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Show Shots & Thoughts // TD Halifax Jazz Festival 2022 – 11-16.07.22

July 31, 2022 Trev

It's hard to believe that we are now two weeks removed from the closing day of the 36th TD Halifax Jazz Festival, as per usual the summer is whipping by in a blur. Considering the full-fledged festival, much like the rest of us, took an extended sabbatical due to the multi-year pandemic, it was great…Read More

Show Shots // Alan Doyle & The Beautiful Beautiful Band @ the Grand Oasis Stage – 08.06.2022

July 21, 2022 Trev

July 19, 2022 Trev

For the uninitiated, The Fabulously Rich is a Tragically Hip Tribute band that hails from Prince Edward Island. After an extended time away from Halifax, the band made their triumphant return on the stage at The Carleton for a two-night stint. Those tickets were snapped up quickly for fans who wished to revel again in…Read More

Show Thoughts & Shots // The 2022 Royal NS International Tattoo @ The Scotiabank Centre

July 11, 2022 Trev

After an extended hiatus due to the ongoing Pandemic, it was great to see the annual Royal NS International Tattoo return to the Scotiabank Centre. As always it paid tribute to the many men and women who have served around the world to keep us safe…Read More

Album (EP) Review // We Should’ve Been Plumbers – Self Titled EP

March 25, 2022 Trev

We Should’ve Been Plumbers, We Should’ve Been Plumbers, Independent If there was ever a soundtrack for the agony that an unexpected lockdown can cause, the newly minted self-titled EP from We Should’ve Been Plumbers would be it. It deals with those feelings that were generated during the pandemic lockdowns. Those feelings of malaise and dissatisfaction,…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

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

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

Album Review // Braden Lam – Inside Four Walls

October 2, 2020 Trev

In reading the press release ahead of the release of Braden Lam’s brand-new EP Inside Four Walls, you’d almost think you would need to reach for the black eyeliner and hair-dye, and while the album deals with that transition from the idyllic grandeur and endless possibility of adolescence to the ‘sundry limitations’ of adulthood, it’s…Read More

Album Review // Campfire Chords – Arkells

August 20, 2020 Trev

2020 has been quite the year, as we somehow found ourselves mired in the darkest of timelines. A leveling of society that is unlike anything we've seen before. Fortunately, there is a band that is more than ready to toss their growing fanbase a flashlight to get them through the back third of 2020. Max,…Read More