LAVERNE’S LACK OF VOCATION FINDS OPTIMISM IN ABSURDITY
EMOTIONALLY SLURRED AND SONICALLY DANCABLE, VANCOUVER POST-PUNKS TRY TO CLIMB OUT OF THE WORLD'S STATE OF DRAG.
DEMON CLEAVER'S SELF-TITLED EP CUTS VIOLENTLY DEEP
Written by Jordan Jongema AN EXTREME OFFERING FROM VANCOUVER DEATH METALLERS As wretched as having your limbs severed in front of a cult...
SPACE QUEEN LAUNCHES YOU INTO A 70S-INSPIRED FUZZ-ROCK GALAXY
THIS NEW POWER-TRIO OFFERS AN EP THAT IS BOTH FRESH AND NOSTALGIC. THEIR INTERGALACTIC AND PSYCHEDELIC SOUND LEAVES YOU WANTING MORE.
HARDCORE FRONTMAN JAY TOWNSEND FACES HIS GHOSTS ON ACOUSTIC EP
Written by Johnny Papan THE VOCAL/BASSIST OF LOCAL HARDCORE ACTS LIKE DROWN IN ASHES AND PRESS ON STRIPS DOWN FOR A HEAVENLY YET HAUNTING...
ATD'S DEBUT RECORD IS ANYTHING BUT A TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT
If you’re looking for the musical equivalent of a nail-spiked baseball bat to the face, ATD’s self-titled debut you will leave you satisfied
HERON'S 'TIME IMMEMORIAL' MASTERFULLY WREAKS SLUDGE PANDEMONIUM
Combined with the story that the grimly-written lyrics tell, this album is a masterpiece of doom and sludge pandemonium.
ALBUM REVIEW: AVERSIONS | BASE PORTRAIT
by Slone Fox The Vancouver-based punks in Aversions are set to debut their breakout EP Base Portrait on all streaming platforms on March...
ALBUM REVIEW: PEDLER | PEDLER EP
Like they say, it doesn’t matter how big the band is, it’s all about how you use it.
ALBUM REVIEW: CHEAT | DEMO 2019
Cheat is a band that exemplifies the D-beat hardcore punk genre with politically fuelled lyrics and a distorted blend and guitar and drums —
ALBUM REVIEW: AANTHEMS | BLOOD FORTUNE
Blood Fortune comes in with a well-loved intensity and hard-rock flare. It compiles an insidious rage and vehement drumming with a sense of
ALBUM REVIEW: JOY LESS | JOY LESS
Written by Alexis Zygan Joy Less released their self-titled EP in the Spring of 2019. The beautiful, sluggish melodies amidst the...
Album Review: Lord Sonny the Unifier | FINAL NOTICE!
Written by Slone Fox Your card gets declined for something off the dollar menu, and when you get home, the locks are changed. A man who...
Album Review: AK747s | Movies
In a political landscape infested with bootlicking, red-hat-wearing, female-body-controlling borderline nazis, the newest album Movies by th
Album Review: Dig Two Graves | Deathwish
When’s the last time you listened to a progressive metalcore album that was influenced by outer space? It’s probably been a while, right?...
Album Review: The General Maynyrd Band | Self-Titled
Written by Slone Fox The General Maynyrd Band (not to be confused with Maynards, who make delicious wine gums) are a hodgepodge of...
Album Review: Liars, Freaks & Fools | Ivan Beecroft
If LIARS, FREAKS & FOOLS was an object, it’d be your dad’s old leather jacket from the depths of the crawlspace: substantial, familiar,...
Single Review: Best Intentions | At the Ocean
Written by Slone Fox Best Intentions encompasses the feeling of a mid-2000’s Warped Tour, with a sound that feels like Simple Plan or We...
Album Review: Post Death Soundtrack | It Will Come Out of Nowhere
Written by Slone Fox Post Death Soundtrack, the Vancouver-based doom metal/experimental rock duo, has released the ambitious new album It...
Album Review: Damon Mitchell | Elise
Written by Slone Fox Damon Mitchell has effectively time traveled from the 1960s to present the world with his newest EP Elise. In the...
New Release: Twisted | Best Intentions
Nashville’s pop-punk trio Best Intentions kick off their 2019 with a catchy song to propel themselves into the new year. New single...