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By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – F rank Turner describes his signature sound as “Springsteen by way of Sick of it All”. It’s the most eloquent way to describe a songwriter whose weightiest, often melancholy self-reflections fuse seamlessly with straight-ahead barroom stomp. That sound continues to evolve on Turner’s latest album Positive Songs for Negative People (a follow-up to … Continue reading
Photos by: Raymond Ahner (@photoray) – Punk rock band Social Distortion, who released their newest album, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, on January 18th, 2011 via Epitaph, which featured the single “Machine Gun Blues”, performed at The Fox Theater in Oakland, CA on September 9th with Colorado-based alt country band Drag The River, and South Carolina-based country singer-songwriter Nikki … Continue reading
By: Laura Beaulne-Stuebing – The host for the second night of Ottawa’s annual Arboretum Festival, CBC’s Laurie Brown, may have said it best, between openers Organ Mood and local instrumental band Flying Horses. She told the audience gathered at St. Alban’s church near Ottawa’s downtown core Thursday night that music without words can move us “blissfully beyond … Continue reading
Photos by: Theo Rallis – Iconic punk rock band NOFX, who released their newest album, Self Entitled, on September 11th, 2012 via Fat Wreck Chords, performed at Echo Beach in Toronto on August 6th as part of their ongoing “Fat Wrecked for 25 Years” tour with punk rock band Lagwagon, who released their eighth album, Hang, on October … Continue reading
By: Laura Beaulne-Stuebing – T oronto-based punk trio METZ hit the Canadian music scene with their self-titled debut album in 2012, and carved out a successful space for themselves making noisy, abrasive and entirely impressive punk music. AlexEdkins, Chris Slorach and Hayden Menzies returned last year with the appropriately named METZ II and, like with METZ, are earning critical praise for their work and have once … Continue reading
Photos by: Steve Danyleyko – Toronto-based punk band Mexican Slang, who released their newest EP, Inside The Velvet Castle, on July 15th, 2014, performed at The Silver Dollar in Toronto on June 20th as part of NXNE 2015.
Photos by: Adam Harrison (@AdamRHarrison) – Gypsy folk punk rock band Gogol Bordello, who released their sixth album, Pura Vida Conspiracy, on July 23rd, 2013 via ATO Records, performed at Sound Academy in Toronto on June 21st with Los Angeles-based irish punk band Flogging Molly, who released their fifth album, Speed of Darkness, on May … Continue reading
Photos by: Jay Demetillo – Newly reformed Swedish hardcore punk band Refused, who will release their fourth album, Freedom, on June 29th via Epitaph, which will be their first album since their 1998 album The Shape of Punk to Come, performed at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco last night with Vancouver-based punk rock band White … Continue reading
Photos by: Jeff Shulman – Day one of Pouzza Fest 2015 in Montreal featured performances by Wyoming-based punk rock band Teenage Bottlerocket, who released their sixth album, Tales From Wyoming, on March 31st, 2015 via Rise Records, which was co-produced by Bill Stevenson (As I Lay Dying, NOFX, Rise Against, Anti-Flag), Toronto-based punk band and Prism … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Toronto-based punk trio and 2013 Polaris Music Prize short-listers METZ, who will release their sophomore album, METZ II, on May 5 via Sub Pop, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto on May 2nd, 2015 as part of CMW 2015.
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