Articles by Ryan McNutt

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  tUnE-yArDs / Moon Hooch

  Festival Main Stage, Halifax NS, July 9

  PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2015

  Though well-known for her use of sound looping in her live performances, tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus didn't seem to really double back on he...

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  Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings / the Chronos Band

  Festival Main Stage, Halifax NS, July 8

  PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2015

  The centrepiece of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' opening night performance at the Halifax Jazz Festival was an extended version of "Peopl...

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  Rain Over St. Ambrose

  Still Waking Up

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2015

  Sometimes it's easy to forget how much we associate certain vocal timbres with particular music styles, until a band like Rain Over St. Amb...

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  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...

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  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...

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  Homeshake

  Menz and Mollyz Bar, Halifax NS, May 23

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2015

  Homeshake, the soft, groovy quartet led by Pete Sagar, appear to be benefitting greatly from Mac DeMarco's ascendance. Sagar, a longtime co...

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  Moon

  Menz and Mollyz Bar, Halifax NS, May 23

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2015

  "Anyone have a guitar I can play? Anyone?" asked Moon's Andrew Neville when the low E string on his Fender appeared to go incredibly wonky...

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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...