Gabrielle Papillon w/Gianna Lauren Nov 30 The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street 7pm $25 Gabrielle Papillon will take you on a journey through social anxiety to a new kind of bravery with her art-pop album Shout. “If you start off at the beginning of the record,” Papillon says, “that song is like anxiety brain.” She’s […]
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Listen to our playlist full of In the Dead of Winter artists
The Coast’s IN THE DEAD OF WINTER Playlist WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO MEET IN DREAMS? by TYLER MESSICK Loyalty by The Weather Station Even (single) by Dark for Dark Days Of Heaven by Steven Lambke Windows – Single by Gianna Lauren Quiet Parade by Quiet Parade People by The Burning Hell Big Volcano, Small […]
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Listen to “Windows,” a new track by Gianna Lauren
Halifax singer-songwriter Gianna Lauren just released new track “Windows” via Forward Music Group. You can stream it below. “Windows” is described by Forward: “The track is at once propulsive while indulging in dueling electric guitars and competing temporal movements. The lyrics, hefty and bold, introduce suspicions of perception with lines such as ‘the world’s greatest gospel […]
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Winnipeg’s Greg MacPherson returns to Halifax tonight
“I’m a typical Islander on the mainland,” says Cape Breton original Greg MacPherson, based in Winnipeg, “No matter how long I’m away, I always feel a pull to be back here.” Tonight at The Company House, MacPherson returns to Halifax with his drummer Rob Gardiner and local songstress Gianna Lauren. Currently finishing up a new album, MacPherson […]
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Check out all these locals playing Pop Montréal
From this Wednesday until this Sunday, the city of Montréal will be “fire,” as they say. The kids say that. Dozens of music’s ‘coolest’ acts (Thurston Moore, for one, and Motörhead, for some reason) will take over the land of smoked meat sandies and cheap gross ’40s for Pop Montreal. I wish I could go but alas. Luckily The […]
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Where I work: Gianna Lauren
WHO ARE YOU? An observer, a people-person, coffee nut, wisecracker, audiophile and I’m scared of stepping on sewer grates. When I was in my late teens I reached this harmony with myself, a clarity of being, so to speak, and suddenly understood deep-down who I was. And I feel lucky for that. But years later […]
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Gianna Lauren’s a warm outsider
Gianna Lauren w/Cold Specks, Nick Ferrio and His Feelings, Maicamia Saturday, October 25, 9:30pm Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $27/$30 “If you thought what I did before was outsider, this new record is explosive,” says Halifax singer-songwriter Gianna Lauren. “I’m really looking forward to playing these new songs live.” She says she’s surprised herself with […]
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Gianna Lauren’s “Ghosts” live at The Coast
The ethereal voice of Gianna Lauren filled our lucky little office during the most elaborate lobby performance yet. Have a listen to “Ghosts” off Lauren’s latest album On Personhood. Related Stories
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Halifax heads to Sled Island
gianna lauren It’s officially summer touring season, with a whole cluster of Halifax bands headed all over which where. The latest event is Sled Island, which has been producing an increasingly bomb lineup of musical talent from across Canada and the world for about five years now. This year’s festival runs from June 22 – […]
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Festival Express IDOW Round Up
All good things must come to an end. The closing evening of In the Dead of Winter is always a touch bittersweet. After many late nights spent listening on minimal sleep, socializing, eating sporadic meals and perhaps drinking a little too much to drink for a Wednesday, everyone seems burnt out from festival exhaustion. With […]
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Four winter stars
Gianna Lauren Gianna Lauren is made for winter, or so she says. “Months’ worth of armchair time, reading and drinking tea,” she says. “The winter season forces you to relax and get creative with yourself.” On her album Fist Through a Heart, Lauren is a bit of a mystery. She’s part wallflower, part rocker, all […]
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Hoserfest: Back and Plaider than ever
A fundraiser for CKDU has never been so full of national pride as Hoserfest (Saturday, October 10, $6/$5 if you dress like a hoser). Hosted by Mat and Dave from Let’s Get Baked and featuring local bands performing their favourite CanRock hits such as York Redoubt (Tom Cochrane), Mike O’Neill (Burton Cummings), The Prospector’s Union […]