Obey Convention

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  Unreal Thought

  Halifax North Memorial Library, Halifax NS, May 22

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2015

  On a drizzly Halifax afternoon, this scheduled free outdoor gig was moved inside to an unlikely but suitable venue: the children's lit sect...

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  Life Chain

  Halifax North Memorial Library, Halifax NS, May 22

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2015

  If not for the slight mitigating effect of throbbing fluorescent lights overhead, Halifax hardcore quartet Life Chain's menace would have b...

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  Last Lizard

  Fort Massey United Church, Halifax NS, May 22

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2015

  Alex Zhang Hungtai first played Halifax's OBEY Convention five years ago as Dirty Beaches, three albums into the project's lifespan but pri...

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  Peter Brötzmann

  Fort Massey United Church, Halifax NS, May 22

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2015

  For all the accomplished musicians you'll come across at a festival like Halifax's OBEY Convention, it's still rare to experience a perform...

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  Container

  Menz and Mollyz Bar, Halifax NS, May 22

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2015

  Halifax's Menz and Mollyz Bar is made up of a number of rooms, my favourite of which is this study-like library room, which contains among...

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  Bing & Ruth

  Halifax Music Co-op, Halifax NS, May 21

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2015

  Pianist/composer David Moore brought his New York-based collective back to Halifax for a performance suite that illustrated the incredible...

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  Not the Wind, Not the Flag

  Halifax Music Co-op, Halifax NS, May 21

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2015

  The first evening of performances for this year's OBEY Convention featured a wonderfully fluid jam from Toronto's Not the Wind, Not the Fla...

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  Love Thy Will Be Done

  Menz and Mollyz Bar, Halifax NS, May 21

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2015

  After releasing the record When I'm Weak, I'm Strong last year under the name Thomas, Toronto's Thom Gill has switched things up a bit with...