On Thursday, December 5th Mixtape Magazine is releasing our Best of 2013 issue at The Carleton Music Bar and Grill in Halifax. For eight bucks you’ll get a free digital copy of the magazine and see three of the best music acts in the city. Click here to buy tickets.
Dana Beeler kickstarts the evening with her emotive dockside riffs and alt-country tinged ballads. Then Heather Green promises to stun us all with her smokey, rich vocals and sultry blues-folk before the infectious and dance-inducing bedroom disco of AA Wallace Group closes out. Mixtape’s Best of 2013 party will be a school-night soiree well worth the weekday hangover.
In this issue Mixtape’s editors take readers on a cross-country tour through the Best of 2013 as we hop from province to province looking back on the year in Canadian music. Featured on the cover, Vancouver’s Young Galaxy talks about how working with Swedish electronic producer Dan Lissvik has helped them get through a dramatic shift in their style. Halifax’s Ghettosocks walks us through his latest album “For You Pretty Things” in a track-by-track analysis of the rapper’s third major release. Mixtape chats with Said the Whale, and looks at why The Zolas have jumped on the one-track-at-a-time release bandwagon. As always, Mixtape treats your eyes and ears with beautiful photography, our signature minimalist design, album reviews and themed playlists.