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By Chris Tihor
Propagandhi, Manitoba’s own pacifistic, tofu-eating hardcore musical warriors, are back with another hard-nosed album full of pounding drums, powerful guitars and lyrics devoted to hockey, class warfare and even some modest proposals for cannibalism. On opening track “Night Letters” the band starts out with a mighty, mosh pit ready shredding guitar riff that doesn’t let… Continue reading Propagandhi
By Chris Tihor
Choke is one of those bands that if you like them, you like them a lot, and if you don’t, well, you just don’t."We’re completely a love them or hate them band," say Clay Shea, bass player of the Edmonton-based group. More and more people have discovered Choke’s melodic speed punk sound, and include themselves… Continue reading Edmonton band won’t choke
By Chris Tihor
Acid Jazz veteran Marc Moulin combines an interesting blend of electonic and jazz rock to produce his latest effort, Top Secret. This is one of those albums you have to be in the right mood to enjoy. At worst, Top Secret can provide good background music if you’re looking for something to kill the silence.… Continue reading marc moulin
By Chris Tihor
Almost five years in the making, Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes, was well worth the wait. The latest release from Propagandhi packs an incredible amount of energy into these 13 politically-driven, progressive thrash-punk anthems. With a sound unlike any other, Propagandhi created an amazing album both musically and lyrically. It is rare to see a band… Continue reading propagandhi
By Chris Tihor
Get ready for pirate-core to hit Calgary. Well, sort of. While the Mad Caddies will probably play a song or two about pirates when they play Calgary on their "It’s Too Cold to Tour" tour, pirate-core is just a joke genre coined on the internet from the title of their latest release, Rock the Plank.… Continue reading Ska pirates capture the Warehouse
By Chris Tihor
Tour and they will come. That’s the strategy so far for Calgary’s Belvedere, who’ve spent the last five years establishing a fan base across North America. The four-piece melodic hardcore-punk act know that as an indie label band, the only real way to get people to turn on to their music is to make it… Continue reading Calgary’s punk child returns
By Chris Tihor
Alan Cumyn hits the mark with his newest novel, losing it. The Ottawa-based Giller Prize finalist, with his first effort as a full-time author, snaps a dark but humorous picture of the dysfunctionality of family life. The novel’s central character is Bob Sterling, a middle-aged professor in Ottawa who specializes in the writings of Edgar… Continue reading Losing control
By Chris Tihor
For a band that used to play melodic hardcore, Sense Field has made quite a remarkable switch over to emo/rock on Tonight and Forever. The album successfully combines a collection of mellow songs with faster head-bobbing tunes. Just when Sense Field seems like they’ve slowed things down too much, they pick things right back up… Continue reading Tonight and Forever
By Chris Tihor
Apparently Gob’s attempted transition from independent punk band to major label rock stars hasn’t been quite as smooth as they had hoped. Their March 24 show appeared to start out on a good note as the sold-out crowd packed the MacEwan Hall Ballroom. Gob’s usual crowd of dyed-hair kids decked out in punk band t-shirts… Continue reading Hecklers get to Gob
By Chris Tihor
Toronto’s emo rock group Moneen’s first full-length release The Theory of Harmonial Value provides something different both musically and lyrically. With their book full of writings from Russian mathematician Dr. Lozlo Pronowski, Moneen has obviously pulled a lot of inspiration from this man. This has in turn translated into a unique sound of music, somewhat… Continue reading Harmonal Value