Last weekend, the second Flourish Festival went down in Fredericton, NB for three whole days of music in the city’s bars, vintage boutiques and record stores. The lineup featured a killer mix of bands, including a bunch from Halifax: The Everywheres, Walrus, Gianna Lauren, Beauts, Klarka Weinwurm, No Problem, The Age and many others. Local photographer Kate Giffin took […]
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On Monday, you can see Prince’s Purple Rain in theatres
On Monday, May 2, Cineplex Cinemas Park Lane will screen Prince‘s 1984 rock-musical Purple Rain for one-night-only to honour the recent death of the pop-music royal. Tickets are now on sale for $6.99, with $1.00 of every ticket donated to MusiCounts, Canada’s music education charity via The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). The 1-hour and […]
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Dartmouth rapper Jay Mayne gets US distribution deal
“If you know me, you know I don’t get excited about things until they’re actually moving,” says Dartmouth rapper and #ChopTrees founder Jay Mayne. “I’m hyped to make some steps in the right direction, but I still gotta’ secure the bag.” Last week, the rapper announced an American deal with Blingnot Media, a US-based firm […]
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Watch Dave Sampson’s new video for “Rumours & The Truth”
Today at The Coast, you can watch the new video for Dave Sampson‘s “Rumours & The Truth,” a song from his album, which will be released in the fall. Unlike his last video, “Fireflies,” there isn’t a cute kitty in this one, but it does feature the Holy Angels High School gym. The video was shot by Matt […]
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Listen to this hot Doin’ Damage playlist by DJ T-Woo
Tonight at Gus’ Pub (2605 Agricola, 10pm, $6), Halifax’s monthly 100 percent rap night returns with DJ T-Woo (AKA Trevor Wood). It’s time to start Doin’ Damage. For this special stay-trill occasion, T-Woo has put together a new playlist to get you turnt up on this beautiful day, which will surely be a beautiful night. […]
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Six picks to celebrate Earth Day in Halifax
6. Dark Side: Earth Day Jam.Good Robot is being good to Mother Earth this Earth Day, serving up organic brews and eco-grub by candlelight after heading out with a team to beautify Robie Street with a litter pickup. 5. Dr. Tony Charles: Nova Scotia’s Future is a Green Economy.Dr. Tony Charles, director of SMU’s School […]
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Top 10 reasons to leave the house this weekend
10. 2016 Starfish Student Art Awards. Thursday, April 21, 7-9pm. The Starfish Student Art Awards celebrate the excellence of NSCAD’s best and brightest, incorporating an art exhibition, glitzy gala and art sale of student works. Of the 10 student finalists, only one will emerge the Starfish grand prize winner. 9. Smartphone Film Festival. Friday, April […]
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A touch of Class: David Myles and his new EP Here Now
This month, Halifax singer-songwriter David Myles released Here Now, a six-song EP produced by hometown rapper and his good friend Luke Boyd, AKA Classified. It’s not a huge departure for Myles; his previous releases have always had a jazz-folk vibe, influenced by his love of R&B. But on this collaboration, Myles offers something a bit more […]
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Toronto poppers Metric just announced to play Halifax Jazz Fest
The Halifax Jazz Festival, in partnership with Sonic Concerts, just announced the fourth headliner for its 30th anniversary celebration: Toronto pop-quartet Metric will play Halifax once again, like it’s 2006. Except it’ll be Wednesday, July 13, 2016. The band joins the legendary Ms. Lauryn Hill, the T.Dot singer Basia Bulat and Ontario rockers City and Colour as headliners. The poppers, fronted […]
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All of the 2016 East Coast Music Award winners
[Image-1] Hey Rosetta! took home the hardware at East Coast Music Awards this past weekend in Sydney. The Newfoundland group won four of the six seven awards they were nominated for—Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Group Recording of the Year and Rock Recording of the Year. Other big winners included Amelia Curran […]
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Josh O’Kane talks his new Joel Plaskett book Nowhere With You
If there was ever a local musician worthy of his own book, you already know it’s Dartmouth’s Joel Plaskett. Published on April 1 by ECW Press, and written by Globe and Mail reporter Josh O’Kane, the 200-page non-fiction narrative Nowhere With You traces Plaskett’s Maritime success against all social and cultural odds, from his early days in Thrush […]
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New EP from Halifax’s “multi-race rainbow band” Century Egg
This morning, Halifax’s newest indie-pop/mandopop band Century Egg released Mountain God, a four-track EP of rock songs gorgeously sung in both Mandarin and English. Fronted by illustrator and video game designer Shane Keyu Song—with Nick Dourado (Special Costello) on guitar, Tri Le (Surveillance) on drums and Robert Drisdelle on bass—the band’s aesthetics and these four tracks […]
