“There the jazz archipelago and the classical archipelago. They can be traversed, it’s not impassable, there’s no barriers between them, except maybe distance,” says Lukas Pearse, the artistic director of this year’s Open Waters Festival. From Thursday to Sunday, Upstream Music will collaborate with Symphony Nova Scotia, SuddenlyListen and more for 14 extraordinary music events. […]
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Heat up with the Cold Smoke festival
Just as the weather finally turns to winter, Halifax’s favourite reggae band, Dub Kartel, has lined up the third annual Cold Smoke festival. This kick-ass one-day fest will be setting fire to The Seahorse and the Marquee’s stages to keep you hot-hot-hot. Starting Saturday night, Cold Smoke will showcase some of the best bands from […]
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#ICYMI: New music from Nap Eyes, The Grass and more
Well, sometimes bands hold back tunes to be released at seemingly random moments; sometimes bands drop stuff fresh off the track; and other times I just don’t catch on for awhile, as in the case of the following old-new and new-new music below. Got the blog goin’ up on a Tuesday. New-new: Nap Eyes, “Roll […]
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Adria’s Top Ten Vines of 2015
2015 was the year of the Vine, the social media/video sharing app on which users can upload seven to ten second clips of footage, most often of random blunders from their cellphones, and loop them into eternity. Vines are a particular Internet phenomenon; the content ranges from wipe-outs to sport clips to news bloopers, traffic […]
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Listen to this v. funky Boxing Day playlist by Dead Horse Beats
Tonight, Halifax-bred, Montreal-livin’ Dead Horse Beats (Patrick Wade) will spin it silly at The Seahorse with Wet Paint and Kyle. Have you heard DHB before? Dude can mix. Check out his “Still Dre” remix, and also this Bobby Shmurda jam. He’ll also be headlining Cold Smoke next weekend, but since you can’t hold your horses, better pony up tonight and get […]
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The New Year’s Eve single’s drinking game
Being single for the holidays can feel lonely, especially at a New Year’s Eve party when the clock strikes 12 and you’re watching all the couples kiss and celebrate another year of love. Sure, you can blow one of those noisemakers and pretend it doesn’t bother you, or you can turn your desperate loneliness into […]
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Hard Times: the Pro Wrestlers we lost this year
Hard times in wrestling this year — we lost some of the best there ever was and the best there ever will be. I remember the moment I heard about Rowdy Roddy Piper‘s death, and I knew we’d never see the likes of Roderick Toombs again. Also, remember this Simpsons clip? Oh man, and this one? Haha, […]
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Critic’s Picks: Our favourite local music videos of 2015
Goddamn, this city is talented. Not only do we have some of the country’s best musicians, we also have the most talented directors, animators and artists. Like, goddamn. In the spirit of our Critic’s Picks issue, here are a few of our favourite local music vids from 2015. Hard to pick. Jay Mayne – In […]
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Top 40 albums of 2015
Adria Young’s Top 10 Babysitter, Babysitter (Psychic Handshake) Drake, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (OVO/YMCMB) Freak Heat Waves, Bonnie’s State of Mind (Hockey Dad) Future, Dirty Sprite 2 (Epic) Hag Face, R.I.P. (Psychic Handshake) Justin Bieber, Purpose (Def Jam) Nap Eyes, Whine of the Mystic (You’ve Changed) New Fries/Old & Weird, Juice (Pleasance […]
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GridLock, Halifax’s newest music fest, announces lineup
Today, Halifax’s newest music weekend, GridLock Festival, announced a few of its bookings for the inaugural event from July 8 to 10, 2016. There’s so much pop on this lineup, you’d think it’s at Forum Bingo. For real, this looks so super sweet, with beer by Stillwell on the grounds of Citadel High. Way to […]
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Watch: Dave Sampson’s new video (there’s a kitty in it)
Cape Breton singer-songwriter Dave Sampson just dropped a new video for his acoustic howler, “Fireflies,” and there’s a sweet little kitty in it. That’s really all I need to say. But I will add that Sampson has been coming up in the last couple years with his heartfelt pop jams, working with Gordie Sampson, Steven MacDougall (Slowcoaster) […]
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Exclusive: Q&A with “David Byrne”
Today at The Coast, we have a very special Q&A with Talking Heads frontman, “David Bryne,” (Dale Boudreau) performing tonight at Menz Bar with tribute band Slippery People for THE FUNK AWAKENS with Talea and Unidentified Funk Object ($5, 10pm). It’s rare to have such a big-time musical celebrity talk about his legendary coolness but here we are: qu’est-ce […]