The ninth annual Halifax Urban Folk Festival, AKA the acoustic-tinged farewell kiss to summer, has announced the first three names on its lineup today. The fest, which is held at a few spots around town but primarily housed at The Carleton, is headlined by Hey Rosetta!’s (RIP) frontperson Tim Baker, Nashville singer-songwriter Lilly Hiatt and […]
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Rich Aucoin bike blog #9: Nashville, TN to Washington, DC
“The Wave,” “The Motorcycle Salute,” or as I’ve heard it called, “The Drag” (my personal favourite): Defining the signal of acknowledgement between two two-wheeled travellers on the open road in North America. These waves, mostly between two motorcyclists and presumed to have originated between the most famous two motorcycles, William Harley and Arthur Davidson, occasionally […]
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Score a winning weekend with these Sure Things
This weekend the OUTeast Film Fest returns, the 2018 FIFA World Cup kicks off and Canada’s next big band The Glorious Sons comes to town. See how to spend the best days of the week below. Roller Derby: Black Rock Bandits vs Dead Ringers Thursday Two teams in the Anchor City Rollers league face off […]
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Halifax Pop Explosion announces first wave of acts
Every fall, the Halifax Pop Explosion blows the city’s minds with an eclectic mix of artists shredding on stages across town. While 2018’s full lineup is yet to be announced, the first crop of names includes scrappy indie rockers The Born Ruffians (which returned to its original lineup earlier this year), Vancouver EDM up-and-comer Applecat […]
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Wares’ passion and place
Wares W/Lizbrain&Doug, Goldbloom, Matty Grace Wednesday, June 20, 8pm RadStorm, 6050 Almon Street $7 Wares’ self-titled 2017 debut makes gargantuan sonic leaps throughout its 38 or so minutes. It opens with the lackadaisical, hazy “City Kids,” shows the band raising its fists for sinewy, anthemic punk on “Mission Hill” and goes positively ballistic with the […]
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Drink in the weekend with these Sure Things
This weekend, the Drink Atlantic Festival raises a glass to local cocktail culture, Oceans Week wraps with a beach cleanup, HIFF debuts a can’t-miss film shot on Cape Breton and there’s so much more going on. McNab’s Island Beach Cleanup Sunday The longest-running beach cleanup in the Maritimes, the annual McNab’s cleanup has gathered nearly […]
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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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Rich Aucoin bike blog #8: Memphis to Nashville, TN
I go back and forth between whether I like to plan ahead on things like travelling or whether I like to have a loose idea and just let a lot of things fall as they do and not stress whether I’m seeing the “best” possible thing with my time. While I’m a huge fan of […]
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Dive into the weekend with these 12 Shore Things
This weekend, Oceans Week washes ashore while the Scotia Festival of Music ups your classical IQ. Plus: The Cedar Lebanese Fest and Doors Open return while Ghettosocks and Aquakultre drop a new EP. Doors Open 2018 Saturday, Sunday Get to know some of the city’s most iconic buildings with these free tours that give you […]
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Postdata’s wild heart
Postdata w/Quiet Parade Thursday, May 31, 8pm The Seahorse Tavern 2037 Gottingen Street $15 The first Postdata record was a gift, from Paul Murphy and his brother Michael, to their mother. The collection is nine hushed, intimate, gentle songs, emotionally in line with but sonically and tonally distant from Paul’s main gig, Wintersleep. For the […]
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Rufus Wainwright plays the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium September 20
The forever-king of baroque pop and broken hearts—and the only person who could pull off an album of Shakespearean sonnets—famed vocalist, songwriter and gay icon Rufus Wainwright is about to light up your fall with a September 20 show at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium. Tickets go on sale at sonicconcerts.com at noon on June 1 […]
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Rich Aucoin bike blog #7: Little Rock, AK to Memphis, TN
Good writing is like giving sight to the blind. I’m sure an exercise in many creative writing programs is giving the age-old thousand words to a photograph of the writer’s choosing. I started listening to William Least Heat-Moon’s cross-American odyssey Blue Highways and it feels as if he’s describing a series of photographs he’s taken […]