Today, longtime Halifax-Toronto emcee Ghettosocks (Darren Pyper) and Dartmouth emcee Tachichi (Tyrone Thompson) dropped a new video for their collab-track, “I’m The Reason,” featuring old-school backbeats, sick graff, Barrington Street, Tony’s Pizza and Okay TK at The Jam. I want a slice so bad RN. The duo are soon putting out a new EP Supernova, and also just released an […]
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New study finds HRM still lagging behind in public transparency
A report released today from the Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia finds there’s a lot of ground HRM has left to cover in terms of public transparency. “Without robust transparency, it is impossible for the public to monitor how their tax dollars are being spent,” said the Coalition in a statement. “Our research […]
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A conversation with Ron Sexsmith
Last spring legendary Ontarian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith released Carousel One, his 14th studio album and one of his finest to date. Immediately, critics noticed a change in his tune. Longtime considered a perpetual sad-sack, Sexsmith’s Carousel One was filled with much more levity and bounce. The track, “Saint Bernard,” especially showed a lighthearted approach to song composition and […]
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Is Halifax a good city to be single?
[Image-1] Are you looking for true love, or just a good time? Depending on the answer, Halifax is either a great or terrible place to be single. Dating in this city can be a breezy bacchanal of sexual encounters with an interchangeable roster of gorgeous twenty somethings straight out of a CW drama, or an […]
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’Ships start here
[Image-1] Halifax wants to lock it down. Go steady. Bring you home to meet mom, ask you to wear its letterman jacket, tag you in its relationship status and be totally OK farting in front of you. The Coast’s annual Sex + Dating survey revealed a lot—like, maybe too much—about the dating habits, desires and […]
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Watch Jon Bryant’s new video by Caitlin Cronenberg
Today, only on The Coast’s Scene Blog: watch ECMA-nominated folk singer Jon Bryant‘s new video for “Light,” the first single from his upcoming album Twenty Something, which will be released on February 29. Woo. Produced by Grammy nominated producer Alex Newport (Death Cab for Cutie, City and Colour) and Lord Huron‘s Rick Parker in LA (Bryant’s a Clippers fan), it’s a […]
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How sweet it is: James Taylor is coming to Halifax
This just in: five-time Grammy winner James Taylor is coming to Halifax! The legendary troubadour has booked the Scotiabank Centre (1800 Argyle Street) on Tuesday, May 17 to support his most recent album Before This World, his first release of new songs since 2002’s platinum-selling October Road. From the press release: “Before This World was released […]
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Indigenous mental health an overlooked priority
[Image-1] A community agency in Halifax that provides programming to urban aboriginals has identified mental health help for its clients as a priority. But not only is there a gap in service to address that need at the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre on Gottingen Street, the city as a whole is lacking the culturally based […]
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City council throws some shade at Nova Scotia’s fiscal health
[Image-1] The municipality’s strong financial health prompted Regional Council on Wednesday morning to consider $10 million for a new strategic infrastructure reserve to finance an additional $75 million in debt. “The economy is generally good on a go-forward basis,” fiscal and tax policy manager Bruce Fisher told council, noting that HRM’s debt is down “dramatically” […]
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Watch Reeny Smith’s new video “Last Call”
Halifax soul-infused pop singer Reeny Smith just dropped a new video for the bangin’ single, “Last Call,” featuring some slick bar-tending by rapper Quake Matthews, and funk-R&B guitar and bass. The single, released a few months ago, was produced by Corey LeRue (Neon Dreams) with co-writing by Dylan Guthro and Laura Roy. Directed by GILL, the […]
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Justin McGrath (Walrus) interviews Kurt Inder
Today for The Scene Blog, I’ve asked Justin McGrath (Walrus, The Age) to interview Kurt Inder, the frontman of the Halifax pop-noodle band of the same name. Indebted to the lo-fi jazz-jizz sounds of Mac DeMarco and beyond, I first saw Kurt Inder last summer at The Khyber, featuring one of our favourite drummers Bianca Palmer (Vulva Culture) and […]
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Enter The Coast’s Smartphone Film Festival today!
Handy with a camera? Wicked on your smartphone? You can now submit your smartphone film until March 9th for the Halifax Smartphone Film Festival (SPFF) via The Coast’s SPFF site, where videos (5 mins max) will have a chance to win cash and prizes including a new Eastlink phone! Entries will be shown at the SPFF Screening & […]
