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Summer of Scuzz mixtape
Here’s a scrappy pile of tracks we compiled courtesy of some local surf, new wave, punk, folk, and distorto-90s influenced bands from Canada’s epicentres of music (Toronto to Montreal to Halifax to Vancouver). True, there are other Can-Con mixtapes out there, but this one is decidedly less granola and a little more crude oil.... »
MP3: Rats!
Montreal’s retro rock revival collective Red Mass is set to hit Sneaky Dees with Toronto’s Teen Anger on October 30th, right after their stint at Halifax Pop Explosion (which seems to be more and more worth the trip each year). To tide you over until their psychotic stage show, here is one of their latest... »
Q&A with Choyce of Red Mass
Red Mass is a chaotic rock-blues-punk-folk collective of 30-or-so artists from the Montreal music scene herded together last year by Choyce, former frontman of CPC Gangbangs. If you were a fan of their volatile, anarchistic punk, you can find some of that in Red Mass, with an added openness to the occult, even chaos magic. We... »
NXNE festival withdrawal
Dance – rock -dance around the clock – We covered Toronto’s premiere 4-day music festival (aside from Canadian music week – same thing, different month) and are now weening off eating and breathing music 24/7 Highlights: Once a superfan of the Wu Tang Clan, I thought I’d sit in on GZA interview with Fab 5 Freddy:... »
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