No need to stress about what to do, my dudes, but there is SO MUCH music going on, it’s hard to pick. You can either thrash out at a Khyber fundraiser, or sit back and get sad with some heartfelt folk or dance with Skratch Bastid. From all our listings, here are five things to do: […]
In the Dead of Winter Festival
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Catherine MacLellan’s island muse
“Whenever I’m home, I’m always writing something,” says PEI songbird Catherine MacLellan, who performs Friday. “I sit and look outside the window and inspiration comes through osmosis, through the experience of being here.” Although MacLellan says travelling—as she’ll do on tour later this year—can also spark creativity, “PEI is definitely my muse.” For almost 15 […]
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Fortunate Ones kind of homecoming
“Are we working on anything lately? Well, we just put a shelf together,” jokes Andrew O’Brien, one half of St. John’s folk-pop duo Fortunate Ones. “We’ve actually been on the road so much, it can be tough to find time to write, but we’ve been rehearsing some new stuff that we’ll try out in Halifax.” […]
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Daniel Walker talks the folk
How often does Owen Meany’s Batting Stance’s Daniel Walker have to explain his band’s name? “Ninety percent of the time,” he estimates. “People either aren’t familiar with the book”—John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany—”or recognize the name but don’t know why.” While his band will be playing Friday at In the Dead of Winter […]
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All Dressed Up
In the dead of last winter, living alone for the first time and unemployed, Dark for Dark’s Rebecca Zolkower spent a lot of time just playing guitar and writing songs. “I like watching winter from the window,” she says. Even though she wasn’t feeling inspired about the writing, when the spring arrived Zolkower took her bandmates—singers […]
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Getting intimate with Steven Lambke
“I definitely excluded rock as much as I could,” says Canadian folk singer Steven Lambke over the phone in his Toronto home. “I have too much of that in my past and musical background.” That background includes being the guitarist for Canadian indie rock band The Constantines, and fronting his own band Baby Eagle and […]
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Quiet Parade breaks out the fog rock
Members of Halifax’s Quiet Parade have difficulty defining their sound—and that’s how they like it. “Often, the term that I give our band is ‘fog rock,’” says frontperson and lyricist Trevor Murphy in a phone interview ahead of Thursday’s IDOW show. The group mixes sad and hopeful lyrics with airy instrumentals to create a sound […]
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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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Review: Owen Pallett w/Dance Movie
As the festival moniker promises, In the Dead of Winter kicked off last night under a blanket of a freshly fallen snow. Dance Movie swooned at the newly relocated Seahorse Tavern, which moved from Argyle Street to the underbelly of the Marquee. With her powerful vocals, singer and guitarist (and Coast employee) Tara Thorne gave […]
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Owen Pallett’s In Conflict resolution
Owen Pallett w/Dance Movie Thursday, January 22, 8pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $25 Owen Pallett is one of the busiest musicians in Canada. With a solo career spanning a Polaris Prize win, multiple records—including his latest, In Conflict—he’s a recent member of international musical explosion Arcade Fire, garnered an Academy Award nomination for […]
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IDOW musicians’ picks
Brinleigh picks “The Company Store” by Greg MacPherson: I snuck into my first bar, The Upstairs Club in Sydney, to see Greg perform. I was wide-eyed and 16 with a satchel full of homemade apple wine. His well-defined biceps inspired me to do push-ups every day. Corey Isenor picks “Place I Call Home” by Spencer […]
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In the Dead of Winter 2015
With three nights (and one afternoon) of gentle shows to ease the pain of a 5pm sunset, the ninth annual In the Dead of Winter Festival comes when you need it most. Get your tickets while you can and read our features on Alana Yorke, Owen Pallett and musician’s picks of the festival. CLICK HERE […]