Category Archives: Recommended Listening

Recommended Listening

The Mixdown (and HAFILAX) is dusting itself off…..

February 17, 2022 Trev

As a whole HAFILAX has been on an unintended hiatus; we popped up here and there to throw a pic up on the 'gram, or we retweeted a concert announcement (or cancellation) here or there on our socials, but that has been about it. We appreciate those of you that are still out there, and…Read More

Monday Mixdown – The Monday Mixdown Edition

November 15, 2021 Trev

Let's just consider this to be an eponymous (self-titled) release of the Monday Mixdown. As things are starting to gradually open back up, it seems that this dreaded virus seems willing to keep picking up the pace to stay one step ahead of our progress, but in an effort to tune it out, let us…Read More

Album Review // Andrew Waite – Andrew Waite

October 29, 2021 Trev

In an era of eroded attention spans and 72-hour news cycles, we have moved away from the standard album release dates for surprise releases and fleeting anticipation. There aren’t many albums that are able to sustain that initial glee of pressing play for the very first time and continue to retain the listener’s attention. While…Read More

Midweek Mixdown // It’s fall already?!? Edition

September 22, 2021 Trev

It's hard to believe that summer whipped by impossibly fast once again, but for some, it's time to rejoice and break out their growing sweater collections, or indulge in their beloved Pumpkin Spice Lattes. Before long the snow will be here again, but for now, let's sit back enjoy some tunes, and watch the leaves…Read More

Monday Morning Mixdown Reemerges from its Slumber

August 23, 2021 Trev

It's been a while since I've sat down to put a full Mixdown together, but as things seem to be ramping up, inspiration has returned and here we are. Gonna try and make this a more regular occurrence, sharing tunes from the mailbag, or things that I've been coming across organically. Here are a few…Read More

Midweek Mixdown // Carving out some time…

May 27, 2021 Trev

Managed to find some time to sit down and compile a new Midweek Mixdown, here are a handful of tracks that are bending my ear at the moment. Here we go in no particular order: Quake Matthews - "Seeing Green" C'mon now, easily one of the best emcees on the East Coast for the past…Read More

Midweek Mixdown // Bring in the Noise, Bring in the Funk

April 14, 2021 Trev

When the Pandemic began back in 2020, we all thought it would be nipped in the bud and we could carry on with our lives as if we weren't undergoing some sort of paradigm shift. Unfortunately, that has not been the case, and we're well over a year into this. People still don't fully grasp…Read More

Album Review // Troy Alistair – Troy Alistair

February 24, 2021 Trev

At the tail end of January, Taran Guest and fellow Troy Alistair band members took to the Carleton stage to celebrate the band's eponymous full-length release. People may recognize Taran as one of the founding members of the Halifax-based act Brothers. Guest has opted to assemble a band to bring…Read More

Monday Morning Mixdown // Bring on the Week – Mailbag Edition!

January 25, 2021 Trev

Jah'Mila - "Roots Girl" Long before the paradigm shifted due to this incessant virus, Jah'Mila traveled to Jamaica to record the video in support of her track "Roots Girl". This is a song that pays homage to Israel Vibration's "Rudeboy Shufflin", but twists the focus from a male protagonist to the titular female one. In…Read More

Trev’s Top 10 Favourite Albums (In No Particular Order) of 2020

January 4, 2021 Trev

Sarah Harmer – Are You Gone After a decade-long hiatus, Sarah Harmer made a triumphant return to our collective hearts early on in 2020. Are You Gone is something of a companion piece to her debut album You Were Here. Her sweet, folky lilt is a welcome sound to our ears — with poppy…Read More