Halifax Pop Explosion

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  Alvvays

  Olympic Community Hall, Halifax NS, October 24

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2015

  "We're from Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island!"   I'd wager a healthy guess that Molly Rankin hasn't always been that specific in introd...

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  The Weather Station

  St. Matthew's United Church, Halifax NS, October 23

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2015

  A fingerpicked guitar suggests travel, open spaces, long and winding roads. Whether that's a result of the style's long association with fo...

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  Cloud Nothings

  Olympic Community Hall, Halifax NS, October 23

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2015

  Low on talk and high on volume, Cloud Nothings wasted no time with their night-closing HPX set at Olympic Community Hall Friday evening (Oc...

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  Stars

  Forum Multipurpose Room, Halifax NS, October 23

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2015

  This December, Stars will mark the tenth anniversary of Set Yourself on Fire — probably their most beloved record and still their bes...

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  Andy Shauf

  St. Matthew's United Church, Halifax NS, October 23

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2015

  Andy Shauf's voice is tricky to pin down. He stretches syllables in unexpected ways, drawing out "oohs" and "ees" in such fashion that some...

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  JOYFULTALK

  St. Matthew's United Church, October 22, Halifax NS

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2015

  If you were to crop your line of sight at the shoulders and ignore the pile of keyboards onstage, JOYFULTALK's set at St. Matt's church kin...

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  The Dillinger Escape Plan

  Olympic Community Hall, October 22, Halifax NS

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2015

  With the static crackle of a distorted spoken-word sample, New Jersey's Dillinger Escape Plan emerged from the wings of the Olympic Communi...

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  Alana Yorke

  The Company House, October 22, Halifax NS

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2015

  "I think we might be getting too big for this stage."   Alana Yorke was speaking, specifically, to the physical space: even if you took gui...