Halifax

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...
Kim Harris / Stewart Legere / Tyler Messick
Halifax Urban Folk Festival, Halifax NS, August 29
PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2017
Halifax singer-songwriter Kim Harris celebrated her birthday Tuesday night (August 29) with her first-ever headlining set at Halifax's Carl...
Leif Vollebekk / The Heavy Blinkers / Tyler Hache
Halifax Urban Folk Festival, Halifax NS, August 30
PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2017
When Leif Vollebekk announced to the Carleton audience that he was going to cover Jeff Buckley, I couldn't help but admire the confidence....
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...
Japandroids
Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax NS, October 19
PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2017
Japandroids took to the Forum Multipurpose Room's stage Thursday night (October 19) to Mogwai's "Punk Rock," the opening track from the Sco...