What's great about writing for a site like HAFILAX is the people that you get to meet. Since we've started using this outlet as a space where we can help promote the music scene on the East Coast, there have been industry folk of all different sorts who we've had the pleasure of meeting and dealing… Read More
Admittedly, it has been a long time since I have considered myself a metal head. It's not that I didn't enjoy metal and hard rock, it just hasn't been on my radar very much. Mastadon's The Hunter in 2011 would have been the last metal album that I really fell in love with and fell… Read More
Night two of most festivals usually tends to run a bit smoother than the first evening. Nerves and excitement are somewhat numbed, as those helping to ensure that the festival goes off without a hitch have easily slid into their respective roles. And with the thunder and lightning far removed from everyone's thoughts, the Halifax Jazz… Read More
"If you book them, they will come" And with that Matt McIntyre and Jeremy MacNeil get to now wake up knowing what it feels like to have pulled off the unthinkable: successfully bring together a diverse musical line-up consisting of DJs, indie rock darlings, and local home grown talent, all within the city limits of Halifax. (more…) Read More
When a band decides to take on covering one of the biggest bands to ever walk the earth, it can go one of two ways. It can be an utter disaster (which I’ve seen on more than one occasion) or it can be what I saw last Thursday (June 23, 2016). Floodland took the reins… Read More
(Halifax, NS) The 2016 TD Halifax Jazz Festival is proud to partner with leading business-to-business multi-platform music provider, Stingray Music, to present the Stingray Rising Stars program again at this year's festival. The Stingray Rising Stars program offers cash awards and showcase opportunities to emerging Canadian artists. The Stingray Rising Stars finalists will perform… Read More
Noted PEI Folk Musician Al Tuck Announces Ambitious East Coast Tour this Summer with his latest Album, Fair Country [Halifax] Prince Edward Island songwriter and folk musician, Al Tuck is extensively touring the East Coast, leaving no one in the region an excuse not to get out and see the show. His latest album, Fair… Read More
After 33,600 kilometers flown; 10,751 kilometers driven; 92 Days; 63 broken guitar strings; 54 Shows and 1 bear hug (literally from a Koala bear); Irish Mythen is set to return home to Prince Edward Island. (more…) Read More
(Halifax, NS) -- Erin Costelo’s latest album Down Below, The Status Quo -- out March 25 on her own Venue Records/Pheromone Distribution -- is a reflection of her (and our) complicated world, expressed through a voice unlike any other in Canada. Having paid more overt tribute to her vintage soul music influences on her previous… Read More