Halifax’s favourite pop star Ria Mae is fresh off a gold record (and two Best of Halifax golds!) for her major-label debut, but now is no time for slowing down. Her new EP My Love drops today, featuring six songs (plus a remix of “Bend”) co-written with a slate of CanCon stars like herself. On […]
Tegan and Sara
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Tegan and Sara in Halifax July 27
Your favourite JUNO-nominated indie-pop duo, Tegan and Sara, come back to Halifax touring their latest release and eighth album, Love You To Death, at the Rebecca Cohn auditorium on Thursday, July 27 at 8pm. Tickets are $49.50 in advance and $54.50 day of show (including tax and CIF) and will be available this Friday, March […]
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In the Dead of Winter Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
Musical matrimony Luke and Melissa As I wandered down the balmy streets of Halifax this afternoon to I bumped into Tim Crabtree, mastermind behind Paper Beat Scissors, who was heading home for a bite to eat before his show later at the Bus Stop Theatre. We stopped and chatted, noting the unusually warm winter’s day […]
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At the heart of Tegan and Sara
Sometimes relationships inspire us to be saint-like, martyrs even. Tegan and Sara’s sixth release, Sainthood, explores the tension between who we are and how we long to be. They bring their piety to the Metro Centre on January 27. “In relationships we act with blind faith,” says Sara Quin, calling from Vancouver. “We can really […]
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Tegan and Sara
After the major critical and commercial success of 2007’s The Con, Tegan and Sara Quin could have recorded cats crying and taking poops on napkins and people would still be into it. Thankfully, our strange little sisters emerged with Sainthood, another album that explores those time-tested themes—relationships and fucking them up—with beautiful precision. Songs like […]
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Switcheroo! Tegan and Sara to perform at the Metro Centre Theatre instead of the Cohn
No fan left outside on University Avenue, Tegan and Sara say Press release HQ: “Due to overwhelming demand for tickets, the Tegan and Sara show scheduled for Wednesday, January 27 at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax has moved to the Metro Centre Theatre. Tegan and Sara are performing in support of their recently released […]
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Tegan and Sara at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium January 27
Straight from Press Release HQ: “After two sold-out shows in 2007, Tegan and Sara return to Halifax to perform in support of their upcoming album Sainthood at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on Wednesday, January 27 at 8pm. Special guest is An Horse. The sisters have turned their attention to the literary world as well, and have recently completed their first ever set of books, titled ON, IN, AT. The three-book set chronicles different time periods in writing and photographs from the past year of Tegan and Sara’s lives.” Mostly touring, I imagine, and generally being awesome. Tickets are $32.50