In 2003 New Bomb Turks vocalist Eric Davidson assembled a compilation for the ever hip Gearhead Records of some of his favorite recent garage-punk tunes. In my mind the record is absolutely essential and a must for anyone looking for a taste of the modern bands in this genre that exist outside the major label [...]
I’m sure in some past lapse into irrationality I’ve expressed the opinion that I hate Maximum RNR.
It’s really not their fault either; they just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. A few years back I was headed to Toronto to catch a show on the New Bomb Turks’ purported “farewell [...]
I try harder than most to do my civic duty and support Canadian content, and when it comes to television that’s a much more difficult pill to swallow than in music. I could run on for a good while talking about great Canadian bands; home grown television less so. Yet when there are actually Canadian [...]
Malcolm Bauld’s better known as the singer and guitarist for Montreal three-piece The Frenetics. The Frenetics are one of my favorite voices in the Canadian punk scene right now and present a very mature, very firmly grounded sound. They share a spirit and stylistic qualities with bands like the Constantines, The Weakerthans, FemBots and singers [...]
It’s been a long time since we’ve had new material from SNFU. An EP on Alternative Tentacles in 2000 was the most recent, and if you’re looking for a proper full-length, you’ll have to dig up FYULABA from 1996. That’s a huge span of time, musically speaking, but the long running prairie / west coast [...]
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