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Swingin’ Utters and toyGuitar are teaming up to head to Europe this April. Both bands will close out their European run by performing at the legendary Groezrock festival. Check out their tour dates, and info here!
Need a playlist for your special lover today? Western Addiction has you covered with not one but 2 Valentine’s Day Spotify playlists! ♥ Here’s Jason from Western Addiction setting up his playlist: “I realize that a list of “love songs” may sound unusual coming from us considering I’m usually screaming at people, but I’ve actually been thinking about this playlist for quite some time. The only two criteria for the selections were that they would have to resonate with someone who has a working knowledge of punk and it has to elicit a certain “feeling.” Maybe that’s love, who knows....
The Bombpops’ debut full-length, Fear of Missing Out, is out today! Head to Bandcamp, Spotify, or Apple Music to listen to the entire album. Then, snag your copy here! Or better yet, grab one from the band at one of their California record release shows. Read a stellar review or two, then dive into an interview with co-frontwomen Jen and Poli, who give the rundown on how they arrived at FAT. Now, let’s bring it all home by watching their infectious, vivacious, and downright energetic video for their first single “CA in July.”
Direct Hit fans, get pumped!!! On April 14th, we’ll be re-releasing the band’s debut album, Domesplitter. After countless emails, tags, and comments, we’ve heeded your call, and repressed their very first full-length album, complete with brand new (much improved) art! Front-man Nick Woods gives you the rundown: Domesplitter is the first full-length album we put out. It’s an ‘album’ in the sense that it runs for about a half hour, but really it’s just a compilation of 10 tunes we’d already posted on the internet in the couple years leading up to its original release. The handful of people who...
What can we say; we love CANADA. Our love affair with bands across the border runs deep. Heck, we admit it…we googled “how to move to Canada” when He Who Must Not Be Named descended to the throne. What say you, Mr. Trudeau? Do you like punk? Anyway, enough lamenting our national tragedy and onto loud, uplifting, soul-fortifying rock ‘n’ roll: The Dirty Nil! Fresh off a global tour and a JUNO Award nomination, Hamilton, Ontario rock ‘n’ roll trio The Dirty Nil have announced the forthcoming release of Minimum R&B. Comprised of eleven tracks from the band’s stellar singles...
