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: […]
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Exclusive: Q&A with “David Byrne”
Today at The Coast, we have a very special Q&A with Talking Heads frontman, “David Bryne,” (Dale Boudreau) performing tonight at Menz Bar with tribute band Slippery People for THE FUNK AWAKENS with Talea and Unidentified Funk Object ($5, 10pm). It’s rare to have such a big-time musical celebrity talk about his legendary coolness but here we are: qu’est-ce […]
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Q&A with CROSSS’ Andy March
After years of touring, a relocation to Toronto and a lineup change, the heavy-experimental CROSSS released the album Lo at the end of May, and it fucking slays. Following 2013’s Obsidian Spectre like a shadow, Lo has received much critical acclaim: Lo’s full-fledged anxiety bleeds through sludgy technicalities, droning distortions and occult storylines. It’s spooky as […]
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Best Gay Bar
Gold Winner Reflections Cabaret Silver Winner Menz Bar Bronze Winner The Company House If the recent rumours have any truth to them, and Reflections is moving to Gottingen, perhaps all three candidates for this award will be neighbours soon. Hello Halifax’s gay village! Daydreaming aside, it’s no wonder that with Best Party Venue and Best […]
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Best Karaoke Night
Gold Winner Bearly’s House of Blues & Ribs Silver Winner Menz Bar Bronze Winner Oasis Pub & Eatery If Mimi Andriopoulos is the captain of the unsinkable Bearly’s karaoke ship, the loyal, and always entertaining, choir of regulars are its hard working crew. It’s the combination of all of these people that keeps the ship […]
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Best Open Mic Night
Gold Winner The Gorsebrook Lounge Silver Winner Menz Bar Bronze Winner The Company House “Wednesday nights are a staple,” according to The Gorsebrook’s manager Dale MacPhee, who says open mic host, and all-around talented guy Shaun Taylor knows how to work a crowd. Taylor serenades the crowd of regulars, and welcomes new performers every Wednesday […]
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Paint the town rainbow
Thanks to this colourful selection of cocktails and shooters, this week you can drink proud too. Tall Ship Silva Queens Wharf, Halifax Waterfront, 429-9463 Hop on the Silva’s ever-popular pride cruise and try a Rock Lobster. Whiskey, raspberry Sour Puss and cranberry juice make for a sweet and sour treat. The Company House 2202 Gottingen […]
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Best Gay Bar
Reflections continues to dominate multiple categories, offering a special oasis in Halifax’s club zone, a place where whatever your special freak might be, so long as you remain tolerant of others’, you can wave your flag high. With regular DJ nights, live music on Mondays ($Rockin 4 Dollar$) and frequent theme music nights (heavy metal […]
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Party like it’s Pride Week
If you haven’t noticed, you might be blind—Halifax Pride week is in full swing, and this weekend brings the always-anticipated parade and closing parties. While you’re waiting for the ass-less chaps dude to swagger your way with Saturday’s floats, take a peek at some of these venues that are hosting parties through to Sunday. The […]
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Best Gay Bar
The continuous popularity of this establishment over time is astonishing—not because it’s not deserving, but because there is so much competition for dancing, socializing and picking-up across the city. Still, Reflections reigns supreme over the scene, winning three categories last year and four in 2009. Maybe it’s the inclusive nature of the place, the kind […]
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I love this karaoke town
Like everything else in life, a good bar crowd has several sub-categories. You have the determined drunks, the social smokers, the bored-as-shit designated-driver significant others, the pickup artists and the large dudes who speak exclusively in outdoor voices. There is a special subsection of this party category that is often overlooked, however: the karaoke singers. […]
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Northern lights
King-in-exile of the local music scene, Sloan was the highest-profile band to come out of the mid-’90s Halifax music explosion. Though they’re longtime Toronto scenesters—it even says as much on their website—Sloan often sang of its hometown experience, as on a few key tracks from the 1999 release Between the Bridges. The bridges in question […]