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ANCIIENTS

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Mine their first full-length recording Anciients are alive and rock among us. Their music is precise and poetic and the band is o...

REDD KROSS

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Back in the front row Power pop punks Redd Kross have a new album, Researching the Blues out on Merge Records and much like one of t...

LA TI DA PRESENTS

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  Four New Vinyls: Ballantynes - The React! - Tranzmitors - The Radii Vancouver was recently been graced with a stellar four band vinyl ...

SKELETONWITCH, BARN BURNER, BAPTISTS, ANCIIENTS

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The Biltmore Cabaret - July 30, 2012 One-hundred percent audience participation wiped out any lousy attitudes clear across the room. Th...

THE LOVESORES

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put a bandaid on it Introducing, Portland's latest cast of garagepunks. The Lovesores hit the road seeking love in all the wro...

NIGHT BIRDS, BIG EYES, THE JOLTS, VACANT STATE

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Live review at Iron Road Studios - August 1, 2012 The common denominator was all about subtraction. A set of bands that stripped bar...

DISTORT VANCOUVER: VOLUME VIII

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raging DIY for the eighth year This Western Canadian fest has grown tremendously, especially by DIY punk standards. Distort began in 2...

MEATMEN, THE AUTHORITES, BISHOPS GREEN, TOTAL WAR

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Meatmen Live Review at Fortune Sound Club - August 9, 2012 The compass was dialed in on “all points” punk and the night was brough...

SUBCULTURE SEPTEMBER

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Red tape! I have a vivid childhood recollection of my Government employed Geologist father retiring from his job muttering those very word...

WHO GOT TOONED?

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and the September feature is? Bertman! Three things about Bert. He can be seen and absolutely heard upfront tag teaming Little Gu...

DOWN BY LAW

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It’s never too late Remember the 1980s? Nothing good happened in the 80s. Any era that makes John Travolta a star is a crappy one. Howeve...

ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN

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stitch together rock n roll's children By request, punk and rollers Electric Frankenstein are about to head west. “We are going beca...

BAPTISTS

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are Massachusetts bound Just out! Huge news for Baptists! It's official, “we have a newish record deal with Southern Lord Records...

SNFU: What No One Else Wanted to Say...

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Open your eyes and read Thirty years is a long lifetime for any band to endure, but the legendary Canadian punk band SNFU has beaten t...

MELVINS LITE

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MELVINS LITE - The Venue - July 15th 2012 “Fuck Elvis! Buzzo's the King!” declares one dedicated fan interviewed before The Melvin...