“Man, he’s amazing,” says New Jersey producer Mr. Green (AKA Aaron Green) about 19-year-old Californian rapper All Flows Reach Out, or A-F-R-O. Green is just one of the many rappers and rap fans calling the MC (AKA James Gutierrez) the next big thing in contemporary hip-hop. And this Friday, A-F-R-O will make his first-ever Canadian […]
Reflections Cabaret
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Best Party Venue
Gold Winner Pacifico Silver Winner Reflections Cabaret Bronze Winner The Seahorse Tavern Follow the glimmer of spinning disco balls to find the slick source of excellent party times. It takes a lot of them to take over the top spot in this category—which has belonged to either Reflections of The Lower Deck for the last […]
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Best Place to Dance
Gold Winner Reflections Cabaret Silver Winner Pacifico Bronze Winner The Seahorse Tavern After a few years of uncertainty—and a north-end move thwarted by Toronto transplants in a nearby condo—Reflections has been happily ensconced in its Sackville Street home for a little over a year. The main floor space is smaller but now there’s a balcony […]
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Best Gay Bar
Gold Winner Menz & Mollyz Bar Silver Winner Reflections Cabaret Bronze Winner The Company House The north end’s dancingest bar is stoked to grab the reader-voted gold this year. “We are honoured to be voted as Best Gay Bar,” says Menz’ David Landry. “We strive to provide a clean, safe and respectful environment.” In addition […]
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Travi$ $cott cancels Halifax Pop Explosion show
Bad news: Houston’s Travi$ $cott just cancelled his Halifax Pop Explosion show tonight, sorry everyone. Pack your lean cups back up, take your grills out. Individual tickets will be refunded, hit up info@etixnow.com or call 1-877-384-9669. Luckily, we can still turn up to DJ T-Woo, Jazz Cartier and Weirdo Click but the show has moved to Reflections […]
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“People tend to get wild at our gigs”
Montreal’s Black Tiger Sex Machine brings ferocious EDM to Halifax with LED tiger masks, a dynamic light show and powerful dance jams. “People tend to get really wild at our gigs,” say the tigers. “We’re inspired by Daft Punk and Justice. We wanted our shows to have a strong visual component that would blow people’s […]
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Review: Day One, Halifax Pop Explosion
Hey. Here we are. Pop Explosion. Day one. I’m already exhausted. I didn’t take many pics because my camera is a piece of crap Android and it gives me ‘droid rage because every photo sucks. So please check out these beautiful photos by Lenny Mullins for a visual reference as I ramble on about what […]
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A decade of $Rockin’ 4 Dollar$
Every Monday night there is a pilgrimage to downtown Halifax. It’s undetectable at first—a slow, leather-and-denim-clad flock making its way over the Citadel from the north end, running for the Dartmouth ferry terminal, stumbling in thin throngs from the university neighbourhoods. They might be carrying instruments. They will certainly be a little bit tipsy. The […]
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Sure Things: Your guide to the best long weekend ever
The snow is gone and buds are beginning to appear on the trees. Birds are chirping and bands are beginning to tour again. Here’s a guide to the must-see shows of the long weekend.
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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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Best Place To Dance
Gold Winner Reflections Cabaret Silver Winner Pacifico Nightclub Bronze Winner Menz & Mollyz 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, $Rockin […]
