“Bands are like gangs,” says Arlo Klahr of Fragile Gang, “Gangs need each other to be strong.” Tonight at Gus’ Pub, Fragile Gang brings their folky post-punk, hazy heartfelt pop jams all the way to Gus’ Pub. The touring duo will be joined by Toronto post-punk band Casper Skulls, with Halifax locals Josh Salter and fuzzy pop ensemble The Everywheres […]
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Everything’s Comin’ Up Kestrels
It’s been almost a year since grunge-pop trio Kestrels (Paul Brown, Chad Peck, Devin Peck) have played in Halifax. Now on summer tour, the heavens have aligned for the band’s local return. Octopi Entertainment presents Kestrels with Designosaur, beauts and Teleri tonight at Menz Bar ($8, 10pm): a milky way of sparkly tones. As the stars of Noyes Records, […]
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Hpx Night Four: Devil Eyes and Japanther
I bet you can just smell the sweat by just looking at this pic of Japanther at The Seahorse. Can you believe there are ladies in the crowd there? Don’t tell The Seahorse bouncers! I tried to go see The Danks at Coconut Grove, but the place was at capacity and the bouncer was a […]
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Patricia Clarkson steps into leading light
The leading lady’s got it all. There’s brains, beauty and backstory all balled up into one towering film figure. But first, consider her other onscreen presence, one of a smaller scale: the female character actor has long played a sort of handmaid to the leading lady—the best friend, sister, mother or lover who brings nuance […]
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Q&A with the Hali Slam team
Stephanie Lent Stephanie Lent, 24, began her career in the Vancouver poetry scene, impressing everyone with how both dirty-minded and articulate she could be. Michael Kimber: How would you describe your poetry? Stephanie Lent :Roses are red Violets are violet if my poetry was an airplane I would be the sexy pilot MK: What is […]
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Eli Roth’s personal effects.
When you talk to Eli Roth, there’s a recurring motif in the conversation: he keeps it personal and unapologetic. Roth is on the phone from Vancouver, where he’s talking up Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, in which he plays Donnie “The Bear Jew” Donowitz. He lets the dialogue flit to-and-fro, from his own filmmaking, his relationship […]
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Q&A with the Wordburglar
MK: How did you get into Backburner and what is its history according to you? Wordburglar: Hmm…well, I knew Fes, Process, Thesis and Ginzu through the local hip-hop scene. and Jesse and I went back cause we played on the same baseball team when we were kids. I was doing my thing with my crew […]
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Q&A: Halifax Rap Legend Jesse Dangerously
MK: How did you get into Backburner and what is its history according to you? Halifax Rap Legend Jesse Dangerously: I used to see Fester, Dex and Kils at Halifax hip-hop shows around 2000. We were at all the same ones, and I think they knew I was in The Sentinels with ginzu333, and we’d […]
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Wextra special: Interview with Tori Amos
On her last album, American Doll Posse, Tori Amos adopted four personas—cast in Roman and Greek mythology—to perform its 23 songs. This time around, it’s just her. She rang The Coast from her home in Cornwall, England (evening weather report: “Enh”), where she and her engineer husband, Mark Hawley, plus Marcel Van Limbeek, produced Abnormally […]