Gold Winner The Marquee Ballroom Silver Winner Rebecca Cohn Auditorium Bronze Winner The Seahorse Tavern “We are constantly listening to the community and the artists around us to be reactive in real-time to the scene. Having an active ear to the ground gives us the capacity to grow, and to be stronger and better,” Jeff […]
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Best Live Show In The Past Year
Gold Winner Matt Andersen & The Mellotones at the Rebecca Cohn Silver Winner Ria Mae at The Marquee Ballroom Bronze Winner Metric at the Scotiabank Centre Matt Andersen remembers when he first started gigging in Halifax, “playing for a handful of people at Stayner’s Wharf. Now, getting to play to like 2,000 people is pretty […]
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Best Party Venue
Gold Winner The Lower Deck, Halifax Silver Winner The Seahorse Tavern Bronze Winner The Marquee Ballroom The words “oh the year was 1778” will raise the hairs on the back of the neck of any Haligonian who knows about the unspoken elements of a good maritime party. With luck, they’ll be followed by “how I […]
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Walrus works it out
Diet Cig w/Walrus, Luna Li, Diamondtown Sat Oct 26, 9:15pm The Marquee Ballroom 2037 Gottingen Street C ool To Who, the latest full-length album from local band Walrus, opens with a soft, electronic beat that blossoms into warm synths that recall Soft Bulletin-era Flaming Lips in their simple spaciness. “Feels good to breathe again,” frontman […]
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A Tribe Called Red is ready to see you sweat
A Tribe Called Red w/Sweet Lew, Shevy Price Wed, Aug 21, 9:30pm The Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $27.99/$32.99 ATribe Called Red won’t be offended if you melt into the dance floor at its upcoming show. In fact, it’s encouraged. The powwow-dubstep duo is set to play at the Marquee Ballroom on August 21, and […]
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Burnt Black, on fire again
Burnt Black w/Moon Logic Saturday, July 27, 8pm The Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $15, tickethalifax.com Burnt Black might not be the first band that comes to mind when people think of Halifax music in the 1990s, but it is one of the most influential artists to emerge from the region. The Yarmouth quartet is […]
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Jazz Fest: Bernice
Without jazz, there’d be no Bernice. All five members completed undergrad degrees in jazz performance at different schools, but ended up forming a band that leans more toward minimalistic pop. “After school, I didn’t quite feel like [jazz] was my path forward in music and started really focusing on writing my own songs,” says Robin […]
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Jazz Fest: Exco Levi
F or one of Canada’s most decorated reggae musicians, it’s all about singing for the people. “Reggae music—all the music that we do—we sing songs of unification and liberation,” says Exco Levi, the stage name of Wayne Ford Levi. Born in Jamaica, the musician is now based out of Brampton, Ontario and is coming to […]
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26 concerts to spice up your summer
June 22-23 Matt Andersen and The Mellotones w/Bobby Bazini It’s not the first time New Brunswick’s blues king has kicked it with the Halifax party-starting eight-piece (they co-headlined a gig at last year’s Jazz Fest)—but, this time around, there will be a stack of new songs awaiting from Andersen’s upcoming Halfway Home by Morning. Rebecca […]
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Tokyo Police Club, reinvigorated
Tokyo Police Club w/Sorrey Saturday, April 13, 8pm The Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $20 Greg Alsop knows what burnout feels like. By 2016, he’d been doing the same job for years. He was sick of repetition, tired from overworking and unsure whether the path he was on was really right for the long haul. […]
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Wintersleep covers ground
Wintersleep w/Moon Logic Saturday, March 30, 10pm The Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $33 sonicconcerts.com A decade after the hit single “Weighty Ghost,” Wintersleep found itself with another massive hit on its hands with “Amerika,” from 2016’s The Great Detachment. But heading back into the studio to make the followup record, it was business as […]
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Ralph’s Good time
Ralph w/Scott Helman and Myles Castello Friday, March 22, 9pm The Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $33 W hat does it take to be labelled a “good girl?” If you ask Canadian pop star Ralph, currently on a nationwide tour with Scott Helman, it’s as simple as throwing on a cheap street-market charm with the […]