Emotions run high in the summertime, when the sun is shining and the drinks are flowing. While you’re busy being inundated with feels, it can be tricky to find the perfect song for the occasion. Here’s a playlist of new, local tunes to help guide you through some common scenarios. Road tripping with the windows […]
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Sure Things: This weekend’s best live music
Ah, summer in the city. The streets smell like hot garbage, your neighbour is mowing his lawn unclothed and there are hula-hoopers shimmying on every flat surface. Embrace the heat and let holes in the ozone layer and rock bands keep you sweating all weekend long.
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Sure Things: Your guide to this weekend’s best shows
The rain is a drag, but it isn’t stopping bands from convening for kick-ass shows all over the city. Let this be your guide as you navigate the damp city in search of good tunes.
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Sure Things: A round-up of this weekend’s must-see shows
This weekend we’ll be singing along to songstresses from western Canada, Dartmouth punks, Pixies covers and The North End Metal All-Stars.
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Pjilasi Mi’kma’ki: New bilingual Mi’kmaq/English podcast launches
A new podcast seeks to keep Mi’kmaq language, culture and current affairs thriving and accessible.
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Sure Things: Your guide to the best shows this weekend
Spring is a season of change. This spring, bands are forming, breaking up and dropping albums almost too quickly to keep up with. Luckily, you have this guide so you won’t miss a damn thing.
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Sure Things: Your guide to the best long weekend ever
The snow is gone and buds are beginning to appear on the trees. Birds are chirping and bands are beginning to tour again. Here’s a guide to the must-see shows of the long weekend.
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Farewell Diminished Fifth Records
After nine years and 27 album releases, boutique metal label Diminished Fifth Records is closing up shop. Voted Best Record Label in Halifax by Coast readers five consecutive years, Diminished Fifth’s departure from the scene marks the end of an era for Halifax’s metal community as owner/operator Josh Hogan looks forward to bigger and beardier […]
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Sage against the machine
Sitting in a bustling cafe on Gottingen Street, Savannah “Savvy” Simon is impossible to miss. Her long braids hang over her shoulders, nearly to her waist, and her moccasin-clad feet are tucked beneath her long buffalo-and-rainbow-patterned skirt. Beneath her white blazer, her tank top bears the words “L’nuis’i! It’s that easy!” With a smile that’s […]
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What’s open in Halifax?
[Image-1] Yesterday’s snow stomping shut down literally and figuratively everything in Halifax, forcing us all indoors like the wintery mole people we’ve accepted ourselves to be. Thankfully, the sun is shining this Thursday and doors are open again around the city. We’ve collected just a small list of the many bold businesses around town happy […]
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It was heartbreaking
My coming out happened in stages. When I began dating my first girlfriend in high school, I told a few friends, a feminist cousin, and a high school English teacher. I came out to my Dad in an email in 2012, explaining that the girl I’d called my best friend for months was actually my […]