After a long winter in Brandon, Manitoba, Polaris Prize-nominated rock ‘n’ roller Shotgun Jimmie (Jim Kilpatrick) is back on tour with his new album Field of Trampolines. Produced by Joel Plaskett at his Dartmouth studio New Scotland Yard over four jam-packed days last August, it’s Jimmie’s most fun and upbeat record to date, and the positive vibes are […]
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Catching up to Laura Roy: a track-by-track of her new EP
Try and catch up to Laura Roy. The Halifax singer, based in Toronto, was just named the most popular of 10 Nova Scotia finalists in CBC’s Searchlight Competition, which puts emerging musicians on the national stage with huge cash prizes and recording deals. But after years of vocal study at NSCC, local shows, a songwriting […]
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Photos: 35mm and Polaroids from Flourish Festival
Last weekend, the second Flourish Festival went down in Fredericton, NB for three whole days of music in the city’s bars, vintage boutiques and record stores. The lineup featured a killer mix of bands, including a bunch from Halifax: The Everywheres, Walrus, Gianna Lauren, Beauts, Klarka Weinwurm, No Problem, The Age and many others. Local photographer Kate Giffin took […]
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On Monday, you can see Prince’s Purple Rain in theatres
On Monday, May 2, Cineplex Cinemas Park Lane will screen Prince‘s 1984 rock-musical Purple Rain for one-night-only to honour the recent death of the pop-music royal. Tickets are now on sale for $6.99, with $1.00 of every ticket donated to MusiCounts, Canada’s music education charity via The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). The 1-hour and […]
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Dartmouth rapper Jay Mayne gets US distribution deal
“If you know me, you know I don’t get excited about things until they’re actually moving,” says Dartmouth rapper and #ChopTrees founder Jay Mayne. “I’m hyped to make some steps in the right direction, but I still gotta’ secure the bag.” Last week, the rapper announced an American deal with Blingnot Media, a US-based firm […]
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Watch Dave Sampson’s new video for “Rumours & The Truth”
Today at The Coast, you can watch the new video for Dave Sampson‘s “Rumours & The Truth,” a song from his album, which will be released in the fall. Unlike his last video, “Fireflies,” there isn’t a cute kitty in this one, but it does feature the Holy Angels High School gym. The video was shot by Matt […]
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Listen to this hot Doin’ Damage playlist by DJ T-Woo
Tonight at Gus’ Pub (2605 Agricola, 10pm, $6), Halifax’s monthly 100 percent rap night returns with DJ T-Woo (AKA Trevor Wood). It’s time to start Doin’ Damage. For this special stay-trill occasion, T-Woo has put together a new playlist to get you turnt up on this beautiful day, which will surely be a beautiful night. […]
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A touch of Class: David Myles and his new EP Here Now
This month, Halifax singer-songwriter David Myles released Here Now, a six-song EP produced by hometown rapper and his good friend Luke Boyd, AKA Classified. It’s not a huge departure for Myles; his previous releases have always had a jazz-folk vibe, influenced by his love of R&B. But on this collaboration, Myles offers something a bit more […]
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Josh O’Kane talks his new Joel Plaskett book Nowhere With You
If there was ever a local musician worthy of his own book, you already know it’s Dartmouth’s Joel Plaskett. Published on April 1 by ECW Press, and written by Globe and Mail reporter Josh O’Kane, the 200-page non-fiction narrative Nowhere With You traces Plaskett’s Maritime success against all social and cultural odds, from his early days in Thrush […]
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New EP from Halifax’s “multi-race rainbow band” Century Egg
This morning, Halifax’s newest indie-pop/mandopop band Century Egg released Mountain God, a four-track EP of rock songs gorgeously sung in both Mandarin and English. Fronted by illustrator and video game designer Shane Keyu Song—with Nick Dourado (Special Costello) on guitar, Tri Le (Surveillance) on drums and Robert Drisdelle on bass—the band’s aesthetics and these four tracks […]
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PHOTOS: The Sheepdogs barking at The Marquee on March 16
On Wednesday, March 16, Saskatoon classic-style rock band The Sheepdogs played one of two sold-out shows at The Marquee Ballroom, and Coast photographer Andrew Donovan (Phototype) was there in the jam-packed crowd to snap pics of canines howling at the moon. Related Stories
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Manifest destiny: NSCC music business students strut their stuff
“The Halifax music industry is overflowing with incredible, underrated musicians who are yet to be discovered,” says Emma Cassidy, one of the 21 students in this year’s edition of the Nova Scotia Community College‘s Music Business Program. Tonight at The Marquee and The Seahorse (2037 Gottingen Street, 10pm, $8/$5), students in the program are putting on […]
