Articles by Ryan McNutt
The War on Drugs
Halifax Jazz Festival, Halifax NS, July 11
PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2018
On a summer night that looked like the headliner sounded — hazy, foggy, a bit mysterious — the War on Drugs treated the Halifax waterfront...
Alvvays
Halifax Jazz Festival, Halifax NS, July 11
PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2018
The Halifax Jazz Festival's outdoor waterfront venue may be the biggest stage Alvvays have played in Halifax since breaking out with their...
Un Blonde / Anaïs Maviel / Markus Floats
OBEY Convention, Halifax NS, May 27
PUBLISHED May 28, 2018
A wide number of weird and wonderful instruments take the stage during Halifax's OBEY Convention each year, but Sunday night's finale show...
Pharmakon / Vile Creature
OBEY Convention, Halifax NS, May 26
PUBLISHED May 27, 2018
The current incarnation of Halifax's Seahorse Tavern lives in the basement of the Marquee Club, a venue space that previously went by the n...
Waxahatachee / The Weather Station
In the Dead of Winter, Halifax NS, January 19
PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2018
Waxahatchee's upcoming spring tour is with the band Hurray for the Riff Raff, but Katie Crutchfield may not share her tourmates' enthusiasm...
Lee Fields and the Expressions
Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax NS, October 20
PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2017
His backing band, the Expressions, having laid down a crisp groove, soul survivor Lee Fields bounded onto the bright Forum stage in an even...
Weaves
Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax NS, October 20
PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2017
There's nothing like a makeshift concert venue to separate great bands from the posers — to figure out which performers need the lights and...
Aquakulture & Big Budi Band
Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax NS, October 20
PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2017
There's something to be said for musical restlessness, for the hunger and curiosity and joy that comes from treating genres as "suggestions...