There’s no one more taken by surprise with the sudden success of Bartees Leon Cox (who performs under the name Bartees Strange) than the Washington, D.C.-based musician himself. Given the way his resume and bucket list collated since he landed on Stereogum’s 2020 Artists To Watch list—opening for the likes of Courtney Barnett and Lucy […]
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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Q&A: How indie rock band Pillow Fite is changing the Halifax scene
The story of Pillow Fite is one undeniably shaped by the pandemic: Lyrics formed via text during lockdown, early band practices conducted inside the two-household bubble. But don’t let the band’s origin story (or its on-the-pulse-attitude) let you mistake the duo for a COVID-era relic. Instead, Art Ross and Aaron Green are onto something much […]
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Julie Aubé brings flower power to the 2022 Halifax Urban Folk Festival
When Julie Aubé arrives at The Carleton on August 29 for her Halifax Urban Folk Festival show, she’s bringing a sonic time machine with her. A third of the acclaimed, Acadian/New Brunswick folk trio Les Hay Babies, Aubé is no stranger to building vintage-doused walls of sound (there’s a reason why she describes the band […]
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A buzzy movie starring The Sex Lives of College Girls‘s Amrit Kaur to shoot in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia’s film industry continues to boom as a new, buzzed-about flick announces its arrival: Me, My Mom & Sharmila—the debut feature of director Fawzia Mirza—is set to start shooting in the province later this year. Based on Mirza’s stage play of the same name, the film traces 48 hours in a woman’s life as […]
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This weekend, Mocean Dance is going to change your idea of what dance can be
When it comes to public perception in Halifax, “they think that street dance is not art—and I need the people to recognize and give the same value to it [that they give] other styles,” says Carolin Mateus, one half of Mocean Dance’s current emerging artists-in-residency program. While break dancing is beloved by our city, a […]
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Here’s all the nominees for the 2022 Music Nova Scotia awards
It’s gonna be a heck of a party in Sydney this November as Nova Scotia Music Week celebrates its 25th spin ’round the sun. The multi-day stint of industry events and live showcases will be held from November 3-6, capped off by the annual Music Nova Scotia awards. The provincial music prizes cover everything from […]
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WATCH: Halifax singer-songwriter Magnolia captures late summer vibes with new music video
Magnolia–the moniker of singer-songwriter Sophie Noel, a Halifax transplant by way of the Yukon—is about to be your new fave. Want proof? Her debut EP from back in the spring, Confluencer, provides ample sonic evidence, with its alt-pop-meets-new-folk sound. But before the defence rests, we have one final item for you to review: Magnolia’s newest music […]
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Hopscotch Festival 2022 announces JPEGMAFIA will headline September event
Hopscotch Festival—the city’s premiere hip hop festival—had high hopes to meet with its 2022 event slate: After all, in this year’s off-season alone, the fest brought two of the biggest names in modern rap—Freddie Gibbs and Conway The Machine—to Halifax for sold-out gigs. Today’s lineup announcement proves the annual event can keep the good times […]
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For Rouge Fatale, life’s a drag
When Jason Spurrell—who performs under the drag name Rouge Fatale—took to the stage in a gown for the very first time, it was on a dare. “I had one dress, one wig. One pair of heels. I didn’t know I needed an evening gown, I didn’t know anything,” they recall, ice clattering in their glass […]
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FIN Atlantic International Film Festival announces full 2022 program slate
Every fall, FIN manages the juggling act of bringing hundreds of movies to the big screens of Cineplex Park Lane, providing a list of the hottest Hollywood hits-in-waiting and must-see local features alike. For a film buff, it’s the type of one-stop shopping that’ll get you up to speed on what’s bound to end up […]
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Q&A: How one independent Halifax theatre company took its show on the road—and had the best summer ever.
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Here are all the musicians in the running for Music Nova Scotia’s 2022 Artist-In-Residence
Correction: The Coast published an earlier version of this story stating Kxng Wooz was in the running for this year’s artist-in-residence award when he was the winner of last year’s competition. We regret the error, and have corrected and updated the story below: Five of Halifax’s hottest acts are vying for the prestigious Music Nova Scotia […]