10. DJ › Cosplay Dance Party. Saturday, May 14, 10pm. This monthly dance party is the geekiest, freakiest fete around with cyborgs, aliens, Pokemon and anime characters bumping and grinding. 9. Spring Festivals › East Coast Guitar Festival. Saturday, May 14. The East Coast Guitar Festival is back with all the strumming, shredding and noodling […]
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Halifax rockers share thoughts for Kurt Cobain’s birthday
On Saturday, the world will once again mourn the loss of Kurt Cobain: tomorrow, February 20th, would have been his 49th birthday. Without a doubt, the Nirvana frontman is one of the most influential and legendary figures in the history of rock music. In a few short years (roughly five), he made his Seattle garage […]
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“We’re here and extremely queer”
“My mother calls it the gender frick show,” says local drag performer and Gender F_ck co-founder Rhett Slutler. Slutler’s saucy alter ego, Billie Coquette, will perform a “queerlesque” number at this Saturday’s Gender F_ck show at Menz and Mollyz Bar. The show also marks the infamous gay bar’s 11th anniversary. “I love burlesque but I’ve never […]
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Five fun music things to do this weekend
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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Best Gay Bar
Gold Winner Menz & Mollyz Bar Silver Winner Reflections Cabaret Bronze Winner The Company House The north end’s dancingest bar is stoked to grab the reader-voted gold this year. “We are honoured to be voted as Best Gay Bar,” says Menz’ David Landry. “We strive to provide a clean, safe and respectful environment.” In addition […]
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Mauno Myth: Trio Release Album Wednesday night
“It’s a study of digital and analog — the difference between them and what happens when they’re combined,” says Nick Everett, one of the three musical wizards of Mauno (“mao-no”). With Evan Matthews and Eliza Niemi, the experimental pop group releases Rough Master with Dories, Foam and Kurt Inder on Wednesday night at Menz Bar ($8, 8:30pm). […]
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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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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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Way into OUTeast
It’s a Netflix world, but OUTeast Queer Film Festival producer Andria Wilson suggests ditching the couch for a theatre seat once in awhile, “I was at [Toronto LGBT fest] Inside Out, watching Tab Hunter Confidential,” she says. “I was alone, sitting next to strangers, and on one side of me was this older couple, two […]
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High 5: Mauno edition
This week’s High 5 comes from Mauno, performing Thursday, May 28 at Menz & Mollyz Bar (9pm, $6) before kicking off a two-month Canadian tour. Read more about the chill pop agents here. “Mandarin Collars With Women,” Long Long Long Shorts by Long Long Long “Gimme Gimme Gimme,” Dirty Projectors “Pulses,” Steve Reich from Music […]
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Q&A with Mauno
Before playing a cross-Canadian tour kick-off show this Thursday, May 28 at Menz & Mollyz Bar with Quaker Parents, Harley Alexander and the Universal Lovers and Municipality ($6, 9pm), Mauno’s Nick Everett takes a break from writing chill pop tunes to answer a few questions. But he doesn’t reveal too much though, mystery is important. […]