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Burning Love, Crux of Aux smoke hardcore vets Coliseum at The Shop

By Marsha Casselman

Monday’s Coliseum show at west-end basement Parts and Labour was a purposeful lesson from the Kentucky hardcore vets we should appreciate our own damn scene. »

Interview with Career Suicide: Punk is never just a hobby

By Marsha Casselman

When Career Suicide formed ten years ago as an ode to early-’80s American hardcore, no one in the band thought it would last. Yet it, along with other vets like Cursed (defunct) and Fucked up is now considered a gem of sorts for hardcore punks in Canada and abroad – their now-classic Attempted Suicide LP... »

Quest For Fire turns into trip for stone(r)s

By Marsha Casselman

In the current age of Myspace and blog hype, it’s important for a new band to have a reference point. Toronto’s Quest For Fire has three: The Deadly Snakes, Cursed, and No No Zero. This is an impressive musical pedigree for a fresh group hoping to get heard, but in the case of Quest... »