[Image-1] The Halifax Pop Explosion has just announced its dates for 2016. Surprise! It’s October 19 to 22. While we’re waiting patiently for the line-up to be announced, what better time to muse about who’s on our wish-list? Run the Jewels: Killer Mike and El-P are at the height of their gritty, uncompromising hip-hop game. […]
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PHOTOS: The Sheepdogs barking at The Marquee on March 16
On Wednesday, March 16, Saskatoon classic-style rock band The Sheepdogs played one of two sold-out shows at The Marquee Ballroom, and Coast photographer Andrew Donovan (Phototype) was there in the jam-packed crowd to snap pics of canines howling at the moon. Related Stories
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Manifest destiny: NSCC music business students strut their stuff
“The Halifax music industry is overflowing with incredible, underrated musicians who are yet to be discovered,” says Emma Cassidy, one of the 21 students in this year’s edition of the Nova Scotia Community College‘s Music Business Program. Tonight at The Marquee and The Seahorse (2037 Gottingen Street, 10pm, $8/$5), students in the program are putting on […]
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Watch Chloe x Halle’s new video for “Drop”
Here’s a local connection: yesterday, sister-singer duo Chloe x Halle released a video for “Drop”, directed by Halifax’s Andrew Hines. It’s an absolutely stunning visual that complements an incredibly stunning song. Last year, after millions of views on their homemade Youtube videos, and a gorgeous cover of Beyoncé’s “Pretty Hurts”, Chloe and Halle Bailey were signed to Bey’s new label Parkwood Entertainment. You […]
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Lauryn Hill playing 30th anniversary Halifax Jazz Festival
The Jazz Festival turns the big three-oh this summer, so it’s fitting a big act is headlining: Lauryn Hill will play the festival’s opening night. The official announcement just happened, and the $68 tickets go on sale this Thursday for the Tuesday, July 12 concert. (Check the fest’s site to get tix and/or festival passes […]
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Top Five: What electronic artist AA Wallace misses about Halifax
Former Halifax-based electronic musician AA Wallace returns from Toronto on Saturday to shake up The Seahorse (2037 Gottingen, 10pm, $12) with dance-party cone-heads Tupper Ware Remix Party. It’s going to be all kinds of crazy, especially since Wallace just released his second party album In Alpha Zones, an 11-track synth-pop romp on Culvert Music. For his homecoming, Wallace tells […]
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#ICYMI: Seth Smith’s new flick, new Stickswork mix and more
This March (#RIP) was a super freaky month for local releases in film, video and music. In this edition of In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI), you can get freaked out by the following: Seth Smith’s new short film The Brym The creator of 2012 indie feature and slime-fest Lowlife, Seth Smith released his new four-minute short […]
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Detroit’s Royce da 5’9” coming to Halifax on his Canadian tour
Detroit rap heavyweight Royce da 5’9” is coming to Halifax in May! The friend of Eminem (freminem?) from their duo Bad Meets Evil went on to work with some of the biggest names in hip-hop from Big Sean to TechN9ne to Common and more. His new album, Layers, will be out on April 15 and he continues to […]
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Songs to celebrate the life and music of Jay Smith
While on tour with Matt Mays in Edmonton, struggling with depression and addictions, Cape Breton songwriter and legendary Rock Ranger James ‘Jay’ Smith took his own life on March 27, 2013. Musical communities across Canada collectively mourned the loss of one of Nova Scotia’s greatest rock musicians, known as the lead of Sydney’s Rock Ranger, as […]
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Halifax rockers The Everywheres are on Broad City tonight
Tonight on MUCH (11pm AST), a little ditty called “Watch It Grow” by Halifax psych-rockers The Everywheres will have 10 or so glorious seconds of airtime on one of the most popular comedy shows in America. Yeah, that’s right: The Everywheres will be on Broad City. The Everywheres LP by The Everywheres “This really is […]
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Hamilton punk band TV Freaks in Halifax for two shows only
If you’re a fan of The Stooges, Sub Pop‘s Pissed Jeans, Black Flag or any good punk music at all, then you only have two chances to see TV Freaks this week and you better take them both. From Hamilton, I’ve spied that the band is here recording music over at Fun Dog. They play tonight at Plan B (2180 Gottingen Street, 8pm, […]
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Watch: hot new hip-hop video from Halifax’s Ben Francis
Now here’s a young dream-team. If you haven’t heard of 18-year-old rapper Ben Francis yet, this is your chance to vibe on some seriously hot new hip-hop from one of Halifax’s up and comers. Below, watch his new video for “That Something,” filmed and directed by Moose Media‘s Brendan Lyle (@MooseCanFly), another up and comer (he’s […]
