Category Archives: Recommended Listening

Recommended Listening

One Track: Kestrels, “The Moon is Shining Our Way”

July 23, 2014 Justin

A little late on the ball to be hitting up this track, but nonetheless Halifax's Kestrels' newest song from their latest "The Moon Is Shining Our Way" EP is worth mentioning after a month after it's release. It's a very shiny noise-rock track, with a similar vibe of bands like Japandroids, Cheatahs, and to a…Read More

One Track: The New Pornographers, “War On The East Coast”

July 16, 2014 Justin

The latest single, from Vancouver's The New Pornographers are bringing the "War On The East Coast" off of their upcoming LP, Brill Bruisers. This song is a little harder than their usual power-pop hits, which I am liking already. You can hear the track here on HAFILAX & Halifax Bloggers dot com... http://youtu.be/WMcumbSMY_8Read More

Halifax Jazz Festival – July 7th – St. Vincent w/ The Heavy Blinkers

July 10, 2014 Trev

Back on April 1st when the news began to trickle out that Annie "St. Vincent" Clarke was slated to perform at this year's Jazz Festival, many were quick to chalk it up to a rather cruel April Fools Day prank. Fortunately the timing was a rather poor coincidence, and this past Monday night, the hottest…Read More

Friday Night Soundtrack – July 4th, 2014

July 4, 2014 Jeff

With so much going on it was really tough to decide on a theme for this weeks edition of the FNS. We have the Evolve festival coming up as well as the second week of the Big Red Festival. Both of these events are more than deserving enough to have a quick five song article dedicated…Read More

Big Red Music Festival // Artist Showcase: Mike Boyd

July 4, 2014 Trev

On July 12th in Charlottetown PEI, Big Red Music Festival kicks off for the second half of its 2014 season. The lineup is one of the most diverse and potent of the summer concert season. The Killers serve as the headliners, however the line up is not lacking star power as the opening acts feature Death Cab…Read More

Rival Sons, Great Western Valkyrie, Earache Records

June 16, 2014 Trev

Few acts are as prolific as SoCal rock outfit Rival Sons. Since hitting the scene in 2009, these Long Beach lads have recorded and released 4 full length albums (Before the Fire, Pressure & Time, Head Down and Great Western Valkyrie [released in June of 2014] and an eponymous EP), not to mention their songs…Read More

8 Track: Saturday’s Open Road Edition

May 31, 2014 Trev

In little under a week, two thirds of HAFILAX will be hitting the road for Bangor, ME to indulge in a little summer roadtrip to see the Dave Matthews Band. It's a little bittersweet to be heading to Bangor, rather than having the fine folks in either Halifax or Moncton work their magic to bring…Read More

Recommended Listenings, Latest Releases By The Trews, Little Dragon, Royksopp & Robyn, and more…

May 29, 2014 Justin

Hey music listeners, welcome to my latest "recommended listening" where I give you feedback on the albums that are currently in rotation on my playlist. For the past month I've been digging the latest Trews' album; releases from three different Swedish artists, and some other cool stuff I've been checking out. These are my top…Read More

Friday Night Soundtrack: Bluenoisin’

May 16, 2014 Trev

Welcome to the unofficial start to Summer! It's been a doubly long and frigid winter, and we barely got a spring, but at least the weather seems to be turning around now in time for the Bluenose Marathon (half, 10k, 5k and kids events). Having lived downtown around the corner, it was always an exciting…Read More

One Track: Braids, “Deep Running”

May 5, 2014 Justin

Here's the latest track from the atmospheric indie-rock band, Braids. It has this really groovy reggae, summer beat to the song, and also has this familiar feel that is reminiscent of their last album, Flourish // Perish, that was just released last year. It kinda makes me wonder if this was a song that they…Read More