Braden Lam & The Driftwood People w/Eric Stephen Martin and Emily Stuart Thursday, October 4, 9pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $6 Braden Lam & The Driftwood people spent the summer in Halifax recording the band’s sophomore album Driftwood People, a collection of “upbeat anthems worthy of long drives and high-fives,” says Lam, where he […]
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Birdie Whyte, one-time wonder
Birdie Whyte & Her One-Night Bands feat. Caribou Run w/Nik Field and Ken Voita Friday, September 28, 10pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $10 Ottawa’s Birdie Whyte has figured out a clever way to see her favourite local bands on her annual swing through the Maritimes. The banjo player will have three different bands backing […]
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Tim Baker’s elemental thing
Tim Baker and The Halifax All-Stars w/Lilly Hiatt, Brad Roberts, Mick Davis The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street, 8pm $50 ticketpro.ca One of the country’s favourite bands, Hey Rosetta!, called it quits last year, but Tim Baker has moved on alone. After a summer of festivals and an album in the can, he’ll offer up some new […]
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Get lifted with The PepTides
The PepTides August 6-7, 8pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $10 Need to add some pep to your step? Well, The PepTides are here to save the day. With seven east coast shows planned this week—including a pair of shows at The Carleton—the nine-member group is coming through with a prescription for summertime sadness. Featured […]
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Jazz Fest: Jeri Brown
Jeri Brown Friday, July 13, 11:15pm The Carleton $20 Jeri Brown’s singing is effortless. But make no mistake: Her position as one of jazz music’s most acclaimed contemporary vocalists is the product of decades of hard work. “It is essential that the story is clear,” says Brown, who seems to hold her story with a […]
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Stand Back delivers
Stand Back w/Second Line Parade, Roadside Scarecrow Thursday, June 28, 9pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $7 For the three members of Stand Back, songwriting is a team effort. “Generally, if we write the song, we’ll sing the lead. I guess classic Halifax rock, kind of Sloan style,” says Ben Matthews, bassist and vocalist for […]
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Put your hands together for these 17 summer concerts
JUNE 21 Partner w/Century Egg and No, It’s Fine. Sackville’s finest stoner rock ex-pats return to the east coast for what’ll surely be one of the sweatiest gigs of the summer—and one of the best, with support from the mathy No, It’s Fine and alt-popsters Century Egg. The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street, 8pm, $17.50 […]
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Ray Reaves’ double life
Ray Reaves The Gemini release Friday, June 8, 10pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $10 Gemini season is upon us! Duality, contrast, whatever you want to call it: It’s a time to look at both sides of the coin. And no one knows the importance of this introspection better than Ray Reaves, who drops his […]
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Liam Corcoran builds Nevahland
Liam Corcoran w/Tyler Messick Friday, March 23, 10pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $10 Four years after the breakup of Charlottetown indie rock band Two Hours Traffic, frontperson Liam Corcoran tried something different for his debut solo album. “I’ve been writing songs since I was 14 and I’d become very sick of writing about myself,” […]
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Moonwake is in the zone
Moonwake w/Aquakultre, Loveland Thursday, March 1, 9pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $10 For musician Braden Nelson, some of the most exciting sounds can emerge when people find themselves outside of their musical comfort zone. That was one of the premises behind his Asymmetry EP, which saw Nelson asking singers from a variety of genres […]
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The growth of Kaia Kater
Kaia Kater w/Meaghan Blanchard, Camille Delean, Leanne Hoffman Friday, January 19 The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street, 7:30pm $15 adv/$25 door w/Rose Cousins Good Robot Brewing Co., 2736 Robie Street Saturday, January 20, 7-8pm Sold Out When Kaia Kater plays a pair of shows at In the Dead of Winter this weekend, one will be next […]
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Fiver’s audible history
Fiver w/Stewart Legere, Lydia Persaud, Brooklyn Doran Thursday, January 18, 7:30pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $20 adv/$25 door Simone Schmidt’s fascination with history began, like so many do, with a newspaper. Schmidt, who fronts the band The Highest Order and makes rootsy folk music under the name Fiver, says she had always found herself […]