Fans of post-hardcore punks Billy Talent thought the band was as over as emo sweep bangs when it released its greatest hits back in 2014. The Ontario-based, Toronto-indie-scene-bred rockers behind the band didn’t leave lovers of their screamo sound mourning for long though: A new record and tweaked lineup dropped earlier this year, meaning a […]
Morgan Mullin
Morgan was the Arts & Entertainment Editor at The Coast, where she wrote about everything from what to see and do around Halifax to profiles of the city’s creative class to larger cultural pieces. She started with The Coast in 2016.
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The Arkells and Frank Turner split headline status at upcoming show
Fun, dancey pop is what the Arkells does best, and the band is bringing its particular brand of party jams to Halifax with the United Kingdom’s Frank Turner and his band The Sleeping Souls in tow. While Turner’s soulful folk is the headline draw in some towns (he opened the 2012 London Olympics with an […]
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Ten picks for an uplifting weekend
10 The Society for American Wines Tasting Night Saturday Award-winning, Hali-famous chef Luis Clavel serves up eats with specially-paired wines at this swanky supper. 9 Storytellers of Halifax Presents: The White Archer, An Inuit Tale Thursday Featured storyteller Leo Feinstein recounts the legend of a young Inuit archer who sets out to avenge his parents’ […]
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How to be a feminist killjoy
Notes from a Feminist Killjoy book launch Monday, November 14, 6:30pm Art Bar + Projects, 1873 Granville Street free When Erin Wunker presented a paper on rape culture at a Brock University panel in 2014, she was thinking about all the usual things: Calming her nerves, fine-tuning her speech, remembering key points. As she prepared, […]
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Where we practice: The Town Heroes
The Town Heroes w/Rain Over St. Ambrose, Owen Meany’s Batting Stance The Seahorse, 2037 Gottingen Street Saturday, November 12, 10pm, $13 WHO THEY ARE Even heroes can suffer from a lack of inspiration. Just ask The Town Heroes, whose two-man, alt-rock style had, after six years, left them feeling stale. While working on 2016’s EP […]
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Ten super-sweet weekend picks
10 Pantry by Kimberley Floyd To Nov 30 Pantry sees all the staples of your (and probably your grandma’s) diet get pop-art tinged, portrait-style treatment, complete with pops of robin egg’s blue and lime green at Argyle Fine Art. Butter never looked so chic. 9 Further Beyond Saturday November 5, 7pm What starts as a […]
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Ten ways to have a winning weekend
10 This Crazy Time: Living Our Environmental Challenge Thursday, October 20, 7pm Tzeporah Berman, scholar and activist, “is known for her role as a key organizer in the 1993 logging blockades of Clayoquot Sound, the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history.” Since then, she’s been working with First Nations groups and environmental organizations […]
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Halifax Pop Explosion 2016 is on
Started in 1993, today our beloved HPX packs it in city-wide—over 150 bands, musicians, comedians and speakers, in over 15 venues. Put aside thoughts of struggling venues, band breakups and Netflix ruining your nightlife—this weekend we celebrate what’s good in local and not-so-local music. Whether your hands are permanently stained with bar stamps or if […]
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White Lung finds Paradise
White Lung w/Crossed Wires, Not You, The Yips Thursday, October 20, 10pm, The Seahorse Tavern, $25 Even if you haven’t heard of the Polaris Prize-shortlisted White Lung, its poppy-punk vibes will make you feel like its your favourite high school band you accidentally forgot about. With just the right amount of angst and heavy guitars […]
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“If you like The Beach Boys, you’ll probably like TUNS”
TUNS w/Partner, Monomyth, Century Egg Friday, October 21, midnight The Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $25 The members of the pop-rock group TUNS were friends first, which is probably why their debut, self-titled record feels as familiar and tasty as a sonic slice of vanilla cake. Or, as Mike O’Neill says about the “vocally driven pop” […]
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Top 10 ways to make this weekend rock
10 Maud Lewis-The Heart on the Door Book Launch October 14 and 15, 6-9pm Author Lance Woolaver reads from his book on the Nova Scotian folk art icon at Wicker’s Gallery, in time for Nocturne’s artsy takeover of town! Learn more about our (arguably) best-known painter and feel a little wistful for rural views. 9 […]
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KENO/KINO & Last syllable of time
Dartmouth waterfront, and Halifax waterfront on docks in front of the Marriott Hotel facing the ferry landing. The scene is still. So still, in fact, you might forget you’re watching a film, if not for the soft waves in the background. The images centre around a boat, resting on its side, one that hasn’t felt […]
