Obey Convention

Nadja

Fort Massey United Church, Halifax NS, May 26

PUBLISHED May 27, 2016

Churches make for popular music venues across many different Halifax festivals, and OBEY Convention is no exception. They make for convenie...

Belave

Art Bar and Cabaret Voltaire Atlantique, Halifax NS, May 26

PUBLISHED May 27, 2016

At first, I paid no mind to the white-shirted, black-scarved individuals wandering around Art Bar during Belave's night-ending OBEY set. Th...

OBEY Convention Expands 2016 Lineup with Rabit, Belave, Sarah Davachi

PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2016

Earlier this year, OBEY Convention revealed plans to return to Halifax for its ninth consecutive year. Before all the action goes down from...

OBEY Convention Announces Initial 2016 Lineup

PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2016

OBEY Convention is set to descend upon Halifax for its ninth consecutive year this spring, bringing music and arts across the city from May...

Tasseomancy

Halifax Music Co-op, Halifax NS, May 24

PUBLISHED May 25, 2015

Veterans of the Halifax music scene, though now residing in Montreal, Tasseomancy continue to subtly evolve and mutate. From their roots-de...

Gift From God

Halifax Music Co-op, Halifax NS, May 24

PUBLISHED May 25, 2015

Hurtling through space on a wing and a scream — thus sails along Halifax trio Gift From God, using the slingshot gravity of drums, sy...

Lubomyr Melnyk

Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, Halifax NS, May 24

PUBLISHED May 25, 2015

I wasn't quite sure where Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk was headed with his set-opening speech about a "terrible, insidious religion." T...

Dreamsploitation

Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, Halifax NS, May 24

PUBLISHED May 25, 2015

Halifax's OBEY Convention is one of the city's most musically diverse festivals, in terms of the sheer volume of genres and sounds represen...