Andy Shauf St. Matthew's United Church, Halifax NS, July 14

Published Jul 15, 2017

The last time Andy Shauf played Halifax's St. Matthew's Church in 2015, his Polaris-shortlisted album The Party was more concept than concep...

Ron Sexsmith Festival Main Stage, Halifax NS, July 14

Published Jul 15, 2017

Forget his reputation as a dour man of sad-sack songs: Ron Sexsmith can really shred a guitar.   An acoustic guitar, mind you. But as if r...

Blue Rodeo Festival Main Stage, Halifax NS, July 14

Published Jul 15, 2017

The Halifax Jazz Festival takes place over five days in July. So while it risked being a bit on-the-nose, Blue Rodeo bookending their headli...

Gord Downie Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax NS, November 29

Published Nov 30, 2016

In the 1967 Maclean's article that inspired Gord Downie's Secret Path project, there's a brief aside that has nothing and everything to do w...

Partner Pavilion, Halifax NS, October 22

Published Oct 23, 2016

Partner are quickly becoming one of Canadian music's best worst-kept secrets. With just two digital singles and a tour-only cassette tape to...

Laura Sauvage Seahorse Tavern, Halifax NS, October 22

Published Oct 23, 2016

Under a bed of green lights, Laura Sauvage took to the stage in a noisy Seahorse Tavern, by herself.   "My band didn't make it," said Sauv...

The Barr Brothers Seahorse Tavern, Halifax NS, October 22

Published Oct 23, 2016

If you were clock-watching, Montreal's Barr Brothers put on what might've been one of the longest sets of this year's Halifax Pop Explosion:...

Hannah Georgas Marquee Club, Halifax NS, October 22

Published Oct 23, 2016

Hannah Georgas's new album, For Evelyn, leaves behind any doubt that the electronic-tinged sound of 2012's self-titled record might've just...

Kestrels Gus's Pub, Halifax NS, October 21

Published Oct 22, 2016

"You guys want to go around the room and introduce everybody?" asked Kestrels vocalist Chad Peck of the crowd, noting the number of familiar...

Heaven for Real Art Bar, Halifax NS, October 21

Published Oct 22, 2016

The perils of makeshift spaces: Heaven for Real's set at Halifax's Art Bar (a local artists' space), which closed out an early-evening Mint...

TUNS Marquee Club, Halifax NS, October 21

Published Oct 22, 2016

If you were to organize a summit of Canada's best scientists and pop-heads and ask them to scientifically engineer an alt-rock vocal-harmony...

Lady Gaga Joanne

Published Oct 21, 2016

Sometimes you have the pop zeitgeist in your grasp, and sometimes you don't. Lady Gaga's 2013 album ARTPOP certainly didn't: as pop music wa...

Daniel Caesar Forum Multipurpose Centre, Halifax NS, October 20

Published Oct 21, 2016

The Halifax Forum's Multipurpose Centre is a big, cavernous space. If it's not filled with people, and the people who are there are chatty,...

BADBADNOTGOOD Forum Multipurpose Centre, Halifax NS, October 20

Published Oct 21, 2016

Part of what has made Toronto outfit BADBADNOTGOOD's reputation since their breakthrough five years ago or so is their taste: a smorgasbord...

PUP Marquee Club, Halifax NS, October 19

Published Oct 20, 2016

When you're a true band of road warriors — and, given they're in the midst of a 100-day tour, Toronto's PUP certainly fit the bill — your ni...

White Lung Marquee Club, Halifax NS, October 19

Published Oct 20, 2016

"I'm supposed to be watching the debate right now," said White Lung vocalist Mish Barber-Way, who moved to Los Angeles from the band's home...

Roosevelt Roosevelt

Published Aug 19, 2016

Once tools used to create "futuristic" soundscapes, it's increasingly hard to separate synthesizer and drum machine sounds from the early 19...

Preservation Hall Jazz Band Festival Main Stage, Halifax NS, July 17

Published Jul 18, 2016

With the exception of a half hour rain-and-lightning assault that interrupted Lauryn Hill's set Tuesday night (July 12), the Halifax Jazz Fe...

Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld St. Matthew's United Church, Halifax NS, July 16

Published Jul 17, 2016

Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld are no strangers to Halifax's St. Matthew's Church: Stetson has performed there as a solo artist, while Neuf...

Thundercat Festival Main Stage, Halifax NS, July 16

Published Jul 17, 2016

Thundercat — the stage name of Stephen Bruner — is the sort of musician who, on resumé alone, deserves attention. The bass guru has performe...