Three days left. Fifteen venues. A shitton of bands. The sum: too many choices to be made in the next 72 hours. If spontaneity’s your thing, tuck this geographical list of bar-only Halifax Pop Explosion venues (there are nine) in your pocket today, so that when you—or someone you know—-inevitably arrives at the Paragon at […]
Seahorse Tavern
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A sailor’s guide to watering holes
If you’re walking around downtown this week, chances are you’re a sailor after a stiff drink or sailors are asking you where to find one. Luckily, plenty of bars will be catering to our thirsty visitors. Sailors can get a taste of their naval history if they head to The Seahorse Tavern (1665 Argyle Street). […]
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Easter Weekend Openings
Did you know it was only two years ago that you couldn’t buy a drink in a bar on Good Friday? If you ordered food you could have a drink with a meal, but if you wanted to exercise your right to get loaded on a holy day in the Christian calendar, it was a […]
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Twin Peaks (Ghettosocks & Muneshine), Windom Earle, DJ Jorun Bombay
Ghettosocks and Muneshine (pictured above) are entering the town between the peaks with their new rap group—Twin Peaks. “We’ve completed recording and are in the process of mixing a 15-song rap album that loosely fuses David Lynch’s work (i.e. Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, etc.) with braggadocious rhymes, over an assortment of original […]
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Codapop Studios CD release
“When you say ‘Codapop,’ it’s like there’s a big question mark behind it,” says Tammy Milbury, the business developer of newly formed Codapop Studios, which is owned by Milbury’s partner, Doug Taylor. The studio, located in Taylor’s basement, was actually built two years ago but Milbury says it hasn’t been public until just this January. […]
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Pedal to the mellow
Gus’ Pub & Grill “Whenever we have big metal shows, we order extra Olands,” says Jake Cuming, a bartender at Gus’. He stresses Olands, Olands, and more Olands. Plus cheap draughts. And whiskey shots—“The hard stuff.” 2605 Agricola Street, 423-7786 The Company House CoHo owner Mary Ann Daye suggests a bit of the hard stuff […]
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Tickled ivory: piano bar round up
While Halifax is a great city for weekly live music shows, sometimes it’s nice to simply sit down and have a drink with a performance that isn’t taking centre stage. Ragtime, anyone? Press Gang The Gang’s piano’s played weekly from Thursday to Saturday, 7:30-11pm, with a new time slot Thursdays and Fridays from 4:30-5:30pm. Musician […]
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Shoptalk-lets: local business round up
Looking for a new and effective way to train your dog? A local company is offering The Clicker Leash, which might just be the ticket, bridging the techniques of dog whisperers and other more traditional types of dog training. Clicker Leash expert Adina MacRae will be offering a free demonstration of the leash at Bark […]
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Great Scots! reunite, play first ever Canadian show
It seems oddly Canadian that a band dubbed by the Canadian press as our country’s Beatles have never played a single concert in their homeland, but that’s the story of The Great Scots—often strange and seeming like the stuff of legend. Unravel The Great Scots’ story and it’s easy to understand why their recordings are […]
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The First Aid Kit w/Rich Aucoin and The Stance
Coming from a sunny city like Los Angeles, you’d figure Darryl Smith would bemoan dealing with the Canadian winter he faces in Halifax. Don’t be fooled—the singer/guitarist/bassist for The First Aid Kit says he’d much rather be here in Halifax than in his self-described “paralyzing and strange” hometown. “I don’t like the winter, but LA […]