Sam Roberts’ Canadian success
By • March 9, 2012
By Sam Littlefair-Wallace, Arts Contributor
Apparently, Americans don’t listen to Sam Roberts. But luckily for us, people from Halifax do.
Last year the Canadian rock and roll …
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In full bloom
By • March 9, 2012
As Toronto’s The Wooden Sky and Great Bloomers climbed the tiny stage of The Seahorse on March 3, they did so as veterans of …
Toronto alt-rockers bring latest LP to Halifax
By • March 2, 2012
We all love to people-watch. Sitting in a café as I wait for a friend or enjoy a drink, I watch people pass by …
Arkells play to sold-out crowd at the Grawood
By • February 10, 2012
The wall of the Student Union Building read “Feb. 2: Arkells (Yes, really!!)” last week. And the organizers were right to be proud of …
Rae Spoon on music, literature, pronouns and life
By • February 3, 2012
Rae Spoon is not easily categorized. Their most recent album, I Can’t Keep All of Our Secrets, is a pop- folk-electronic album exploring the …
Breaking down the wall
By • February 3, 2012
So, so you think you can tell / Heaven from Hell / Blue skies from pain.
If you recognized this classic song from iconic …
Ramble on
By • January 27, 2012
The Bus Stop Theatre was re-arranged, the traditional rows of seats eschewed for a makeshift cafe aesthetic as Jenny Berkel slid quietly on stage. …
Jon McKiel – IDOW
By • January 27, 2012
An absolution in the form of thick and glossy harmonies spilling out of a cracked and crumbling wall of blissed-out, grungey guitar groans, Jon …
In the Dead of Winter
By • January 20, 2012
Positioned between the Halifax Pop Explosion and the Halifax International Jazz Festival, the In the Dead of Winter music festival has been keeping Haligonians …
Coal Mining Blues not all blue
By • November 18, 2011
Matt Andersen to play Spatz theatre Nov. 18-19
Matt Andersen’s acoustic guitar wizardry fills a concert hall like few instruments can—only his voice equals it …
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