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Ted Leo + Pharmacists Outspoken, poignant and exciting: It’s no wonder Ted Leo is one of the most revered figures in the indie underground. The Washington, DC-based musician and his Pharmacists deal in vibrant indie rock that mixes punk, folk and hardcore with protest lyrics. With several acclaimed records under their belts, including The Tyranny […]

Probably more than any other genre of music, the singer-songwriter lays the most on the line. Sift through the annals of music and it becomes apparent how solo artists use their work as a way to make sense of the world around them. Johnny Cash tried to reconcile his own flaws with music that did […]

It’s 24 degrees and sunny and Kate McGarrigle —one-half of the Canadian folk duo known as Kate and Anna McGarrigle—is looking through the stash of albums in her Montreal home, trying to find Richard Verreau’s Chantons Noel. Her favourite Christmas song is on it—or the first favourite that comes to mind, anyway—and she can’t remember […]

The last time The Coast spoke with Antigonish natives The Trews, it was December of 2004. They were heading home to Canada for the holidays following 10 days of demo sessions in Austin, Texas with their friend and collaborator Gordie Johnson (Grady, ex-Big Sugar), who also produced the band’s gold-selling smash, House of Ill Fame. […]

Tom Wilson and Bob Lanois will forever be distinguished as founding fathers of their hometown’s rich and influential musical history. Citing the differences in their reputations, however, one could accurately describe the Hamilton, Ontario, natives’ recent collaboration as surprising. Wilson is known as the notorious party animal behind several critically acclaimed roots-rock projects including Junkhouse […]

A band releases a great record and tours its collective ass off, playing its music to thousands of eventual converts and achieving the status of a band with a bright future. But over the thousands of traveled miles and similar sounding records being produced by sound-alike acts, the group starts to question itself and the […]

So, crybaby, can’t score tickets to your fav-ourite band’s sold-out show? The big night’s approaching and you’re empty handed and broken hearted? Chin up, kid—you don’t have to miss out, you just have to get creative. Some tried and true methods include buying tickets on eBay (or from dodgy-looking men near the venue); being the […]

I’ve just caught shit from the drummer of Sleater-Kinney. In asking Janet Weiss about the state of women in music, I should have known better and she lets me know it. “How do you feel about men in music?” Weiss fires back. “I feel like you’re putting me in the ghetto just asking that question. […]

“I was up at 3am one morning and was really bored so I just decided to send some of our songs to Jeffery at Art & Crafts,” says Adam Nimmo, drummer for The Most Serene Republic. “He got back to me the next day and was really excited about what he heard. The rest, as […]

Add one more talented singer-songwriter to the list of those who call Halifax home. After more than a decade in the local music scene, Norma MacDonald finally releases her first debut solo album, Nothing Is Where It Was, this Saturday at Stage Nine. “I feel like I’m starting something completely new,” the 30-year-old MacDonald says. […]