Tag Archives: Halifax

Sonic Concerts Presents Sloan In Halifax, March 7th, 2015

(Halifax, NS) - Hometown indie-rockers Sloan return to Halifax in support of their 11th studio album Commonwealth, released earlier this fall, at The Marquee Ballroom on Saturday, March 7. Commonwealth is a 15-song collection that sees Sloan creating one of the most unique and ambitious recordings of their two-decade-plus career. Consequence of Sound premiered “Carried… Read More

HPX2014 Day 4: Pushing On

Friday night's edition of the Halifax Pop Explosion began with a bang and ended with a thud. With the first three days of the festival down, there was some brief hesitation over how I was going to proceed with Day 4. Due to a daily grind which consisted of late nights followed by early mornings, a large part… Read More

HPX2014 – Night 2: Into the Wee Hours Pt.1

This was the night where the plan came together.  It was one of those nights where I made sure to carefully formulate a game-plan which would ensure I wasn't missing any of my targeted acts on the first truly packed night of shows. It went almost to plan, aside from the fact that I realized… Read More

The Rich Aucoin Experience

Rich Aucoin has spent the past eight years perfecting a craft that few are able to master and after Thursday night's performance at Reflections Cabaret for the Halifax Pop Explosion, it's safe to say perfection isn't very far off. (more…) Read More

The Lazys @ Monte’s – Oct 20th, 2014

When you come across a Bar/Club owner so excited about a band who is out on tour, to actually line up an alternate venue in which the band can play, there might be something worth checking out.  Even if it happened to be a show which was best suited for a messy weekend outing, the… Read More

Can Music Save The World?

Two years ago, a good friend came to me with an idea that, at the time, seemed completely off the wall.  It wasn't an idea that would change the way a musician strings his/her guitar, or one that would mash your potatoes while simultaneously boiling them (but how cool would that one be).  No, this idea was one which… Read More

Hafilax Does HPX: HPX Is Hip-Hop (The Preview)

2014 appears to be the year of Hip-Hop when it comes to the Halifax Pop Explosion's line-up, with acts such as critical favorite Danny Brown, fan favorites and Wu-Tang alumni Raekwon (the Chef) and Ghostface Killah, Canadian Sensation SonReal and local favorites Ambition, Quake Matthews and Mike Boyd.   With that murderers row of well… Read More