Monday May 18 Marisa Anderson A photo essay, video premiere and playlist courtesy of the guitarist who’s worked with the likes of Sharon Van Etten and Beth Ditto is Monday’s contribution from EVERYSEEKER Festival. The fest describes Anderson’s sound as mixing “elements of minimalism, electronic music, drone and 20th century classical music” to “re-imagining the […]
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Century Egg’s new record is a sunny-side-up return
Century Egg, the Halifax-based Mandopop group, dropped its latest EP on Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Well, not really. But it did announce We Can Play, an exuberant collection of undeniably fun songs, via an Instagram post with a screen-shot of an Animal Crossing character sporting a custom-designed Century Egg t-shirt. After all, band members and partners […]
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Are online shows live music’s new lifeline?
Open Instagram these days and chances are that you’ll see performers broadcasting live into the online world from their homes. Those shows are usually free. For many, live music online has been a light during these tough days. But, at the same time, they can be read as a sign of longstanding rot in the […]
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Hello Delaware’s Dana Beeler knows how you feel
Dana Beeler was all set to go on tour. Her band Hello Delaware—which carries the same indie rock swagger of No Doubt and lyrics as sharp as a Lorelai Gilmore comeback—was about to play 10 dates across the UK, the band’s biggest international outing to date. Newly released material (the first since a five-track EP, […]
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Bring Halifax culture home with The Coast’s arts streaming guide May 11-17
Monday May 11 Trivia for Shut-ins Halifax trivia hosts-about-town Jason Dorey and Andrew Evans have shifted their popular triv game from pubs like Durty Nelly’s, the Lion’s Head and The Fickle Frog, to a Facebook livestream. Three 20-question rounds will challenge, amuse and delight, and with no prizes on the line, you won’t even mind missing a […]
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EVERYSEEKER Festival moves online, continues melting your mind with offbeat art
The festival formerly known as OBEY knows that, while we still have to keep our distance socially, nothing need stop our minds converging under art’s wild and varied umbrella. And, by moving to a completely online, 100 percent free festival, EVERYSEEKER is making sure of just that. From May 15 to June 30, a series […]
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Bring Halifax culture home with The Coast’s arts streaming guide May 4-10
Monday, May 4 Campbell Woods Fresh folk for your ears at 4pm via Facebook Live. Trivia for Shut-ins Halifax trivia hosts-about-town Jason Dorey and Andrew Evans have shifted their popular triv game from pubs like Durty Nelly’s, the Lion’s Head and The Fickle Frog, to a Facebook livestream. Three 20-question rounds will challenge, amuse and […]
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What Team Coast is currently streaming
Working from home tip number 546? Create a boss-ass playlist to keep you psyched and capture some calm. Here, we share a handful of tracks we’ve been playing on repeat this week—all linked below for your listening needs. “Their Love Was Alive Before They Were Dead” by Joshua Van Tassel Sound architect Joshua Van Tassel—a […]
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Six ways to broaden your mind wider than social distance requirements
So here you are, googling work-from-home hacks; making your own sourdough starter; generally trying to figure out what our new normal looks like as the province enters a state of emergency and COVID-19 continues to shake our world. You’re bored or busy with remote work or maybe both. Time has never felt more like a […]
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Six Halifax acts to support on Bandcamp today
The Bandcamp versus Spotify debate is one that’s rolled on for years now in musician circles: Spotify is slick and user-friendly (and hence, more popular) but Bandcamp? Well, in the streaming age, it’s the site where the (little) money is at, with fewer operating fees for artists and the option for people to pay artists […]
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East Coast Music Awards get COVID-cancelled
Once the Junos called it curtains, we should’ve known this would be next: The East Coast Music Awards, a music festival, awards ceremony and local industry booster in equal measures, announced today it’s cancelling its 2020 event in St. John’s, Newfoundland as COVID-19 concerns continue. “We are admittedly devastated to cancel this event and our […]
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Junos cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns
Saturday, March 15 was supposed to see Saskatoon overrun with some of the most luminous stars in Canadian music as the 49th Juno Awards doled out statuettes that look sorta like The Oscar dude doing a ribbon dance. Instead, the doors of the SaskTel Centre will be closed, as CBC Music says the awards are […]