Mount Eerie & Julie Doiron Fri Jan 31, 7-10:30pm All Nations Christian Reformed Church, 2535 Robie Street Sold Out It’s been 11 years since the last Lost Wisdom record, a whole decade since indie royalty Julie Doiron (y’know, the best part of Moncton grunge legend Eric’s Trip, the lauded singer-songwriter whose tunes are a rock-tinged […]
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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For Kristen Martell, the wait is over
Kristen Martell Feb 1, 5-8pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street, free If you’ve ever felt a tap at the base of your skull late at night—if your brain has ever hosted thoughts of what-ifs when your life is perfectly fine—then your playlist should go heavy Kristen Martell. The Mahone Bay-based singer-songwriter’s sun-dappled sound refracts its […]
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Sloan comes back home with Navy Blues tour
When Sloan dropped Navy Blues in 1998, it was after a few tumultuous years of attempted solo side projects and the hard work of cracking the U.S. market. Perhaps the reason why people went so nuts for the record was because it was proof their favourite band had weathered the storm—and still had its same sense […]
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The Black Keys are coming to Halifax
After dropping an album that proved the duo still has lots to say—and still knows how cut a deep groove—in 2019’s Let’s Rock, the Black Keys are coming to Halifax. Hitting the Scotiabank Centre May 5 at 7:30pm, the six-time-Grammy-winning blues rock duo will share the stage with The Sheepdogs and Early James, kicking off […]
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Ten questions with Braden Lam
He’s been, it feels, a star poised to shoot from the start: Selling out spaces like The Carleton to fellow students to see their favourite indie-folkster sing about love and growing up. Winning prizes like the Best of Halifax Readers’ Choice Award for Best New Band and the SOCAN Award For Young Canadian Songwriters. Earning […]
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First look: Eyelevel Artist Run Centre & Bookstore
Eyelevel Artist Run Centre & Bookstore Tue-Fri noon-5pm 2177 Gottingen Street Of all the doors lining Gottingen Street, only one is as bright yellow as a banana or sunflower petal. Only one is a secret portal to shelves lined with work by some of the city’s most exciting artists. Only one leads to Eyelevel Artist […]
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Pardis Parker tells us a good one
Pardis Parker w/Cathy Jones The Carleton, Fri Jan 17 and Sun Jan 19, 7pm, 1685 Argyle Street, $15/$12.50 Pardis Parker isn’t the sort of comedian about to be crowned king of the hot take—not because he’s wrong, but because he speaks truth, people. Case in point? LOL-inducing truth bombs like “The greatest con job of […]
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The Lighthouse nominated for Best Cinematography Oscar
While yesterday Vice said it was surprising Robert Eggers’ second major feature, The Lighthouse, only got one Oscar nod, Nova Scotia’s film industry will take it, thanks, as a sign that good things are ready to keep coming (and being filmed) in this province. As Matt Likely, who helped with set creation on the flick, […]
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ZZ Top announces Halifax show May 20
It calls itself “the little ol’ band from Texas,” but ZZ Top has gone on to prove it’s an act with legs (which, naturally, knows how to use them), outlasting many of its glam-rock peers and riding a red-hot rod into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Now, it’s bringing hits like “Sharp Dressed […]
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OBEY Convention becomes EVERYSEEKER
View this post on Instagram JUST PLAYED DRUNK ON @hkcronline LOL GO LISTEN A post shared by chippy (@chippyxnonstop) on Jan 6, 2020 at 6:31am PST [Above: Chippy Nonstop, Toronto DJ du jour, will come to Halifax as part of the fest’s expanded off-season programming.] OBEY Convention has long helped Halifax keep it weird, bringing […]
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Morgan Davis: Ahead by a half-century
T he crowd of friends knocking around pool balls and chalking cue sticks don’t know who Morgan Davis is. Their laughter bubbles and expands, filling the bar on an otherwise quiet night. The sound threatens to drown out Davis and his modest Ampro amp after he flicks through his mental songbook and begins playing on […]
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New Eden, who dis
In a year where their actions keep making us ask “why are men?”; As we keep sharing clickbait stories about women’s-only villages with the caption “where do I sign up?”—we need New Eden. The eight-episode series, streaming on Crave TV starting January 1, is a true crime mockumentary about a women’s-only cult in late-1970s BC. […]