Halifax Pop Explosion

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  Partner

  Pavilion, Halifax NS, October 22

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2016

  Partner are quickly becoming one of Canadian music's best worst-kept secrets. With just two digital singles and a tour-only cassette tape t...

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  TUNS

  Marquee Club, Halifax NS, October 21

  PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2016

  If you were to organize a summit of Canada's best scientists and pop-heads and ask them to scientifically engineer an alt-rock vocal-harmon...

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  Heaven for Real

  Art Bar, Halifax NS, October 21

  PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2016

  The perils of makeshift spaces: Heaven for Real's set at Halifax's Art Bar (a local artists' space), which closed out an early-evening Mint...

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  Kestrels

  Gus's Pub, Halifax NS, October 21

  PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2016

  "You guys want to go around the room and introduce everybody?" asked Kestrels vocalist Chad Peck of the crowd, noting the number of familia...

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  Mary Green

  Paul O'Regan Hall, Halifax NS, October 20

  PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2016

  Fredericton NB's Mary Green didn't overplay her regional advantage, landing great, self-deprecating jokes about herself and her state of mi...

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  Sara Schaefer

  Paul O'Regan Hall, Halifax NS, October 20

  PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2016

  Visiting Canada from the States, Sara Schaefer felt Canadians' pain regarding the U.S. election, going so far as to suggest that if the wor...

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  Aparna Nancherla

  Paul O'Regan Hall, Halifax NS, October 20

  PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2016

  "It kind of feels like we're in a series finale," Aparna Nancherla said, addressing the U.S. presidential election at the top of her set, t...

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  BADBADNOTGOOD

  Forum Multipurpose Centre, Halifax NS, October 20

  PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2016

  Part of what has made Toronto outfit BADBADNOTGOOD's reputation since their breakthrough five years ago or so is their taste: a smorgasbord...