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How to tour Eastern Europe: Interview with Jake Hardy/Holzkopf
Ex-Saskatonian noisemonger has insane tour stories if you want them Jake Hardy aka Holzkopf is currently a Vancouver resident who creates waves of noise terror and dance drones. But before he was embarking on
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Wunderbar Venue Review
Edmonton’s Wunderbar Celebrates Second Anniversary Call me crazy, a dirtbag purist or a punk rock connoisseur, but the best venues are typically sort of slummy with mouthy staff members who serve beer so strong
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Bands to look for in 2012
2011 was pretty awesome but fuck that noise – 2012 is going to be better. Continuing our endless tradition of inane lists and download links galore, here are some bands and records to look
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Download of the Week: The City Streets
Everyone seems to have a story about The City Streets, a three-piece rock band from Edmonton who currently calls Montreal home. Most of those stories are amazing – that is unless it was your
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Download of the Week – Old Ugly Christmas
Cover songs have a lot in common with Christmas gifts – they are both hugely unnecessary and are completely devoid original sentiment about 95 per cent of the time. And that’s being generous. As
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Slow Down Molasses tour diary: “Slice of banality, bite of life”
Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011 Saskatoon, SK I am stewing in my journalist office job when a co-worker saunters in with a bag of chips. They are auspiciously labeled “Ballpark Hotdog” and boast flavours of
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Dad Jamz: BART Records Cassette Compilation
Back when I was 15, every punk band played an obligatory oldies cover with sped up one-two drums and bass-and-feedback breakdowns – the hilarious, maybe-on-purpose shitty vocals were pretty much a given. Tellingly, when
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Download of the Week: The Famines
With members scattered long-distance style across Canada – one in Edmonton and the other in Montreal – it’s a wholly romantic notion that The Famines even exist. But that’s the funny, albeit fucked, thing
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Wyrd Fest: Part 2
Wyrd III is a hugely ambitious, double-stage, multi-city music marathon hosted by Weird Canada. In addition to hosting a massive variety of bands from all across Canada – please check the end of the
Read More »Wyrd Fest: Part 1
Wyrd III is a hugely ambitious, double-stage, multi-city music marathon hosted by Weird Canada. In addition to hosting a massive variety of bands from all across Canada – please check the end of the
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