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Arkells / Mother Mother Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax NS, October 26 Published Oct 27, 2019Ryan Guldemond of Mother Mother understands the position Arkells have attained since their raucous emergence from Hamilton over a decade ago...
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Spencer Krug / Charlotte Cornfield Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax NS, October 26 Published Oct 27, 2019While best known for his distinctive caterwaul and energetic performances as part of Wolf Parade, Vancouver Island native Spencer Krug saves...
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PUP / Weakened Friends Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax NS, October 25 Published Oct 26, 2019It was after the drenched, fanatical crowd finished screaming every word to Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" that guitarist Steve Sladkowski's fac...
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TEEN's 5 Favourite Places in Halifax Published Mar 22, 2019Teeny, Lizzie and Katherine Lieberson are the sisters of TEEN, a Halifax-born, New York-based psych band. Their fourth album, Good Fruit, wa...
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Thrice / Sleepshaker / Old Blood The Marquee Ballroom, Halifax NS, July 28 Published Jul 29, 2018The mood was already electric and a little buzzy when doors opened at the Marquee Ballroom for Thrice's show in Halifax last night (July 28)...
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Alvvays Halifax Jazz Festival, Halifax NS, July 11 Published Jul 12, 2018The Halifax Jazz Festival's outdoor waterfront venue may be the biggest stage Alvvays have played in Halifax since breaking out with their s...
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The War on Drugs Halifax Jazz Festival, Halifax NS, July 11 Published Jul 12, 2018On a summer night that looked like the headliner sounded — hazy, foggy, a bit mysterious — the War on Drugs treated the Halifax waterfront t...
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Un Blonde / Anaïs Maviel / Markus Floats OBEY Convention, Halifax NS, May 27 Published May 28, 2018A wide number of weird and wonderful instruments take the stage during Halifax's OBEY Convention each year, but Sunday night's finale show p...
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Pharmakon / Vile Creature OBEY Convention, Halifax NS, May 26 Published May 27, 2018The current incarnation of Halifax's Seahorse Tavern lives in the basement of the Marquee Club, a venue space that previously went by the na...
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Waxahatachee / The Weather Station In the Dead of Winter, Halifax NS, January 19 Published Jan 20, 2018Waxahatchee's upcoming spring tour is with the band Hurray for the Riff Raff, but Katie Crutchfield may not share her tourmates' enthusiasm...
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Aquakulture & Big Budi Band Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax NS, October 20 Published Oct 21, 2017There's something to be said for musical restlessness, for the hunger and curiosity and joy that comes from treating genres as "suggestions"...