Rival Sons, Great Western Valkyrie, Earache Records

Rival Sons
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

Summer Music Preview – Part 1

It appears that we've once again come to that point of the year where the sun is shining, the grass is growing as green as ever, university students roam the streets late at night, looking for a fresh new watering hole to hold up for a few months until class starts up again and live… Read More

EVOLVE 2014 – July 11-13

It's happening, Atlantic Canada's biggest summer festival is back, and is quickly approaching for it's 15th anniversary. This year's EVOLVE, will be featuring an amazing line-up of artists, including Peaches, Grandmaster Flash, Keys N Krates, Grandtheft, Hey Rosetta!, A. Paul, cast from the Trailer Park Boys, including the characters... Randy & Mr. Lahey, Lucy &… Read More

8 Track: Saturday’s Open Road Edition

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

CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT: July 1st @ Alderney Landing

Was browsing Pollstar earlier this evening and saw that July Talk are playing the Canada Day show this year. This led me to a fact finding mission as they couldn't possibly be the headliner (could they?), and that's no slight on them, it's just the fact that they aren't there yet. I found out that… Read More

Friday Night Soundtrack: Bluenoisin’

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