The Truro festival Rock the Hub, which debuted last September, has announced its 2018 lineup, and it’s a lead ballon. August 24 sees Sloan, Big Wreck and In-Flight Safety; August 25 finds MuchMusic ’00s mainstays Finger Eleven, I Mother Earth and the Motorleague; and August 25 offers a Sonic Records roster current and past with […]
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Twelve blooming weekend picks
Celebrate Earth Day with up-cycled art, see springy styles at the NSCAD Fashion Gala, catch a flick at the Emerging Lens film fest—and while The Raptors keep wowing the NBA, see how the Halifax Hurricanes dunk in round two of the NBL Atlantic Division playoffs. Unarmed Verses screening Saturday The Emerging Lens Film Festival caps […]
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Rich Aucoin bike blog # 2: Arcosanti to Gallup, NM
I took a few days off at the unbelievable rarity that is Arcosanti, a futuristic utopian community designed by artist Paolo Soleri. Looking like something out of a ’70s science-fiction, it was a great place to stay and write as I had access to their wonderful grand piano. […]
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Make your weekend sparkle with these bright picks
Shine on this weekend as Stars arrives at The Marquee with its best album in years, The Villain’s Theatre talks climate change with a feminist play, a lipstick-inspired art show opens at the Corridor Gallery, Cory Bowles curates a screening of Black shorts and more! Black on Both Sides Thursday Actor/director Cory Bowles (whose excellent Black Cop wowed at FIN […]
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Jazz Fest adds Alvvays, Chaka Khan and more to stacked 2018 lineup
The Halifax Jazz Festival, which kicked off this year with a very sweet double-barrelled announcement of The War on Drugs and Daniel Caesar, followed in recent weeks by Charlotte Day Wilson and Land of Talk, unveiled its more headliners yesterday. Canadian superstars Alvvays (July 11, Tent) and life superstar Chaka Khan (July 12, Tent) have […]
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Rich Aucoin bike blog #1: Los Angeles to Arcosanti
Ten years ago, I bicycled across Canada for my first music tour performing my own music under my name, Rich Aucoin. The Coast, which I had been delivering just prior to this trek, was kind enough to give me an outlet to blog about my adventures. Well, now we’re doing it again, if you want […]
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ADO + Jon Eisener team up for trippy new video
ADO AKA Nathan Doucet has created a challenge for himself in 2018: Release a new five-song EP every month. The project kicked off in January with The Groove is fukd, followed by February’s Hacker Music and Matrix, which dropped on March 31. “Right now the MO—I kinda wanna change it now, but I still like this vision—this […]
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Twelve winning weekend picks
While we’re waiting to see if the Halifax Mooseheads secure hosting duties for the Memorial Cup, see them (hopefully) score in the second round of the President Cup Playoffs—and fill the rest of your weekend with avant-garde art, pop-up plus-size shopping and more. Halifax Mooseheads President Cup playoffs round two Friday, Saturday Things continue to […]
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Matt Steele and The Corvette Sunset ‘s new Costello-inspired kiss-off
Halifax rock outfit Matt Steele and The Corvette Sunset will release its debut LP Half Girl Half Ghost on June 7, and today has offered up the lead single, “Handshake Deal,” for your streaming enjoyment. “I was dating somebody who was in a lot of trouble and also a lot of trouble,” says Steele of […]
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Sloan plays the Marquee May 3
Halifax’s favourite boy band Sloan—which Exclaim recently proclaimed better than The Beatles—will make your high-kicking East Coast Music Awards dreams come true with a show May 3 at the Marquee. Tickets are $25, go on sale today at 10am, and will get you onto both floors of the building, which has a stacked lineup of Adyn […]
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OBEY Convention XI reveals full roster
OBEY Convention is always a head trip. The three-day fest, held the weekend of May 24, calls itself “Atlantic Canada’s most adventurous music festival”—a title it lives up to beautifully as it repeatedly exposes Halifax to sounds newly invented, or that few of us knew existed. This week, the fest announced the full list of […]
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Hop into the long weekend with these 12 picks
While the Easter bunny does its thing, you can dance at a Witches Ball, make new feminist friends, hear Toronto DJ Bambii’s latest beats, see Heist Live Art celebrate a year of wild theatre and more. The Water Protector’s Journey screening Saturday Catch the premiere of Eliza Starchild Knockwood’s documentary that follows a personal journey […]