Legendary metal-grindcore band Fuck the Facts is gonna fuck you up tonight at Gus’ Pub (10pm, $10) with Orchid’s Curse, Cottus and Dumpster. The Ottawa/Gatineau “mulletcore” heavies independently released Desire Will Rot in August, which has been getting thumbs ups across the board. I caught up with bassist/vocalist Marc Bourgon to see what’s fucking new. Congrats on […]
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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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Looking down the road at the Hollis Street bike lane’s future
[Image-1] As active-transportation plans go, the new bicycle lane on Hollis Street in Halifax wasn’t exactly a pedal-to-the-metal project. Installation was delayed for years before it finally took place this summer. And the project wasn’t the last upgrade to be done on the busy one-way street. At some point, City Hall must look down the […]
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Get ready for the Rodeo . . . the Blue Rodeo!
Hey, hey, I guess it hasn’t hit me yet . . . that Blue Rodeo, Ontario’s legends of Can-rock, just announced a return to the Scotiabank Centre on February 24. It’s going to be a diamond mine of the band’s most beloved classics that complements the release of their new Live at Massey Hall album. And check this […]
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Q & A: Jeremy Banks, the new director of Bus Stop Theatre
Last month, The Bus Stop Theatre announced the hiring of its new executive director, Jeremy Banks. After incorporating as a non-profit co-operative in 2013 and establishing a Board of Directors, Waque’s vision to transfer leadership was accomplished with Banks, a west-coast arts and culture administrator who moved to Halifax two years ago. We caught up with Banks […]
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Failure to connect: Nova Scotia’s digital divide
[Image-1] In the heady early days of the internet, the players were few. But among that small group, there was one pioneering Canadian province: Nova Scotia—the first place in the country where the internet was widely available. On face value, we’re still doing well. In Nova Scotia, broadband internet is technically available to 99 percent […]
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Halifax street style: Kline Street
Name(s): Lydia, Claude and Clement Fulton Age(s): 33, 4 and 2 Wearing: Lydia: Brogues, Church’s; Levi’s, Pro Skates; t-shirt, Gap; grandmother’s handmade kimono; purse, Liberty of London; armband from Portobello Market; Claude: hat, shirt, suspenders, American Apparel; jeans, Gap; AKID sneakers; Clement: shirt and jeans, Gap; vintage Puma’s, Lost & Found; scarf, Club Monaco Spotted: Kline Street How […]
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Photos: Saturday night’s NHL Preseason Game
The Carolina Hurricanes won 5-3 against the New York Islanders last night at a special NHL Preseason Game in the recently renovated Scotiabank Centre. Over 4,000 people turned up to check out Eastern Conference stars like Islanders captain John Tavares, Canes captain Eric Staal (and assistant captain Jordan Staal), new Hurricanes Kris Versteeg (just copped from the Chicago Blackhawks with Joakim Nordstrom), returning Cane Jay McClement […]
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Halifax’s 10 best close-ups
[Image-1] It’s what New York and Los Angeles have known for decades: There’s an inestimable thrill in seeing your town up on the big screen. It’s qualifying. It’s justifying. It’s mythic. And it’s a privilege we in Halifax will likely have fewer opportunities to enjoy as Nova Scotia’s cinematic storytellers leave town in gangs, thanks […]
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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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Whatever happened to the Connaught Pharmacy?
Five years ago, the Connaught Pharmacy on the corner of Chebucto Road and Connaught Street disappeared the same way it existed for decades—silently. For the last few decades of the shop’s existence, its doors were always locked. A large sign reading Connaught Pharmacy in faded green letters was the only indication the building had ever […]
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My memories from university
From inside its ivory gates, university feels endless. Life, however, will move on. For better or worse, today’s first-year students will tomorrow be looking back on the days that were. Feeling nostalgic, The Coast asked several prominent and respected local figures what they remembered from school years past. What did they most miss? What real […]
