Articles by Ryan McNutt

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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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  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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  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...

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  Petra Glynt

  Menz and Mollyz Bar, Halifax NS, May 21

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2015

  Aside from a sparkly sheet to cover her table of effects pedals, Toronto's Alexandra MacKenzie, better known under the stage name Petra Gly...

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  Allie X

  CollXtion I

  PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2015

  Pop music has always looked to a bubbling underground to adopt and co-opt emerging sounds — a process that's often thrilling to close...

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  The Rural Alberta Advantage / Kalle Mattson

  The Marquee Club, Halifax NS, March 27

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2015

  Forget growing fonder: apparently absence makes the heart grow more fevered, at least when it comes to Canadian indie fuzz-folkers the Rura...

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  Aqua Alta

  The Company House, Halifax NS, March 8

  PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2015

  Sometimes, all it takes for a show to come alive is for someone to flip the switch.   "Can we get these lights down?" asked Aqua Alta guita...

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  Sloan

  The Marquee Club, Halifax NS, March 7

  PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2015

  Sloan is both a rock band and a business arrangement.   Now, admittedly, that sort of statement could apply to pretty much any musical act,...