Guys, seriously, what year is it? Good Charlotte is the latest early-aughts band to hit town with a big ticket show, taking over the Casino Saturday, April 22. (For those keeping track, their peers Billy Talent are coming to town in March and Simple Plan rocked the Scotiabank Centre last fall). Yep, the times may […]
Video
Posted inArts + Music
Loveland spreads the love
Loveland album release Friday, February 17, 10pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $5 before 11pm, $10 after Loveland’s new album explores sounds not present in the band’s first record. Chill for You, released on Valentine’s Day, features guitarist Michael Fong and bass player Andrew Mawko, whose instruments help channel an expressive tone. “This album […]
Posted inLifestyle
Love on the brain—Sex + Dating survey 2017
What is love? Baby, don’t hurt us, but Halifax has a dizzying array of answers to that question. Love is inconvenient, rare, fleeting, real, difficult and “fucking hard.” That’s all according to the record-breaking 1,200 responses to this year’s Sex + Dating survey. Below we’ve pulled together all of our personal favourite quotes and statistical […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Home for Colored Children inquiry dealing with the legacy of racism
Former residents of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children are still dealing with ongoing systemic racism and the need to maintain infrastructure and resources, according to a public report from the NSHCC Restorative Inquiry’s governing council of parties. The report includes feedback from sessions held throughout Nova Scotia, in which participants spoke about the […]
Posted inArts + Music
Salt-N-Pepa is coming to Halifax
Time to dig out the big earrings and bright bodysuits—an all-star ’90s dance party is headed this way in May. Headlined by Salt-N-Pepa and featuring names like Biz Markie and Color Me Badd, the I Love The ’90s Tour be Halifax’s chance to push it real good. Tickets for the May 24 show (which takes […]
Posted inArts + Music
Keonté Beals’ music experiment
Keonté Beals Friday, February 10, 12pm Alderney Gate Public Library, 60 Alderney Drive Free R&B and pop artist, singer-songwriter and piano player Keonté Beals is releasing a single from his debut EP, Keonté Beals, titled “4 Ever” on February 7, after a two-and-a-half-year creation process. “I’m hoping that I can finally put my print out there and just […]
Posted inArts + Music
Where I practice: Dammien Alexander
Dammien Alexander w/Brothers, JB and the Bizness Friday, February 3, 10pm Bearly’s House of Blues and Ribs, 1269 Barrington Street $8/$20 includes album WHO ARE YOU? Dammien Alexander is a well-traveled musician and shoe designer who refuses to be penned in by a genre. His latest record, Love + Infinity, will be released on California […]
Posted inArts + Music
The Barrowdowns gonna make you move
The Barrowdowns w/Nick Everett, Loveland, The Wooden Sky Friday, January 20, TKpm The Seahorse Tavern $23/$25 If you make a word cloud with all of The Barrowdowns’ social media posts, the word “dancing” stands out above the rest. As the live show developed while playing the festival circuit over the past two years, dancing became […]
Posted inArts + Music
It takes a Villages
Villages w/Laurenn Marchand, Sarah Jane Scouten, Justin Rutledge Thursday, January 19, 7:30pm Timber Lounge, 2712 Agricola Street $20 “We didn’t want anything to do with it,” says Matt Ellis, who sings and plays guitar in Villages and grew up in Cape Breton. “Our siblings played the fiddle or the pipe—we wanted to play something loud. […]
Posted inArts + Music
Yoga with Julie Doiron
Julie Doiron Thursday, January 19, 7:30pm w/Megan Nash, Dan Misha Goldman, Jim Bryson Timber Lounge, 2712 Agricola Street $25 Friday, January 20, 8:30pm w/Daniel Walker Good Robot, 2736 Robie Street $15 Julie Doiron is best known for making broken hearts feel better through song, but she wants to relate to the whole self. “I’m always […]
Posted inArts + Music
Jennifer Castle’s solo call
Jennifer Castle w/The Attempted Murder of Laura Jean, Kurt Inder, LUKA Thursday, January 19, 9pm Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $23/$25 Two years removed from her gorgeous, Polaris Prize-shortlisted album Pink City, Jennifer Castle continues to call out with incisive lyrics and a sharp, effervescent voice. While both Pink City and the new music that […]
Posted inArts + Music
The Founder: not quite a drama
Michael Keaton’s first attempt to really capitalize on his Birdman comeback—he had a minor role in Spotlight—is valiant, but doesn’t add up to much. He’s Ray Kroc, who stole McDonald’s from the actual McDonalds, a pair of corn-fed brothers (Nick Offerman and John Carroll Lynch) with virtue and principles, things Kroc abandons almost immediately. We […]
