Dragged In – Toronto, Ontario, Canada Though originally released in 2020 and not one for longwinded titles, Dragged In and LP1 have made their way into 2021 via Cursed Blessings Records. The Toronto, Ontario Hardcore Punks have been placing their own seal on the history of the ‘core since 2015…
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Block Parent – Cambridge, Ontario, Canada Block Parent and Sick Year, Bro! enter after the Cambridge, Ontario former exclaimed ‘let’s make this year our fucking year’ at the end of their 2020 split with comrades Frank Dux. Now, you can’t fault their enthusiasm. Block Parent are exuberant, fast and near…
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Rest Easy – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Rest Easy and their Sick Day EP are both a band and debut respectively that live, breathe and champion an intrinsic Punk-Rock comfort. What am I rambling about in the first review I have beaten into this worn-but-not-out keyboard for a good while?…
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Burning Nickels – Red Deer, Alberta, Canada Ah, yes, Punk-Rock that you can sing-a-long with?! That’s not very Punk, is it? In the bin! I joke. Burning Nickels and the Cobwebs EP from Red Deer, Alberta would be inclined against such a sadly very common statement and general rhetoric. After…
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Belvedere – Calgary, Alberta, Canada It’s fair to say, that Belvedere have been away but in this here 2021, they have returned. “A Touch Elastic Punk: Steve From Belvedere” is now arriving in front of your visual cortex at an opportune time. After twenty-five years in the fast melodic Punk…
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Teddy’s Atlas – Guelph/Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Warped, discordant and abrasively yet playfully brash. Those are the words Teddy’s Atlas and Laugh! Cry! Die! force out of your brain based on but a few seconds of sound. The Guelph and Hamilton Ontario band self-dub their stamp of Punk as ‘3 weiners…
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Nurture Nurture – Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Introducing: Nurture Nurture is simple on the surface but in reality, is beset with such deeper meaning and in-band conviction. The Saint John, New Brunswick duo were incepted into the realm of progressive guitar-music after their respective careers in and around the…
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The Last Mile – Montreal, Québec, Canada The Last Mile and II are the product of a long journey through the myriad of obstacles, deviations and general curveballs that exist within the realm of underground bands. That is all the time I am going to spend on that because today is…
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The OBGMs – Toronto, Ontario, Canada Rambunctious, raucous, writhing and resolute. These are the words both codified and prospective regarding The OBGMs and The Ends. The first three speak for themselves through the band’s Garage Punk n’ Roll thus far but the latter most word? Well, in a succinct, high-velocity…
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Motion Sickness – Hamilton, Ontario, Canada The musical medium of Punk-Rock is and always has been one unto which disdain is cathartically expressed. Motion Sickness and Isolate, through their very existence, enter 2020 riding high upon such via Hamiton, Ontario. Motion Sickness move through thirteen songs in sixteen minutes via…
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