Lido Pimienta launches expletive-driven speech as she wins Polaris Music Prize Singer Lido Pimienta ripped into organizers of the Polaris Music Prize with an expletive-laden tirade over sound troubles with her performance as she accepted [...]
By Darlene Barss Today is the day we discover which artist will win the $50,000 Polaris Music Prize for 2017. I have enjoyed being a part of the Polaris Music Prize process as a juror this year [...]
Big Brave - Ardor One of the heavier bands of the Montreal scene, Big ‡ Brave aims to find the balance between post-rock, drone soundscapes, and the heavier interpretation of doom. This investigation started in [...]
We’re Worst Gift and we just released a new song “What’s Another 40 Bucks Between Friends?”. It’s available now to hear and share on Soundcloud. This song is about forgetting when you stopped being good [...]
Halifax classical violinist Marc Djokic wins $125K prize Monday morning, the violinist from Halifax learned he is this year's recipient of the the $125,000 Prix Goyer classical music award, which recognizes a collaborative emerging talent.(CBC) [...]
Alvvays - Antisocialites Oh Archie, what have you done? It’s been three years since Alvvays’ self-titled album, a most auspicious indie-pop debut that doubled as a dog-eared short-story collection. Its breakout track was “Archie, Marry [...]
It was in the spirit of audacity and relevance that the FME concluded Sunday night on Kiwanis Beach, situated right in the heart of the city. A stage on the shores of the lake, a natural amphitheatre, [...]
Plumtree Project to give underrepresented groups a chance to rock out The Plumtree Project is a new education program by Mirus Records and the Halifax Pop Explosion designed to give eight participants access to instruments, [...]
The new record is a skilful assortment of eight distinctive yet similarly styled folk-rock tracks. Most of the songs are built on a strikingly simple acoustic framework of guitar and piano that grounds the music [...]
Discolor Blind - Long Vivid Dream The Long Vivid Dream opens up before the listener as if it were the prelude to an awakening, the moment where the mind is unawares of whether it is [...]