WHO THEY ARE After years of touring, two albums and multiple music awards, Halifax’s alternative hip-hop group Three Sheet took time to cool off after last summer. The band—including beatboxer and vocal scratcher EMC (AKA Eric McIntyre), emcee Expedyte (AKA Matt Kliffer), vocalist Vanessa Furlong, Kevin Tilley (bass) and Ryan O’Quinn (guitar)—recently added DJ Uncle […]
The Carleton Music Bar & Grill
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Justin McGrath (Walrus) interviews Kurt Inder
Today for The Scene Blog, I’ve asked Justin McGrath (Walrus, The Age) to interview Kurt Inder, the frontman of the Halifax pop-noodle band of the same name. Indebted to the lo-fi jazz-jizz sounds of Mac DeMarco and beyond, I first saw Kurt Inder last summer at The Khyber, featuring one of our favourite drummers Bianca Palmer (Vulva Culture) and […]
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The Carleton Music Bar & Grill Needs Your Help
The Carleton Music Bar & Grill needs your help. For years, the elegant Argyle Street venue owned by Mike Campbell has been the setting for some of the most memorable and intimate shows. With a delectable menu, expert bartending, that beautiful patio, attentive sound engineers and the best audio system in Halifax, it’s been a staple […]
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Best Live Music Venue
Gold Winner The Carleton Bar & Grill Silver Winner The Marquee Ballroom Bronze Winner The Seahorse Tavern
 “I think it’s the sound, the service and the attention to detail during shows that makes us the best live music venue in the city,” says the Carleton’s owner Mike Campbell. “Credit there goes to Jon Cornwall and […]
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Halifax tried to kill Gavin Stephens
“The best way to describe my comedy?” asks Toronto comedy veteran Gavin Stephens. “I would say my style is personal and social philosophy, with a heavy nerd influence. And farts.” For 20 years, Stephens has been touring Canada and the world, with regular stops in Halifax. “I once choked on a donair here, so this […]
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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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True rock, harsh and clean
“Rock music is pretty meat and potatoes. That’s all good, but we try to throw a lime wedge or some cilantro in there too,” says Charles Austin, one of the master chefs behind Halifax’s Psychic Fair. Since 2013, Psychic Fair—also with scene veterans Cliff Gibb, Andrew Glencross and Josh Salter—has been spicing up the band’s personal […]
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Text to win tickets to see The Kiefer Sutherland Band!
How often do you get a chance to see the jerk-punk from Stand By Me? The time is now! Kiefer Sutherland, one of the original Lost Boys and notorious Hollywood party-dude, brings his alt-rock country-jams to Halifax this weekend. The Kiefer Sutherland Band will appear at The Carleton Bar & Grill on Saturday for a private fundraiser. […]
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Choose your own comedy adventure for Ha!ifax ComedyFest
Ha!ifax ComedyFest To April 25 halifaxcomedyfest.ca
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Review: Steve Poltz at the Carleton
This time last year, heckled by a thin man in a plaid shirt and a cowboy hat with a swagger and his loudmouth Australian sidekick going through security at Halifax Stanfield Airport, I unknowingly joined the Steve Poltz circus. Just after passing through security, Poltz and his longtime friend Dean Gifford, who was then acting […]
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Where I work: Quake Matthews
WHO HE IS After his rise as a battle rapper, Quake Matthews has been grinding since his 2010 debut, The Myth, laying down tracks with everyone from Laura Roy to Dylan Guthro to Neon Dreams, working with Freeway, appearing in The Source and putting out The Book of Matthew and Corrado. On Friday, the King […]