Music

When Paul Murphy kept hearing albums-in-progress from friends and peers that didn’t have music industry backing, the solution became obvious: “I was like ‘Man if we just had a label, we could help out and put this out’,” the Wintersleep front person and musician behind the project Postdata explains, speaking with The Coast by phone. […]

Terra Spencer knows that, when it comes to eras, right now is all about Y2K—but you can keep your butterfly clips and baby tees. The singer-songwriter has spent most of her life hooked on the (arguably) golden decade of her chosen genre: The 1970s. The fixation, Spencer recalls, “came about really organically, because I hung […]

Four-piece disco act Boney M. is returning to Halifax this November, just in time to remind you that it’s the group responsible for one of the GOAT-est holiday albums ever: The 1984 opus Christmas with Boney M. The band is bringing along original lead singer Liz Mitchell, too, meaning this is gonna be one red-hot […]

Just as the days have been growing oppressively short, a host of musicians have spent this week announcing upcoming shows around HRM. The latest of the pack is none other than Reeny Smith, who’ll be playing a Dartmouth show on December 15 at Monte’s Showbar as part of tour spanning the mainland portion of the […]

Let’s go girls! It’s time to bust out the credit cards and refresh Ticket Atlantic’s site in your browser, because Shania Twain’s 2023 Halifax show is going on sale today, November 4, at 10am. Part of an extensive tour stopping everywhere from Las Vegas to Moncton, Halifax’s show will be held June 12 at the […]

While it won’t quite be reliving the muddy glory of the time Mick, Keith and the crew played on the Halifax Common, it’s a pretty good substitute: The Rolling Stones: UNZIPPED announced today it’s adding a third and final stop to its Canadian tour, right here in Halifax. A sweeping retrospective museum show crafted by […]

Music nerds and Acadians alike got a reason to get hyped this week when Quebec music label Bonsound announced one of its star signees, Lisa LeBlanc, will be touring the Maritimes this February. The jaunt of dates include two Moncton shows (February 8 and 9) as well as a Halifax gig at The Marquee on […]

Ashtray Rock fans, get ready: Joel Plaskett is reuniting his never-really-broken-up band, Joel Plaskett Emergency, for a rare hometown show slated for February 11, 2023. Held at the Light House Arts Centre, the gig promises to be a mid-winter warmup, with a start time of 8pm. Plaskett is arguably Dartmouth’s most famous export, a singer-songwriter […]

While the falling leaves might make thinking as far ahead as next spring feel impossible, Toronto rock band July Talk will help you visualize: The “Guns + Ammunition” group announced today that it’ll play a Halifax gig on April 14, 2023 at The Light House Arts Centre. Known for its duo lead vocalists who meld […]

A first taste of the upcoming album by Cape Breton four-piece Villages dropped today, with the video and single “Love Will Live On.” The acclaimed folk-rock band has long made feet stomp and heads bob with its unique, roots-based, yet rock ‘n’ roll-balanced sound—and the band’s upcoming LP, which was recorded at Joel Plaskett’s Fang Recording […]