Ottawa Bluesfest Saturday: Stars, Austra, Half Moon Run, Roberta Bondar
Roberta Bondar It’s fitting the first band who played Saturday afternoon shares the same name as Canada’s first female astronaut. Women played a huge part […]
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Mix Pick: St. John’s synth-pop rockers Repartee
What do you do when you are a talented opera singer but hate the formality of that particular music scene? Why you start a synth-pop band, […]
Soundcheck: New music from Corb Lund, Joanna Gruesome and the Polaris Prize short list
On Tuesdays, the Mixtape brings you a blog post full of the latest singles, albums, videos and news from Canadian musicians. It’s an aggregation of […]
Video: Hooded Fang live from Quebec City
Mixtape was in Quebec City for Festival d’été and saw Classified, Wu-Tang Clan and Whiz Khalifa on Friday night but happened to stumble upon another, smaller festival happening […]
Mixtape Magazine presents In-Flight Safety in Halifax
Halifax band In-Flight Safety have been cooking up some new tunes for their album coming out in the near future. The band is taking a […]
10 cool things about the Hey Rosetta! concert on Tuesday
On Tuesday night, Hey Rosetta! played the first of two shows at Old Confidence Lodge in Riverport, Nova Scotia. Yes, the building is old and […]
Mixtape.vhs: This Ship Album Release with The Lucy Grays and Floodland
Last Saturday, Halifax-based indie-pop band This Ship released a long-awaited (and much-facebook-touted) album All The Stars & Elements at Michael’s Bar and Grill in Halifax. The Lucy […]
Halifax’s Nathan Doucet shares how cancelled Sled Island led to an unforgettable weekend
After Sled Island announced it had cancelled the remainder of the festival due to the flooding in Calgary, there was a flurry of activity on […]
Soundcheck: New music from Jay Arner, North Lakes and Royal Canoe
On Tuesdays, the Mixtape brings you a blog post full of the latest singles, albums and videos we think you should know about. Today there is a […]
Ottawa Explosion: A blur of powerchords and fuzzy guitar tone
Over the past few days I attended the Ottawa Explosion festival, a marathon style festival being held in various venues in the downtown core of […]