fixture Records. The band has since grown to be a four-piece, full-fledged member of Montreal’s independent scene, with Smith’s label at the centre. If he could […]
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The EverySeeker Symposium debuts
OBEY Convention is more than just a weekend of seeing wicked, life-changing bands. For its ninth and most robust year, OBEY has prepared its very first music lecture series, the EverySeeker Symposium, running in tandem with the rest of the festival. Organized by former Halifax musician and current music theory student Dave Ewenson, who is […]
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Marie Davidson, electro poet
“I find inspiration in my everyday life,” says Montreal composer, poet and synth-artist Marie Davidson. “I often take notes of thoughts I’ve had or things that people say to me. If you come close to me, you might end up in a song.” Since the release of her debut LP Perte d’identité in 2014, Davidson […]
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Mykki Blanco, New Fries are coming to OBEY Convention
OBEY Convention just announced some of its headlining artists for the annual contemporary art and music festival from May 26 to May 29, which will include: “Underground rap and performance artist, Mykki Blanco; New York’s renowned avant-jazz futurists, Zs; Marie Davidson, Montreal’s bright light in dark minimal wave; Canada’s most transcendental metal outfit, Nadja; and New […]
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Best Music Festival
Gold Winner Halifax Pop Explosion Silver Winner Halifax Jazz Festival Bronze Winner Obey Convention With a full week of awesome music and comedy, Halifax Pop Explosion continues to be the city’s best music festival, an honour that executive director James Boyle doesn’t take for granted. “There are a lot of great events here. We get […]
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Dark Arts: Matt Samways’ gothic lounge this Saturday night
“The more you sleep, the less you live. It’s pretty simple really,” says Matt Samways, electronic artist and the head of Halifax-based avant-garde label, Electric Voice Records. On Saturday night, Samways presents Sleep and Longevity, a multidisciplinary sensory-sound party at The Khyber (10pm, $5). With previous performances at Halifax’s outsider art festival OBEY Convention, Samways has shifted his […]
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4 ways to fight Tuesday’s rain
1 It’s gloomy enough that a chill electronic track from local musician Wyon will make you feel just enough like you’re in a Sofia Coppola film. We just happen to have one right here. 2 Though gloomy weather has its upsides (cinematic atmosphere) the crocheted playable sculptures of Bridgetown, Nova Scotia’s Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam will […]
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Some holy moments from OBEY Convention VIII
I think I died and lived again during the eighth OBEY Convention in Halifax last weekend. The annual meeting of contemporary music and art is one of the most thoughtfully curated festivals in the country, and it’s never been more inspiring or influential. Programmer Andrew Patterson told an audience that OBEY is designed to offer […]
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Tuesday’s rundown: 9 things you need to know in Halifax today
1Needing this so badly on this Tuesday-feels-like-Monday-tomorrow-can’t-be-Wednesday-already. Maybe you do too? When Jerry Met Kendrick. 2Our question of the day comes from commenter mira230, who wonders if anyone out there remembers BB King playing Queen Elizabeth High School back in the ‘70s. “I cannot find any record of it online, but it happened. I was […]
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OBEY Convention VIII initial lineup
The eighth OBEY Convention has announced an initial lineup of some of this year’s acts, with 21 more artists to be announced later this month. Taking place May 21-24, OBEY features contemporary and underground music and art and this year’s early lineup looks exciting. Great way to shake off winter’s cobwebs. Tickets to Peter Brötzmann […]
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OBEY Convention VII early lineup announcement
Not merely content with a single music and art bonanza for their seventh year, Team OBEY has branched out like so many spring buds and created an entirely separate festival of visual art: Art In Fest. Art In Fest will accompany the OBEY Convention—”Atlantic Canada’s only festival of alternate realities for music and art”—this May […]
