K-os may have had something to prove to Halifax audiences ever since rumours of a disastrous show this past summer at the Antigonish-based E...

Well, we try, don’t we? Could they? Yup, they could be. The stage set up was novel: the drummer was in his underwear playing with his...

Stepping in at the last minute for cancelled Stars side-project Memphis, the Improvements brought meaty and meandering rock music, both opti...

The sound of the Winnipeg-based songwriter might be best described as "What if Little Orphan Annie grew up and found inspiration in an organ...

Add one part Parisienne chanteuse with a dollop of stylin’ ’60s lounge and down a handful of peyote buttons to bring on the hypnotic fugues...

For a moment, it was as if Greg Dulli’s late and lamented ’90s band the Afghan Whigs were reincarnated. These guys have the same shambling a...

Only one Swimmer appeared: songwriter and vocalist Tony Dekker. His first time in Halifax in three years, the sensitive faithful warmly rece...

Inspired by Uncut (disappointingly, not a gay lounge act), some tips for young rock bands coming up. Number one, get a sense of your room an...

The songwriting veteran wore a stripy sweater and Chuck Taylor’s, playing a variety of material through her recently repaired mini-amp. Impr...

Initially evident, besides the long, adrenalised songs, was an unearthly communion between bassist Riva Farrell Racette and drummer Jeff Rom...

Though it’s been awhile since we’ve heard anything new from them, the band was well received by the largely student age audience. The Winnip...

There’s no dearth of creativity in this Sydney, Cape Breton-based band, with each of the six members jumping around on their variety of inst...

Plaskett’s intimate folk and jagged rock history may have seemed an odd choice to meld with a 50-odd piece orchestra but the sensitive arran...

Upon first glance, one might think they’re the dictionary definition of "girl group.” The Montreal four-piece has keyboards front and centre...

The bespectacled troubadour opened the Pop Explosion with a show at St. Matthew’s Church on Barrington, playing a few songs on his acoustic...

Whatever sympathetic feelings one may have for an opening act that only gets a 20-minute set are quickly erased when the lead singer spends...

Sarah Harmer's talent was forged in rock. You can hear it in the bones of her voice. Harmer's current band configuration is the best she's a...