Category Archives: Live Music

Concert Review // Sam Cash and the Romantic Dogs @ The Carleton // 29.07.16

August 1, 2016 Trev

Being the proud parent of a 3-week-old, sleep is something of a distant memory. There are times when your music geek gene kicks in and propels you past that giddy stage of sleep deprivation, and you can actually emerge from the house somewhat resembling a grown-up. Generally these trips find you making a grocery run,…Read More

Concert Review. Maritime Metal & Hard Rock Festival 4. 21-22.07.2016

July 28, 2016 Mitch

Admittedly, it has been a long time since I have considered myself a metal head. It's not that I didn't enjoy metal and hard rock, it just hasn't been on my radar very much. Mastadon's The Hunter in 2011 would have been the last metal album that I really fell in love with and fell…Read More

Chic ft. Nile Rodgers At The Halifax Jazz Festival

July 19, 2016 Jeff

30 years into the Halifax Jazz Festival's life, and thankfully we are nowhere close to seeing an end in sight. When the lineup was fully announced, all of the buzz seemed to have centred around the more recent artists who were mentioned: Lauryn Hill, Metric and City & Colour. However it's Chic, ft. Nile Rodgers, who…Read More

Maritime Metal & Hard Rock Festival 4 Preview

July 17, 2016 Justin

"ALL East.....ALL Beast!" "The Ultimate celebration of East Coast Heavy!" After an awesome weekend of metal & hard rock that was showcased last summer, the Maritime Metal & Hard Rock Festival are doing it all over again at the Hants County Exhibition Grounds for its fourth round, the weekend of the 22nd & 23rd of…Read More

Concert Review: Adam Baldwin At The Halifax Jazz Festival – Day 2

July 14, 2016 Jeff

Night two of most festivals usually tends to run a bit smoother than the first evening. Nerves and excitement are somewhat numbed, as those helping to ensure that the festival goes off without a hitch have easily slid into their respective roles. And with the thunder and lightning far removed from everyone's thoughts, the Halifax Jazz…Read More

Festival Review – A Gridlock Rundown

July 13, 2016 Jeff

"If you book them, they will come" And with that Matt McIntyre and Jeremy MacNeil get to now wake up knowing what it feels like to have pulled off the unthinkable: successfully bring together a diverse musical line-up consisting of DJs, indie rock darlings, and local home grown talent, all within the city limits of Halifax. (more…)Read More

Floodland Does The Beatles–Concert Review

June 30, 2016 Mitch

When a band decides to take on covering one of the biggest bands to ever walk the earth, it can go one of two ways. It can be an utter disaster (which I’ve seen on more than one occasion) or it can be what I saw last Thursday (June 23, 2016). Floodland took the reins…Read More

Gridlock Festival 2016 Preview

June 29, 2016 Justin

For all of you music festival-goers who are looking for your summertime fix, this is for you. Halifax was long overdue for an indie music-filled festival under the sun, and here it is. Gridlock Festival is in its inaugural year, and will be showcasing a stellar line-up of bands and comedic acts all throughout the…Read More

Concert Review w/ Photos // Adam Baldwin w/ Scrapes // Seahorse // 23.06.16

June 27, 2016 Trev

When a show such as Adam Baldwin is announced for the Seahorse on a school night, you just accept that you're going to need all the coffees on Friday and go enjoy the show. Baldwin and his band were celebrating the impending release of No Telling When (Precisely Nineteen Eighty-Five), the full-length debut from Baldwin. The…Read More

The 2016 TD Halifax Jazz Festival Announces Stingray Rising Stars Program Finalists

June 26, 2016 Jeff

(Halifax, NS) The 2016 TD Halifax Jazz Festival is proud to partner with leading business-to-business multi-platform music provider, Stingray Music, to present the Stingray Rising Stars program again at this year's festival. The Stingray Rising Stars program offers cash awards and showcase opportunities to emerging Canadian artists. The Stingray Rising Stars finalists will perform…Read More