Proper drink ingredients Limes, bitters, homemade maraschino cherries, herbs, you get it—there’s a fine line between drinking a cocktail and drinking some alcohol in a cup (in this case, a coupe). Bone marrow You know what tastes good with bone marrow on it? EVERYTHING. You can roast a hunk or two in a pan on […]
Stephanie Johns
flossin'
off on a natural charge bon voyage
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A trio of videos
Locals Kestrels and Cousins and MVMNTS combine sound and vision in such appealing ways. Which video do you like best? Actually scratch that, let’s not play favourites here, that’s not what music is about. Kestrels releases its EP The Moon is Shining Our Way July 1 on Sonic Unyon, but this swirly new video of […]
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Alfie
“I was always a writer as a kid. I’d write ridiculous short stories in my spare time for fun, and in school English was always my strong subject,” says Alfie AKA Cody Paquette. That love of writing, paired with Paquette’s long time love affair with hip-hop, made writing rap music a no brainer. “My dude […]
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King’s Girls
“Halifax’s heavier music scene is really, really good but I think we were trying to stray away from the really heavy duty stuff and just play some fast, spazzy, chaotic punk,” says King’s Girls drummer Dylan Chew. “At first I think all of our friends thought the band was a joke, but we’ve been playing […]
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No Bodies
Garage-country-psych No Bodies didn’t stick to its guns, but that’s not so bad. The band’s founding members, Craig Hamlin (Fat Stupids, Whiskey Kisses) and James O’Toole (Outtacontroller), planned originally to only be a recording project. Thankfully the pair caved, playing their first show at this year’s OBEY Convention. “We currently have Justin Crowe [Pig, The […]
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Best Fiends forever
“We live it. We literally eat, sleep and breathe all in the same house. That’s rock and roll.” Keith McFadden plays guitar and sings in Best Fiends, and he’s talking about the intense connection of the band. McFadden and bassist Liz Robinson are dating. Singer and tambourine player Halcyon Averill dates drummer Evan Matthews. They’re […]
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New Music 2014
Help yourself to these sweet 15 local bands in our 2014 New Music Issue. Read up in print and head to thecoast.ca to check out the tracks online that will be the brightest diamonds in your summer playlists—whether you’re piling into the Jeep on another epic beach mission or sitting in a darkened bathroom in […]
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902Radio sets the dial
Last February, Nic Stana was, as most of us often are, on the internet. A chance encounter with an ad for an internet radio station got him thinking that he could do something similar, but all-local. And all-hip-hop. “By the end of the night I had a little something running and got really excited that […]
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Summer of Sandra!
It was a happy day at the Coast offices, let me tell you. This year, for the 14th annual AFF Outdoor Film Experience (formerly alFresco filmFesto), the free series on the waterfront chose to focus on the oeuvre d’Bullock. We chose to rejoice (the reign of dudes has been interrupted!) From July 18 to August […]
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2014 Sobey Art Award shortlist announced
Going on vacation is pretty great, guys. But you know what’s not so great? Going on vacation and missing the opportunity to post about the Sobey Art Award shortlist as soon as it’s announced. Better late than never! Here’s the short list of contemporary artists under age 40 from across Canada who are up for […]
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Saying goodbye to the YMCA
Its closure has long been discussed as part of the plan for a nice new fitness facility, but now the South Park Street YMCA’s last days have arrived, and the community that’s grown up with the Y for the last 61 years is just starting to face the loss. Click here for our stand-alone features […]
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Poster boy Adrian Bruhm
Adrian Bruhm is an energetic lad. Onstage with his band The Graboids, Bruhm flings himself into the crowd, wrapping himself and various audience members in microphone cords, rolling on the floor and singing into people’s faces. At $Rockin 4 $, where Bruhm co-hosts the weekly open mic at Reflections with Craig Hamlin every Monday, he […]