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Articles by Jonathan Briggins

About Jonathan Briggins
Editor-in-chief of Mixtape magazine.

Soundcheck: Yukon Blonde solo project, Spencer Burton, Mac DeMarco documentary and more

May 13, 2014 Jonathan Briggins 0

Yukon Blonde frontperson debuts new solo project B.C. rock band Yukon Blonde are currently taking a little break to catch their collective breath between albums […]

Friday Playlist: Music for National Drone Day

May 9, 2014 Jonathan Briggins 1

Tomorrow is National Drone Day according to the brains behind Weird Canada. The music blog behind Wyrd Distro and other Canadian music projects declared Saturday, […]

Soundcheck: New music from the Mouthbreathers, PS I Love You, Austra and more

May 6, 2014 Jonathan Briggins 0

New EP from The Mouthbreathers The Mouthbreathers dropped Corrupt the Youth yesterday. The new four song EP is available on bandcamp as a  pay-what-you-want sort of deal. The […]

Soundcheck: New music from Fucked Up, Jon Mckiel, basketball news from Shad and Drake and more

May 1, 2014 Jonathan Briggins 0

Jon Mckiel returns with new EP Jon Mckiel has a new self-titled EP coming out June 3 via Headless Owl Records. The six track EP […]

Soundcheck: Fresh tracks from Jay Arner, Daphni/Owen Pallett, Jacques Greene and more

April 15, 2014 Jonathan Briggins 0

Throw Stuff At The Sun on Record Store Day Vancouver artist Jay Arner has a new track coming out for Record Story Day on Saturday, April […]

Rewind: Feist makes uncomfortable cozy again

April 8, 2014 Jonathan Briggins 0

With no other musicians on stage, the spotlight at the Rebecca Cohn auditorium in Halifax was squarely on Leslie Feist and her acoustic guitar. “I […]

Mix Pick: Grand Analog head to Texas for SXSW

March 5, 2014 Jonathan Briggins 0

Austin, Texas becomes a magnet for creativity every March when the music-crazed city hosts South by Southwest. The event, taking place March 7-16, is a […]

Mix Picks In The Dead Of Winter: Basia Bulat

January 22, 2014 Jonathan Briggins 0

Toronto’s Basia Bulat continues to make an obscure instrument cool on her third album Tall Tall Shadow. You don’t see a lot of the electric autoharp in indie […]

Fraser McCallum

Mix Talks: A Q&A with Racoon Bandit’s Fraser McCallum

January 20, 2014 Jonathan Briggins 0

Mixtape caught up with comedian and Racoon Bandit lead singer/songwriter Fraser McCallum gearing up for the In The Dead Of Winter music festival in Halifax. He takes […]

By Divine Right

From the Magazine: Theory of Kinship, the twenty-year rotating cast of By Divine Right

January 16, 2014 Jonathan Briggins 0

Calling By Divine Right‘s current line-up “the best” is a bold statement from front-man and nucleus Jose Miguel Contreras—the band has had a rotating cast […]

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    Halifax Jazz Festival 2018 Playlist featuring The War On Drugs, Alvvays, Charlotte Day Wilson and More

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